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  2. The Water House - Wikipedia

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    The Water House (full name: The Water House at South Bund) (Chinese: 精品酒店; pinyin: Jīngpǐn Jiǔdiàn) is a hotel housed in an old Japanese-style building of the 1930s built on the banks of the Huangpu River in the Huangpu District of Shanghai, China. Formerly the headquarters of the Japanese army during World War II, it was later used ...

  3. Chinese Maritime Customs Service - Wikipedia

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    Customs House, Shanghai (1927) The agency's first Inspector-General (IG), Horatio Nelson Lay (李泰國), was dismissed in 1863 following a dispute with the Imperial court to be replaced by Sir Robert Hart (赫德), by far the most well known IG, who served until his death in 1911. Hart oversaw the development of the Service and its activities ...

  4. The Bund - Wikipedia

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    A 1933 map of the Bund. The Bund [a] is a waterfront area and a protected historical district in central Shanghai.The area centers on a section of Zhongshan Road (East Zhongshan Road No.1) within the former Shanghai International Settlement, which runs along the western bank of the Huangpu River in the eastern part of Huangpu.

  5. Shanghai International Settlement - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Custom House, Shanghai - Wikipedia

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    Custom House – The Bund – Shanghai (Elevation) The present Custom House occupies an area of 5,722 square meters (61,590 sq ft), with 32,680 square meters (351,800 sq ft) of floor space. The building is in two section: the eastern section is eight stories tall and faces the Huangpu River .

  7. List of outstanding historic buildings of Shanghai - Wikipedia

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    Shanghai Clearing House: 2 Beijing East Road: 1922: 24: A-III-049: Union Building: Bank of Shanghai Puxi Branch: 261 Sichuan Middle Road: 1926: 25: A-III-047: Brunner Mond Building: Shanghai Warehousing Industry Association/Shanghai Commercial Warehousing Co., Ltd. 133 Sichuan Middle Road: 1922: 26: A-III-048: New HSBC Building: Shanghai ...