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Shanghai is both the largest city in China and the country's financial center.Wcities: Shanghai Fun Facts Wcities: Shanghai Historical Background
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Fast Facts
- Country: China
- Language spoken: Mandarin, ShanghaineseFrommer's: Shanghai Fast Facts
- Population: 18.45 million (2007)Xinhua News Agency: Population in Shanghai: 18.45 million and still growing (December 7, 2007)
- Currency: Chinese Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
- Country code: +86Frommer's: Shanghai Fast Facts
- Area code: 021Frommer's: Shanghai Fast Facts
- Time zone: China Standard Time
- Airport code: PVGWorld Airport Codes: Pu Dong Airport (PVG)
- Began as an administrative district called Huating County founded in 751 ADOfficial City Site: History of Shanghai - Founding of the City
- Climate: Humid subtropical
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History
Shanghai was a "sleepy fishing village" until 1842, when its location along the Yangtze River made it a crucial port during the Opium Wars.Wcities: Shanghai Historical BackgroundAfter the war, the French, British and Americans settled in Shanghai, which later established the city as a "cosmopolitan destination."Wcities: Shanghai Historical Background
Shanghai lost its place as China's economic center when the country fell under Mao Zedong's Communist rule in 1949. Reforms in the 1990s allowed the city to flourish again both economically and culturally.Wcities: Shanghai Historical Background
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View All Shanghai Questions (21) | Ask a QuestionPhotography allowed at professional golf tournament? (HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai) (1 Answer)Generally, no public photographic equipment is allowed at Golf Tournament events. Accredited photographers apply and pay for passes to shoot. They're given special access and access rights for the fee. ... read moreShanghai is saying 'bye bye' to Chinglish. Let's preserve this online! (4 Answers)These are classics. In case you're curious, most of it happens because they don't have past and future tense, i.e., "he ate" is "he eats yesterday", and "will eat" is ... read moreWhat are 5 things to see, do and eat in Shanghai? (2 Answers)"Yuyuan Garden" Yuyuan Garden is a famous classical garden located on Anren Jie, Shanghai with a name that means pleasing and satisfying. Despite its small size of about five acres, ... read more
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Why is Shanghai-Singapore airfare always so ridiculously overpriced ? Damn.
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Wow u see how hard we work for you guys??? I got people all the way in SHANGHAI right now working their asses off 2 launch my chatroom!!!
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HOLY SHIT! My Tech guy, Patrick Ford, who's working on the chatroom is working LIVE with people all the way in SHANGHAI 2 install the CHAT!!
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Just arrived to shanghai convention center for #sapteched09. Second to last event of the season. Excitment is building here!
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Upcoming Tradeshow: Interior Lifestyle China, Shanghai (11-Nov-2009 to 14-Nov-2.. http://bit.ly/DOvFr read more...
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Shanghai Girls: A Novel - $25.00
In 1937, Shanghai is the Paris of Asia, a city of great wealth and glamour, the home of millionaires and beggars, gangsters and gamblers, patriots and revolutionaries, artists and warlords. Thanks to the financial security and material comf...
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The Shanghai Moon: A Lydia Chin/Bill Smith Novel (Bill Smith/Lydia Chin Novels) - $24.95
With The Shanghai Moon, S. J. Rozan returns to her award-winning, critically acclaimed, and much-loved characters Lydia Chin and Bill Smith in the first new novel in the series in seven years. Estranged for months from fellow P.I. Bi...
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The Painter from Shanghai: A Novel - $14.95
<strong>“A historical novel on a grand scale . . . a dark love story, a triumphant tale of survival.” —Maureen Howard Down the muddy waters of the Yangtze River, through the raucous glamour of prewar Shan...
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Shanghai Noon - $9.99
Two cultures collide in SHANGHAI NOON, a wildly hilarious, stunt-filled action-adventure comedy starring the death-defying action hero Jackie Chan (RUSH HOUR 2), Owen Wilson (ARMAGEDDON, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS), and Lucy Liu (PAYBACK, CHARLIE...
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Shanghai Double Pack - $10.79
If you are the type of gamer who can forgive a game with mediocre graphics as long as the gameplay is solid, Shanghai Double Pack is a terrific bargain. For those unfamiliar with the game, Shanghai uses mahjong tiles that h...
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