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Shanghai - Indisputably China's most cosmopolitan city (bar Hong
Kong), Shanghai has been welcoming foreign visitors to its streets
for centuries, infusing the metropolis with a unique history.
British, French, American and Japanese businesses flourished here in
the 19th and early 20th centuries, lured by the city's prime trading
position and enticing business prospects. The biggest - and by far
the most lucrative - business was also Shanghai's downfall: the city
was the opium hub of the world, providing it with an exotically
seedy reputation. As the wealth of those who profited from the opium
trade was displayed in the city's increasingly impressive
architecture, so its underbelly was hit by the sadder side of
widespread addiction.
The Communists put a stop to all this debauchery in the 1940s and
Shanghai became - officially at least - just another Chinese city.
Despite this, anyone who visited at the time would have agreed that
this jewel of the Far East always retained a special character that
no doctrine or political movement could ever completely stamp out.
And indeed, Shanghai has begun to shine again. Over the past decade
the city has recaptured the hearts - and bank balances - of a wealth
of foreign investors and tourists, its hedonistic past giving it an
allure few cities in the world could rival.
Modern Shanghai in fact is being almost completely rebuilt, with
brand spanking new high rises springing up everywhere you look -
providing the city with a new focus. The past has not been
forgotten, though: among the back streets, you'll still find
traditional Chinese gardens and temples, just as they were centuries
ago or just a few blocks away, the Bund with its Art Deco colonial
buildings, evoking Shanghai's heyday (though for most, minus the
opium).
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