(2002 est. pop. 9 million). China's leading port city since the late nineteenth century, Shanghai is located in Jiangsu Province on the Huangpu tributary near the mouth of the Chang (Yangtze) River in central China. Along with the important role...

Shanghai is China’s First City. Shanghai in the past and present holds the key to China’s transformation to a modern society. It is the first and probably the only Chinese city that wholeheartedly embraced Western ideas, practices and...

China 1925 In early 1925 both the working class and the Chinese elite in Shanghai began to agitate against the presence of foreigners in the city. In May the situation became tense when a Japanese foreman killed a Chinese worker. On 30 May several...

Shanghai (Traditional and Simplified Chinese: 上海; Hanyu pinyin: Shànghǎi; Shanghainese: /zɑ̃'he/; abbreviation: 沪; nickname: 申), situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta in East China, is the largest city of the People's Republic of...

MOGANSHAN, where I am writing this piece, is a mountain resort four hours' drive from Shanghai, where Westerners and wealthy Chinese capitalists built stone villas in the 1920s to escape the summer heat. Somewhat ironically, these bamboo-covered mountains share their name with a complex...

> >Marc Augé (1) Dans la foulée des numéros que PARACHUTE a consacrés ces dernières années à des villes dites d'émergence, ces villes qui présentent à l'heure actuelle de très vives configurations inusitées sur le plan humain et matériel, nous vous...

The Economy: Plunging share prices in China quickly got blamed for Tuesday's scary stock market meltdown here. And no doubt, that was the trigger. But investors have other things on their minds, too.As with most stock market sell-offs, it's not one thing. But in this...

China: Little noticed in the West, the Chinese celebrate the 80th anniversary of the People's Liberation Army. As a museum exhibit celebrating the event shows, the operative word here may still be liberation.As visitors enter Beijing's Military Museum to see the exhibits marking the PLA's...

Essay examines three ad slogans illustrate Shanghai spirit and how it embodies emerging social understanding of Shanghai.

A proposed business model for establishing a successful dessert shop in Shanghai, China. Facts about other fast-food ventures in China are also presented.