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Shanghai

Page history last edited by PBworks 17 years, 10 months ago

 

    • Shanghai 上海

 

You need more than luck in Shanghai.

/The Lady from Shanghai movie/

 

Credit: Shanghai Travel Guide

http://www.travelchinaguide.com/images/map/shanghai/shanghai.gif

 

General info

  • "city on the sea"
  • the largest city of China, largest port and largest industrial base
  • 31 degrees north, 121 degrees east
  • time zone: eight hours ahead of GMT
  • 2,239 sq miles; 18.7 million people
  • situated on the estuary of Yangtze River
  • multi-cultural metropolis
  • important seaport
  • largest commercial and financial center in China
  • the third largest financial centre in the world (after New York and London)

 

Credit: ITSE 2006

http://www.isr.uci.edu/icse-06/images/Shanghai-Cityscape.jpg

 

Shopping

  • city known as "the Oriental Paris"
  • Nanjing Road
  • Huaihai Road
  • Sichuan North Road
  • Xujiahui Shopping Center
  • Yuyuan Shopping City
  • Jiali Sleepless City

 

Cuisine

  • focuses on the traditions of Beijing, Yangzhou, Sichuan and Guangzhou
  • traditional Shanghai dishes

 

Business

  • generally, Chinese policy as far as business is concenrned is quite restrictive
  • however, it is the centre of trade in China (competition with Hong Kong)

 

Sightseeing

  • modern places: Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Jinmao Mansion, Pudong International Airport
  • worth visiting: Shanghai Museum, Shanghai Grand Theatre, Shanghai City Planning Exhibition Center

 

When to go

  • winter: few tourists, good hotel discounts
  • summer: peak season, expensive
  • fall: arts festivals and fairs, still expensive

 

History

  • originally a seaside fishing village
  • being granded a County status was a great step in the development of the city
  • opened to Western trade in 1843
  • during 1920s and 1930s one of the world's most cosmopolitan cities
  • during World War II centre for refugees from Europe

 

Credit: Global Korean Network of Los Angeles

http://www.gkn-la.net/images/photo_images/Shanghai%20in%201920s.jpg

Astronomy ;)**

  • total solar eclipse in Shanghai, 22 July, 2009

Credit: Solar Eclipse Images

http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/eclipse/images/eclipse19951024_08.jpg

Click for more:

http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/shanghai.htm

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/asia/china/shanghai/

http://www.shanghai-ed.com/city/city.php

http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2009Jul22T.GIF

 

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