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Hengshan Road. Hengshan Road (Chinese: 衡山路; pinyin: Héngshān Lù), formerly Avenue Pétain, is a street in the former French Concession of Shanghai, China.A major thoroughfare that connected the heart of the French Concession with the Catholic district of Zikawei (), the boulevard was for much of the 20th century the centre of Shanghai's premier residential district.
The Shanghai French Concession [a] was a foreign concession in Shanghai, China from 1849 until 1943, which progressively expanded in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The concession came to an end in 1943, when Vichy France under German pressure signed it over to the pro- Japanese Reorganized National Government of China in Nanjing .
Shanghai tram, 1920s. On 11 July 1854 a committee of Western businessmen met and held the first annual meeting of the Shanghai Municipal Council (SMC, formally the Council for the Foreign Settlement North of the Yang-king-pang), ignoring protests of consular officials, and laid down the Land Regulations which established the principles of self-government.
Former Prime Minister Tang Shaoyi was assassinated at his home on Route Ferguson in 1938. The historian Gu Jiegang at his apartment in Wukang Road in 1954.. In 1897, John Calvin Ferguson, an American educator and president of Nanyang Public School (predecessor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University), built the road with his own salary to make it easier for colleagues and students to get to the ...
Tianzi fang is located in one of the most expensive areas in Shanghai. It has become a major tourist attraction [1] and has more than 200 diverse small businesses such as cafes, bars, restaurants, art galleries, craft stores, design houses and studios, and even French bistros. It is adjacent to the SML center which is among the largest shopping ...
The hospital was located on Siccawei Road in the Shanghai French Concession, outside the west gate of the Chinese city; for this reason, it was commonly known as the West Gate Hospital. The Pont Ste. Catherine and railway station street car line passed the place about 2 miles (3.2 km) out from the French Bund.
Century Avenue in Shanghai Oriental Light. Century Avenue (Chinese: 世纪大道; pinyin: Shìjì Dàdào) is a major street in Pudong, Shanghai. It begins near the Oriental Pearl Tower and ends at Yanggao Road, in a pedestrianised section leading to Century Park. [citation needed]
According to Julius Baer's Global Wealth and Lifestyle Report, Shanghai was the most expensive city in the world for living a luxurious lifestyle in 2021. [150] Shanghai was the 5th wealthiest city in the world, with a total wealth amounts to $1.8 trillion, [151] and Shanghai was ranked fifth-highest in the number of billionaires by Forbes. [152]