one is a text about Shanghai’s growth‚ the second one is a picture of Pudong‚ which is a state-level new area of Shanghai‚ China‚ located along the east side of the Huangpu River‚ across from the historic city center of Shanghai in Puxi. The third document is a table that represents traffic of the major ports in 2005. All these documents have one common point: they show us that Shanghai is considered a global city in the making. Global cities can be defined by the role they perform in global economic
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Shanghai Tower Shanghai Tower is a skyscraper that is still under construction by Shanghai Tower Construction & Development Co.‚ Ltd. The location is same as its name‚ Shanghai China. Shanghai tower proposed in 2008‚ started construction in 2009 and the tower will finish in the year of 2014 and start to use (The Skyscraper Center). After the construction‚ the tower will be used for luxury retail‚ bank‚ restaurant‚ conference‚ meeting‚ and banquet functions (Gensler). The tower has 128 floors
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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
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Creativity at Shanghai Tang Background Shanghai Tang was founded by David Tang in Hong Kong in 1994. It was a retail store selling high quality product made in China‚ such as traditional Chinese costumes‚ Chairman Mao wrist watch‚ qipao‚ traditional Chinese silk products with Chinese design. Its target customers at the first place were those high ended tourists. Taking around 1 year‚ instead of 2 year which is typical period a new retailers need to make business in break even‚ Shanghai Tang turned
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SHANGHAI GIRLS‚ BY LISA SEE BOOK REVIEW I. INTRODUCTION A. Review Lisa See is an American writer and novelist born in 1955 in Paris‚ and grew up in the Chinatown section of Los Angeles. Her great-grandfather left his village in China to immigrate in Los Angeles at the beginning of the last century. Although she is only 1/8 Chinese‚ she spent he childhood in the Chinatown of Los Angeles‚ and her familial background has given her roots in Chinese culture and has had a great impact on her
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Throughout the “Life and Death in Shanghai” article‚ I learned how life for Nien Cheng and her family was unjust and dangerous. Nien Cheng explains how the education system in China is unfair and how it affected her daughter‚ Meiping. Meiping is a young 23 year old woman who grew up experiencing the Communist rule. Nien and her daughter were wealthy‚ so they enjoyed many educational advantages. However‚ I the government instituted a new system that would discriminate against her social class. If
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The Portman Ritz-Carlton‚ Shanghai The main advantage for the Portman Ritz-Carlton in Shanghai (Ritz) is the way it manages and leverages its human resources. The quality of their employees and their employees’ satisfaction contributes significantly to its success. The Ritz’s motto‚ employee promise‚ credo‚ and basics‚ shown in appendix A‚ set the stage for their success. They ensure that everyone is on the same page at the Ritz. All know what is expected of the employees by the Ritz and
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The Lady from Shanghai (1946) has all of the elements that encompass a great film noir. For the purposes of this short paper‚ I will focus strictly on one prominent scene in the film and the elements that comprise it. The scene I have chosen is the crazy house scene‚ one of the final scenes in the film. Michael awakes from his drugged stupor and realizes he is in a crazy house. His mind whirls as he begins to put the pieces of the puzzle together‚ realizing that Elsa was in fact the murderer and
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Marketing of Four Seasons Hotel Shanghai Lecturer: Kathryn Medico Student: Lu Yizhi [ luyi080789 ] Duy Hung Pham [ phdu271188 ] Class: 2A March 12th ‚ 2012 Acknowledgement For the successful completion of our report‚ we would like to express our deep gratitude to all the people who give us help and advise. First and foremost‚ we are going to give our appreciation to Mr. Wang‚ the Assistant Sales Director of the Four Seasons Hotel Shanghai. He spent his personal time
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Case Study 1: KFC and McDonald’s in Shanghai) Question 1: Who is running the more successful business in Shanghai: KFC or McDonald’s? Why? KFC is running the more successful business in Shanghai. The reasons are as follows: 1. In 2002‚ Shanghai KFC ranked first among China’s 500 catering companies with an annual turnover of 804 million yuan. (see Exhibit 2) 2. According to a survey published in IMI Consumer Behaviors and Life Patterns Yearbook 2002‚ the five most popular western fast-food
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