The Shanghai identity has two main components

Shanghai, as one of the five [original] treaty ports opened in 1843, and Taipei as first treaty port (nearby Danshui—or Tamsui—became a treaty port in 1860) then colonial seat of power for Japan from 1895 to 1945, absorbed and adapted the influences of imperialism and industrial development and led the way in China’s urbanization to the ... ................
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