After you’ve seen your third or fourth Maserati cruising the streets of Shanghai, it can be easy to forget that this place is run by something called the Communist Party.
The view from a tenth-floor men's room at Fudan University
And then, one day, you do something mundane, like visit the restroom in the university building where you work. And when you look out the restroom window, Chairman Mao is glaring back at you.
In terms of economic life, almost nothing in 2013 China feels socialist. But when it comes to political power, there’s no question about who is in charge.
