Chinese Culture - the Culture of Shanghai
Chinese Culture - The Culture of Shanghai
Shanghai University
30.11.2012
Shanghai – Brief Overview
Shanghai is an important commercial harbor and the most important industrial town of the People 's Republic of China. The administrative area has more than 23 million inhabitants. The status of the town corresponds to that of a province; the town is subordinated directly of the central government. Shanghai is an important traffic interchange and an important cultural center and educational center. There are countless universities, colleges, science institutes, theatres and museums.
Shanghai awoke to live in 1842 properly, when the Britons opened their concession in the town. They were followed by the Americans and French and in the year 1853 the town was ahead of any other Chinese town. Shanghai was living from trading Silk, Opium and tea. Who followed was the big financial institutions. The name Shanghai also became to synonym for exploitation with the opium dens and brothels controlled by criminal groups. At the end of the 19th century till the 1920s Shanghai developed to a cosmopolitan city. At the beginning of the 20th century the population reached the more than a million. Also the roots of communism were founded here in 1921.The communist “freed” the city in 1949. The communists removed the slums, rehabilitated the hundreds of thousand addicted to opium in the town. Besides, they abolished children and slave work. However, therefore also the decadence and the shine of the town disappeared. Shanghai became thus a colorless industrial town.
In the 1980s, Shanghai was again at the forefront. Here, the modernization of China should become real. That led to a massive increase of industrial production lines and foreign investors wanted to set a foot in the door as well. The special economic area Pudong was founded in 1990. Today Pudong is the new high-tech and economy location. Within twenty years, a whole bunch of skyscrapers and design towers
Shanghai University
30.11.2012
Shanghai – Brief Overview
Shanghai is an important commercial harbor and the most important industrial town of the People 's Republic of China. The administrative area has more than 23 million inhabitants. The status of the town corresponds to that of a province; the town is subordinated directly of the central government. Shanghai is an important traffic interchange and an important cultural center and educational center. There are countless universities, colleges, science institutes, theatres and museums.
Shanghai awoke to live in 1842 properly, when the Britons opened their concession in the town. They were followed by the Americans and French and in the year 1853 the town was ahead of any other Chinese town. Shanghai was living from trading Silk, Opium and tea. Who followed was the big financial institutions. The name Shanghai also became to synonym for exploitation with the opium dens and brothels controlled by criminal groups. At the end of the 19th century till the 1920s Shanghai developed to a cosmopolitan city. At the beginning of the 20th century the population reached the more than a million. Also the roots of communism were founded here in 1921.The communist “freed” the city in 1949. The communists removed the slums, rehabilitated the hundreds of thousand addicted to opium in the town. Besides, they abolished children and slave work. However, therefore also the decadence and the shine of the town disappeared. Shanghai became thus a colorless industrial town.
In the 1980s, Shanghai was again at the forefront. Here, the modernization of China should become real. That led to a massive increase of industrial production lines and foreign investors wanted to set a foot in the door as well. The special economic area Pudong was founded in 1990. Today Pudong is the new high-tech and economy location. Within twenty years, a whole bunch of skyscrapers and design towers
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