History of Shanghai Mother Earth Travel > China > Shanghai > History Once known as "Paris of the East," Shanghai in the early twentieth century was the most glamorous, decadent and cultured city in China and all of Asia. After years of being closed off to the rest of the world, Shanghai is rapidly r

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF SHANGHAI, CHINA By Tim Lambert Early Shanghai Shanghai is one of Chinas great cities. By the 11th century AD Shanghai was a small market town. It grew steadily larger and in 1533 a wall was built around the town. Later in the 16th century Yuyuan Garden was created. By 1700 Shanghai had a population

The history of Shanghai spans over a thousand years and closely parallels the development of modern China . Originally a small agricultural village, Shanghai developed during the late Qing dynasty as one of Chinas principal trading ports. Since the economic reforms of the early the city has burgeoned to become one of A