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21 unusual facts about Shanghai


An Chang-ho

He established the Young Korean Academy (흥사단; 興士團) in San Francisco in 1913 and was a key member in the founding of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in Shanghai in 1919.

Avient Aviation Flight 324

It was the sistership of HL7373, the MD-11F which crashed in Xinzhuang, Shanghai when operating Korean Air Cargo Flight 6316 in 1999.

Bethuel Kitchen

He died in Shanghai, West Virginia on December 15, 1895 and was interned there in Presbyterian Churchyard.

Black Cat Squadron

Colonel Lu was born in Shanghai on December 27, 1923 and completed his training in the US.

China Railways DFH shunting locomotives

One example was produced for shunting in the Chinese port of Huangpu District, Shanghai.

Chinese Consulate-General, Los Angeles

He was identified as a 67-year-old activist from Shanghai, who was part of a group protest, at the consulate, against China's human rights record.

Chio Lim Stone Forest

Ltd is an international corporate advisory firm with offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou, Chengdu and Shenzhen.

Corrupt Absolute

The bands 2007 China tour consisted of 6 Concerts in Shanghai & Beijing & climaxed at The 8th Annual Midi Modern Music Festival in Beijing.

CSCL

China Shipping Container Lines, a containerized marine shipping company, based in Shanghai China.

Edward Harper Parker

He intended to engage in the tea trade, studied Chinese, and from 1869 to 1871, in the character of student interpreter, he traveled in Mongolia, and afterwards he served in British consulates at Wenchow, Fusan, and Shanghai, and traveled in Oceania, Eastern Asia, and North America.

George Ruebner

Ruebner, a wing, was born in Shanghai and claimed a total of 2 international caps for Australia.

History of Korea

The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea was established in Shanghai, China, in the aftermath of March 1 Movement, which coordinated the Liberation effort and resistance against Japanese control.

Johor Bahru Prison

The Johor Bahru Prison was designed by the then sultan, Sultan Ibrahim ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar ibni Almarhum Daeng Ibrahim, who visited the prisons in Shanghai and Osaka to study the physical condition and design of their prisons.

Laoximen Station

The station is located in Huangpu District, near the intersection of East Fuxing Road and South Xizang Road.

Laticrete International, Inc.

Ltd in the Songjiang District of Shanghai represents the first wholly owned Laticrete manufacturing facility outside the United States.

Mirok Li

This got him into trouble and he fled at the urging of his mother in 1919 to Shanghai, China.

Paris of the Orient

Shanghai, often given this nickname in the early 20th century

Sandhya Mridul

In 2008, she served as a member of the jury in the 14th Television Festival held in Shanghai.

Shanghai Post

Shanghai Evening Post & Mercury, an American-owned English-language newspaper published in Shanghai.

Shanghai-Kowloon Through Train

The Shanghai-Kowloon Through Train is an intercity railway service between Kowloon Station (also known as Hung Hom Station) in Hong Kong and the Shanghai Railway Station, jointly operated by the MTR of Hong Kong and China's national rail service (Shanghai Railway Bureau).

Yuan Shansong

During the rebellion of Sun En in 399, he died defending Hudu (in the western suburbs of modern Shanghai).


A Jewish Girl in Shanghai

During the Second World War, approximately 20,000 Jewish refugees fleeing German-occupied Europe were given an area of approximately one square mile in the Hongkou District of Shanghai by the Japanese Empire, designated the Restricted Sector for Stateless Refugees, one of the poorest and most overcrowded areas of the city.

Affluenza

To highlight the spread of affluenza in societies with varied levels of inequality, James interviewed people in several cities including Sydney, Singapore, Auckland, Moscow, Shanghai, Copenhagen and New York.

ArcSoft

ArcSoft is headquartered in Fremont, California, with regional commercial and development facilities in Europe and Asia, specifically Taipei, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Nanjing.

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

In 2012 they won the EuroShop RetailDesign award for the Uniqlo flagship store in Shanghai based on the strength of its spectacular dynamic merchandising.

China Next Generation Internet

CNGI also encompasses two exchange points (IX) in Beijing (named CNGI-6IX) and Shanghai for interconnecting these backbones and for international links to APAN (Asia Pacific Advanced Network), GEANT, and Internet2.

China Poly Group Corporation

Having its affiliated enterprises and projects in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Changsha, Tianjin, Harbin, Shenyang, Chongqing, Hainan, and Hong Kong etc., the Group Corporation has made significant achievements in capital scale, economic benefits, business management and system construction, characterized by professionalism, scale operation and optimal allocation of resources.

China Railways DF11

locomotive named " Zhou Enlai No. "(license number to Zhou year of birth name), belonging to Shanghai Railway Administration Shanghai Locomotive Depot.

Dai Wangshu

After the war, he returned to Shanghai and then Beijing, and died there having accidentally overdosed on the ephedrine he took to control his asthma.

Erich Bloedorn

Bloedorn retired from the Reichswehr in 1930 to serve on the General Staff of former Generaloberst Hans von Seeckt, who served as a military advisor to Chiang Kai-shek in Nanking and Shanghai.

Fujian Tulou

Since the opening of the high-speed Longyan–Xiamen Railway (June 2012), travelers are able to reach Longyan from Xiamen in 45 minutes; there is direct service from Fuzhou and Shanghai as well.

Georges Dreyer

He was born in Shanghai, where his father was stationed as an officer with the Royal Danish Navy.

Glorious Property Holdings

Projects include Sunshine Holiday in Tianjin and Shanghai Bay, situated along the Huangpu River.

Gubei, Shanghai

Gubei is best known as an enclave of East Asian expatriates in Shanghai, including those from Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Huadian Energy Company Limited

Huadian Energy Company Limited (SHA:900937 华电能源股份有限公司) is a Shanghai B share listed subsidiary of Huadian Group based in Harbin, Heilongjiang province.

Interactive Brokers

(IB) is a U.S. based online discount brokerage firm headquartered in Greenwich CT in the United States and with offices in Budapest, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Montreal, Mumbai, Shanghai, Saint Petersburg, Sydney, Tallinn, Tokyo, and Zug.

International Association of Wagner Societies

Wagner societies can be found in all parts of the world, including Venice, Great Britain, Shanghai, Tokyo, Lisbon, Melbourne, Adelaide, Ankara, New York, Toronto, Cape Town, Bangkok, New Zealand and Puerto Rico.

International Channel

International Channel Shanghai: Cable television channel based in Shanghai, China.

Jade Kwan

She then competed in the New Talent Singing Awards International Finals 1999 (1999 年全球華人新秀歌唱大賽, also representing Vancouver) and won the "Best Potential Newcomer Award" (最具潛質獎) at the International Finals held in Shanghai, China.

Jervis B. Webb Company

The company headquarters is in Farmington Hills, Michigan, with offices and manufacturing plants internationally including Carlisle, South Carolina; Harbor Springs, Michigan; Boyne City, Michigan; Hamilton, Ontario; Northampton, England; Ludwigshafen, Germany; Palaiseau, France; Barcelona, Spain; Shanghai, China and Bangalore, India.

Katharina Sieverding

While a Visiting Professor at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou/Shanghai, Sieverding produced the film Shanghai (2002-2003).

Leslie Jaeger

He was an Honorary Professor of Civil Engineering at Tongji University, Shanghai and Honorary President of the Usman Institute of Technology, Karachi.

Liuzhou–Nanning Intercity Railway

It also connects with the Hengyang-Liuzhou Intercity Railway, allowing for diverse connections with distant destinations, such as Wuhan, Shanghai and Beijing.

Mu Shiying

He was born in Cixi, Ningbo, Zhejiang and studied Chinese literature at Shanghai Guanghua University (上海光華大學).

Mystère à Shanghai

Mystère à Shanghai is a 1950 French crime film directed by Roger Blanc and starring Paul Bernard, Hélène Perdrière and Maurice Teynac.

No Sleep til Shanghai

The film gained wide acclaim and some shock from screening audiences at the Atlanta Film Festival as they reacted to the startling visage of Jamaican-American promoter Andrew Ballen speaking fluent Chinese on the Shanghai leg of the tour.

Radio Canada International

Before beginning its Mandarin Chinese service, RCI produced a 40-week series called Everyday English which was broadcast in 1988 and early 1989 over local stations in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou.

Robert Ivy

He currently serves on the advisory board of four architecture schools—Tulane University, Mississippi State University, Auburn University’s Rural Studio and Tongji University School of Architecture and Urban Planning in Shanghai, China.

Self-Strengthening Movement

As a result of treaties with the Western powers, the two ports of Tianjin and Shanghai were opened to Western trade.

Seoul Lite

Six through eight-star hotels would have been located on the 108th-130th floors, surpassing the Park Hyatt Hotel (79th-93rd floors) in the Shanghai World Financial Center, as the highest hotel rooms in the world.

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

Subsequent annual summits of the Shanghai Five group occurred in Almaty (Kazakhstan) in 1998, in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) in 1999, and in Dushanbe (Tajikistan) in 2000.

Shanghai Livingston American School

In 2001 former American Congressman from Louisiana Bob Livingston former US Congressman (Louisiana), seeking to gain permission to establish schools in the five cities where the United States has US Consulate which would provide an American style education, was given permission to establish a school in Shanghai.

Shanghai North Railway Station

The station was established as the Shanghai Railway Station in 1909 by the Qing government.

Shanghai Restoration Project

The group's first eponymous release, inspired by the Shanghai jazz bands of the 1930s, combines traditional Chinese instruments with modern hip-hop and electronica.

Shanghai–Nanjing Railway

The project was undertaken by the civil engineering partnership Sir John Wolfe-Barry and Lt Col Arthur John Barry at the end of the nineteenth century.

Simon Willson

Traveling with a group of more than 20 performers and crew performing in 81 large nightclubs and discos in 33 Major Chinese cities including Hong Kong, Chengdu, Shanghai, Dongguan, Shenzen, Shantou, Guangzhou, Beijing and Harbin nearly all the way to Mongolia.

Starcom IP Asia

Starcom IP Asia consists of 17 countries and 29 offices, with locations in Australia (Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Gold Coast, Brisbane) Bangalore, Bangladesh, China (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong), India (New Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai), Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand (Auckland, Wellington), Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Vietnam.

Stellar Stone

Stellar Stone developed a total of eight known games—three drag racing games (Taxi Racer, Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing, and Midnight Race Club: Supercharged!), a puzzle game (Total Mahjongg and Shanghai), a hunting game (Remington Big Buck Trophy Hunt), a pinball game (Total Pinball), and two real-time strategy games based on the American Civil War (Gettysburg: Civil War Battles and Ultimate Civil War Battles: Robert E. Lee vs. Ulysses S. Grant).

The Postmodern Life of My Aunt

She decides to leave Shanghai to live with her working-class husband and cook daughter (Zhao Wei) in Anshan.

The PuLi Hotel and Spa

The PuLi Hotel and Spa is a luxury hotel in China that is located in Jing'an District, Shanghai, between NanJing West Road and Yan An Road.

Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra in Shanghai

In Shanghai is a live concert recording made by the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin in October, 2010 in Shanghai.

Transport in Macau

It was inaugurated on December 1995 and has since established a number of regulars flights between Macau and major cities in Northeast and Southeast Asia, for example Bangkok, Beijing, Kaohsiung, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Osaka, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Taipei, etc.

Transportation in Suzhou

Shanghai–Nanjing Intercity Railway is a high-speed railway which is major serves commuter between cities in Jiangsu and Shanghai, with run at high speed, on time, and short headway in Suzhou New Area Railway Station, Suzhou Railway Station, Suzhou Industrial Park Railway Station.

Vincent Lo

Lo assisted the league in dealing with the loan: Han Zheng was the Youth League secretary at the time, and is now mayor of Shanghai.

Wang Guowei

A native of Haining, Zhejiang, he went to Shanghai to work as a proofreader for a newspaper, after failing to pass the Imperial Examination in his hometown, at the age of 22.

Wang Qiucen

By 1940, he was already well-recognized in the artistic community, having held several personal exhibitions in Shanghai and Chongqing.

Yang Ti-liang

Yang was born in Shanghai on 30 June 1929 to an influential family which had roots in what was Nanguan in Xiangshan County of Guangnan East Circuit (now Zhongshan, Guangdong Province) since the early twelfth century, although they had resided in Shanghai since the early nineteenth century.

Zhabei District

Major companies located in Zhabei include TÜV Rheinland, Royal Philips Electronics and Shanghai Bell Alcatel Business Systems Co., LTD.

Zheng Kaimu

While Zheng Kaimu was born in Huangshi, Hubei he would move to Shanghai to join the Genbao Football Base where he spent several years studying before moving back to Hubei and joined the Wuhan Optics Valley youth team.

Zhou Zhengyi

Born in a family of seven children in Yangpu District of Shanghai, Zhou started working at 17 without completing high school.