Odd Lots · Thursday, July 2, 2026
Dan Wong expresses a strong preference for Shanghai, describing it as 'one of the great cities of the world' with a comfortable, walkable environment influenced by French design. In contrast, he characterizes Beijing as a 'desert step city with stalinist characteristics' and criticizes its vast, long, and wide streets.
“Yeah, I love Shanghai. Shanghai is I think one of the great cities of the world, and Beijing is not. Beijing is not I really like Beijing.”
“Well, Beijing is this desert step city with stalinist characteristics, and you know, there's kind of this thread of apocalypse that hangs over there.”
“So you know, these are the sort of things where you know, we are happily dismissive of the Beijing life.”