for historical reasons, Shanghai and Beijing don't have slums, but they do have some communities in poor living conditions.
in the 1930s or 1940s, one of my grandpa's sisters went to shanghai in an attempt to find a living, and then had a family there. They are not privileged people. I forget what did she do, but i know her husband is a retired worker of a bankrupted factory, receiving poor pension from the government. they have two sons and a daughter. the old couples along with their two sons' family live together in a shabby and cramped house around 100 square meter because the housing price in shanghai was beyond their imagination.
that was exactly how shanghai people live in the past. Shanghai used to be full of communities like thar. In the 1990s, shanghai government launched a large scale of urban renewal plan. Their broken home was acquired by the government and replaced by glistening skyscrapers. Government compensated them with 3 brand new apartments in a large modern residential complex. each apartment has one living room, two bed rooms, a kitchen, a bathroom, and a balcony. these poor guys even refused to pay for the estate management fees. the government could do nothing but cover them. the value of their apartments put together amount to at least 0.6million USD today
nowadays old and broken houses are rarely seen in shanghai. In china, if you have a house to be compulsorily purchased by the government, it means that you could become millionaire overnight. every time i see guys whine in front of spotlight of CNN or BBC, saying that their home have been bulldozed by govt. china have no human rights and private properties, and blahblah as they are told by the journalists. i cant help burst into laughter.
i think if indian government is not going to clean the slums of its cities, they got to do something otherwise to make its poor people live a life with dignity. otherwise its not something to proud of