In the fast-growing megacity of Chongqing, another bridge is under construction across the Yangtze River. There were no bridges before the 1960s; now there are more than a dozen in the downtown area.
A $200 million futuristic opera house, heralded by city leaders anxious for a signature building on par with Beijing's CCTV tower, has drawn criticism from locals for its resemblance to a "giant green tank." Here, a woman with an umbrella passes in front.
New office and residential towers are rising quickly. The local government receives one-fourth of its annual income from the sale of property-development rights.
The People's Liberation Monument, built in 1945 to mark the end of fighting with Japan and rededicated in 1950 after the Communist victory in China's civil war, was until the 1980s the tallest building in Chongqing. Now it's dwarfed by modern skyscrapers.
Geography has long defined the city of Chongqing, nestled in between mountain bluffs on the banks of the Yangtze River. Today a jagged skyline rises through the smog.
Although the city is growing rapidly, its residents are hardly rich. At just $3,300, the annual per capita income in Chongqing is a third of Beijing's.
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