Shanghai
Overview
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China
China
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 and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010. Following rapid development over the last two decades it has become a leading global city
Global city
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, with significant influence in commerce, culture, finance, media, fashion, technology and transport.
Timeline

1894    Great fire in Shanghai. Over 1,000 buildings are destroyed.

1927    April 12 Incident: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Communist Party of China members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.

1948    A Buddhist monastery burns in Shanghai, China, leaving twenty monks dead.

 
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