KRISTIN IRIS JOHNSON, Fiction Writing major, writes: The first few days have been great�except the pollution. The pollution is so bad here that there was smog inside the airport. All you smell is pollution most of the time, unless a street vendor is cooking food nearby (often the case). During the day the city is covered in a blanket of smog, and only sometimes does the sun shine through. 
At night, though, the city glows. It lights up bright and glitters. From the Glamour Bar you can look across the Huangpu River at the financial district, Pudong. It�s beautiful. Shanghai really was built for the nighttime.
Since I am more interested in Chinese history and culture, I would like to explore how traditional art techniques such as landscape paintings and scrolls are being used in the contemporary art scene. [PHOTO: Lorraine Smith, Pudong at night with the full moon]
