Since the Communists swept to power in 1949, the austere and utilitarian ethics of modernism and international socialism combined to give Chinese cities an altogether different flavour.
To a certain extent, this trend still prevails today in much of China, though economic liberalisation and the influx of foreign capital to the bigger cities has lead to soaring skylines of glass and steel that match anywhere in the world.
Any shot which clearly showcases architectural details, whole buildings and urban space, as long it was built in the years after 1949.