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Shanghai offers a mixture of charms
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The two sides of Shanghai face each other across the sluggish grey
Huangpu River in a standoff between the past and the future. On the
west bank is the Bund, a sweeping esplanade of po-faced, grey
buildings, the former headquarters of foreign banks and institutions
which sprang up during Shanghai's 1920s heyday.
On the east side of the river is the brash face of new Shanghai
Pudong, with its outlandish skyline of skyscrapers topped with
spires, baubles, pyramids and pineapple flouris...
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Shanghai offers a mixture of charms
China Daily
; The two sides of Shanghai face each other across the sluggish grey Huangpu River in a standoff between the past and the future. On the west bank is the Bund, a sweeping esplanade of po-faced, grey buildings, the former headquarters of foreign banks and institutions which sprang up during Shanghai's
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Travelers in a hurry can explore Shanghai in just a few days.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, TX)
; ... the city's history. Indeed, when I visited the famous street, it was full of Chinese tourists from outlying provinces clutching maps and snapping photos of each other in front of the gorgeous European-style buildings. The stretch houses about 50 structures of ...
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NEW SPIN ON SHANGHAI A CULTURE EVOLVES BEHIND THE BLAZING EMBLEM OF ECONOMIC STRENGTH
The Boston Globe
; ... square feet. Down payment minimums were raised to discourage real estate speculation. And this: no more new luxury villas. Such news should give pause to Yu Bo, 36, a designer of high-end dreams. Amid the routine industry of a weekday afternoon, Yu sits in the ...
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Travel: East meets West under a neon light
The Independent - London
; On my previous visit to Shanghai only three years before, I had seen a colonial relic set in granite, on which 40 years of Chinese communism had left nothing but cobwebs. The city centre comprised muddy freighters, an iron bridge and Chicago gangster-movie skyscrapers, while the Peace Hotel on the
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Shanghai Three cities in one.(Tourism)
Manila Bulletin
; Byline: CORNELIO R. DE GUZMAN THE thing that sets this city apart from other Chinese cities is its extraordinary size. With a population estimated at over 13 million, Shanghai is the largest city in China and one of the major cities in the world. But despite its modern traffic infrastructures,
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Uncommon Perspectives on Far-Flung Corners of the World; Remembering the Vintage Years of Old Shanghai
The Washington Post
; ... American-edited English-language newspaper that ran brisk competition to the staid, 100-year-old, English-edited North China Daily News, sometimes called the Old Lady of the Bund as much for its editorial views as for its location. The owner of the China Press ...
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Old and NewCITY GUIDE: Shanghai
International Herald Tribune
; ... the ''Whore of the East.''OUR CORRESPONDENT'S PICKSTHE BUZZ China's imminent entry into the World Trade Organization is the big news, for foreigners and Chinese alike. As the country's main window to the West, Shanghai is poised to reap huge benefits. For a ...
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Bund to the future
The Village Voice
; There's no sign in the hall directing a visitor to the office of the Jewish Labor Bund, but its easy enough to find. Follow the sounds of Yiddish argument echoing off the linoleum. "On the radio, I hear union leaders saying NAFTA exported hundreds of thousands of jobs, but they don't say how many
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Jewish Politics in Eastern Europe: The Bund at 100.(Book Review)
Shofar
; Jewish Politics in Eastern Europe: The Bund at 100, edited by Jack Jacobs, foreword by Feliks Tych. New York: New York University Press in association with the Jewish Historical Institute (Warsaw), 2001. 284 pp. $45.00. Founded in Czarist Vilna (Vilnius) in 1897, the Jewish Labor Bund became a mass
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SHANGHAI'S BUND 18 LURING LUXURY BRANDS.
WWD
; Byline: Lisa Movius SHANGHAI -- The world's luxury brands have a new venue here in which to open up shop. Bund 18, which launched in November, is the latest retail destination both in Shanghai and along the city's historic waterfront, the Bund. It's also further proof that, between its rising
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