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Shanghai's dramatic transformation into a skyscraper-packed megalopolis with a population of around 23 million has been captured in two photographs taken just 26 years apart. 从这两张时隔26年的新老照片可以看出，上海在短时间内从普通城镇华丽变身为拥有2300万人口、高楼林立的大型都市的过程。 The images, taken last week and in 1987, highlight the breakneck pace of development that has turned Shanghai into a futuristic mega-city and made Pudong, the area to the east of its Huangpu river, one of the most recognisable skylines on earth. 这两张照片分别拍摄于上星期和1987年，清楚地向我们展示出中国的超高速发展将上海变成一座未来派的大型都市，黄浦江东部的浦东也成为拥有全球最具代表性建筑的地区之一。 The first image shows Pudong in 1987 when Shanghai's population was just 11 million: drab warehouses and factories dot the Huangpu's eastern bank across from the city's historic Bund. 第一张照片是1987年的浦东，那时上海人口只有1100万。从照片中可见，上海老外滩对面的黄浦东岸四处分散着死气沉沉的仓库和工厂。 The second shows the same region today: an almost unrecognisable vista in which dozens of high-rises and skyscrapers jostle for space around the Shanghai Tower, a 2,073ft "vertical city", which became the world's second tallest building. | 
