Fodor's Pocket Shanghai, 1st Edition: What to See and Do If You Can't Stay Long - Softcover

Fodor's

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0679000380 ISBN 13: 9780679000389

Publisher: Fodor's, 1998

Pocket Guides are designed for leisure and business travelers who want the highlights of a
destination. They contain full, rich descriptions of the best a destination has to offer -- the most
worthy sights, the best restaurants and lodging in all price ranges, plus shopping, nightlife, and
outdoors highlights.
The best of Shanghai -- with all the essentials
Walking tours along the Bund, in the old French Concession, in the former Jewish quarter
Important Buddhist temples, world-class art museums
River cruises, garden walks, tai chi in the parks
Golf courses, gyms, tennis courts, swimming pools
Sizzling nightlife, from Chinese opera and Shanghai acrobats to nightclubs and karaoke
Great shopping in antiques markets, street bazaars, department stores, and arts and crafts emporiums
Where to stay and eat, no matter what your budget
Modern high-rises, traditional guest houses, historic Art Deco masterpieces
The top hotel restaurants, dining rooms with views, caf�s, traditional Chinese mahogany-and-marble salons
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Pocket Shanghai is excerpted from Fodor's China
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City on the Sea
Shanghai -- literally "City on the Sea" -- has in the 1990s become the center of China's economic
resurgence.  Shanghai's allure begins with its glamorous past of sepia-lit halls, opium dens and French
villas. A gathering of cultures, it was once a place where rich taipans walked the same streets as
gamblers, prostitutes, and beggars, and Europeans fleeing the holocaust lived alongside Chinese
intellectuals and revolutionaries.
Today's Shanghai is a metropolis of 13 million.  It is the New York City of China. Nowhere else in
the country can you feel the same pulse, dynamism, and fervor.  Unlike sprawling Beijing, Shanghai is
a true city laid out on a grid. It is one of the world's most crowded urban areas.
Foreign influence has made today's Shanghai a Chinese consumer heaven. Domestic stores rub
shoulders with the boutiques of Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, and Ralph Lauren. Shanghainese women
are among the most fashionable in China, having abandoned Mao's blue uniforms.  Among the youth, mobile
phones and pagers are de rigueur, essential accessories for their newfound stylish image.

In Shanghai, it's all about image, and the owner of the highest-priced goods goes home the winner.
It is not surprising then that the Shanghainese enjoy one of the highest living standards
in China.  Higher salaries, more goods, and more and more venues for entertainment, nightlife, and
culture complement the lives of China's most cosmopolitan and open people.

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