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Shanghai's first building boom occurred in the 1920s and 1930s, during the city's heyday as a multinational center of business and finance. [5] The city's international concessions permitted foreign investment, and with it came architectural styles from the West , as seen today in areas such as the French Concession and the Bund . [ 6 ]
This list of outstanding historic buildings of Shanghai (Chinese: 上海市优秀历史建筑; pinyin: shànghǎi shì yōuxiù lìshǐ jiànzhú) is a list encompassing 'Outstanding Historical Buildings' of Shanghai, China, nominated by the Shanghai Municipal People's Government starting from 1989. There are currently 5 batches of buildings ...
Seven of the districts are situated in Puxi (literally Huangpu West), or the older part of urban Shanghai on the west bank of the Huangpu River. These seven districts are collectively referred to as downtown Shanghai (上海市区) or the city centre (市中心).The downtown district also includes Pudong New Area. (Within the outer ring line)
Shanghai [a] is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of ...
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.
The group had begun publishing Dakshin Desh in along Maoist lines. The group was joined by a sector of trade union activists. [1] Dakshin Desh is Hindi for 'Southern Land' (implied in this naming was that India was the 'Southern land' whereas China was the corresponding 'Northern land').
In scientific usage a dextral (Latin: dexter, right) shell has the opening on the right, when viewed with the spire upwards.The opposite is sinistral (Latin: sinister, left).
Cha House is a building in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. The building was constructed in 1920 and was owned and used by two brothers, Qiu Xinshan and Qiu Weiqing, who were businessmen in the dye industry at that time. [1] The Qius' residence originally comprised two blocks, the East Block and West Block.