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...

(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...

Shanghai (Traditional and Simplified Chinese: ä'æµ·; Hanyu pinyin: ShànghÇi; Shanghainese: /zÉ'Ì'he/; abbreviation: 沪; nickname: ç"³), situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta in East China, is the largest city of the People's Republic of...