Modern day Shanghai represents a bustling city with rapid urbanization and a significant foreign influence that has become an economic‚ global center. It is important to note‚ however‚ that it took centuries for Shanghai to be molded into this current‚ dynamic‚ fiscal city. From the 5th to the 7th century‚ Shanghai was sparsely populated. This inability to promote settlement within the region was largely due to the “deltaic position of the area” that ultimately retarded the city’s economic growth
Premium China United States People's Republic of China
Western Influences on Folk-custom in Shanghai The change of Folk-custom is an important part of the change of society. As a metropolis in China‚ Shanghai combines her own features with many other country’s history and culture. As a result‚ the Folk-customs in Shanghai have changed a lot due to the impact of western culture. The influences on proprieties As a traditional city in China‚ Shanghai paid much attention to the etiquette and custom when people met together in the old days. At that time
Premium Culture China Chinese language
Social dimension of Shanghai Expo 2010 LTL 001 Group 3 As one of a handful of cities to host the Expo in its urban centre‚ Shanghai makes use of the world event to stimulate urban development‚ boost the tourism industry and demonstrate the concept of sustainable development. Shanghai definitely benefits from the Expo for its accelerating urban development. Investments that can be clearly linked to Expo are primarily in the form of massive investments to beautify the buildings‚ parks and streets
Premium Shanghai Expo City
Say Hi from Shanghai! (1) Shanghai is also called as “Hu” it is the largest city in China. This eastern part of China is considered as the most influential center in the economic‚ financial‚ cultural‚ international trade‚ science and technology aspect that is why it is considered as the international metropolis from all over the world. The new skyscrapers and old buildings have good combinations that draw the skyline of the city. Tourist can experience the perfect mixture of the past‚ present
Premium Shanghai
by turning them into animals. How does Orson Welles update these classical Greek elements and put them into his film? Why does he make use of these figures from classical mythology in order to tell a story set in the modern world? The lady From Shanghai movie is a film noir. The movie is a commercial Hollywood film and at the same time an “art film”. One of the aspects of the “art film” is symbolism. Welles forced us into it is symbolic subtext in order to understand it is logic. He updated classical
Premium Greek mythology Orson Welles Film theory
activities with a long history and numerous considerable influences (Expo 2010 Shanghai China‚ 2008). In 2010‚ the forty-first world expo has been successfully opened in Shanghai from the beginning of the May to the end of October; and the aim of Shanghai Expo is universally acknowledged as “better city better life”. “Colorful Concert” will be held during the period from October first to October seventh in 2010 at Shanghai Grand Theatre. The aim of the concert is “colorful music colorful life” because
Premium Shanghai Expo
cyberslacking in Shanghai: What My Students Taught Me weighs the pros and cons in a very well thought out and experience oriented essay. Starkman starts out by introducing the term cyber-slacking. ’Cyberslacking’‚ "the act of avoiding work and/or other responsibilities by scouring the internet in search of games or other non-work related amusements." ("Cyberslacking Definition | Investopedia 2015. ) While establishing credibility as a college professor and has taught in a classroom in Shanghai. The basis
Premium Education Learning University
China’s Gross Domestic Products (GDP) growth rapidly with an average 8% raise per year and seem will maintain its high-speed increase in the future. At the same time individual income gain fast growth particularly in some eastern coastal city like Shanghai (see Appendix 1‚2). A top economical official predict: “China’s gross domestic product will maintain its 7 percent growing speed in the future” (Yang‚ 1998). Social/Culture Labour Market: China ’s abundant labor resource has provided a great
Premium Automotive industry Automobile Strategic management
China (Shanghai) Pilot Free-Trade Zone is a free-trade zone launched in Shanghai‚ China on September 29‚ 2013. It is reported that there will be revolutions in finance‚ social service‚ cultural service‚ shipping and professional business services. There are several characteristics of this FTZ (Free-Trade Zone). Firstly‚ this FTZ focuses on function innovation and this is different from other bonded areas in China which focus on special policies. Secondly‚ this FTZ is different from the Singapore
Premium International trade Globalization Economics
sexuality‚ many people use this theme as a main topic of their novels‚ articles or any other literatures; included Wei Hui – one of the controversial Chinese feminist writer – who put women and sexuality as her main topic in her forbidden novel‚ the Shanghai Baby. Having lived in a state of quasi-servitude for over two thousand years‚ Chinese women began to demand liberation from their serfdom within the family clan complex. They sought to outlaw arranged marriages‚ selling of wives and children‚ infanticides
Free Sexual intercourse Marriage Human sexuality