Being as we are on the Yangzte River Delta, many villages around the city are built on a system of canals for irrigation and transportation. Although modern infrastructure has made the need for this all but obsolete, there are a few towns on Shanghai's outskirts that have managed to preserve the vestiges of what life was once like in this region of China. They've been referred to (rather tenuously) as ‘Little Venices of the East', and make for a refreshing [read more]