I was interested in reading "Hardly a Forbidden City for Filming" (by Paul Francis Duke, Sept. 24), especially since my 25-year-old son left in August to spend the next school year in China, studying language and history at Nanjing University.
Imagine my surprise when the very next e-mail I received from my son recounted a recent trip to Shanghai and included a description of half the buildings in Shanghai as "straight out of 'Blade Runner,' " the very same movie image evoked by Duke when describing Beijing. I sent my son a copy of the article and I thought Duke might enjoy hearing his thoughts on it.
