The Old City, located in the southeast of Shanghai and covering an area of 200 hectares, is the original settled area of Shanghai city. It was the economic, political and cultural center of the ...

The city's old Chinese quarters encircle the beautiful Yuyuan Garden, which attracts tourists both foreign and local. "The surrounding areas have changed a lot, but not here," said Zheng.

Old Shanghai -- A Lost Age, text by Wu Liang with photos from Shanghai Library, co-published by Foreign Languages Press and Jiangsu Fine Arts Publishing House, pp 240, Price: 80 yuan (US$9.60 ...

Wu is not the only person who treasures Laoximen: The area is beloved by historians, too. Laoximen — whose name means “Old West Gate” in Chinese — is one of the last vestiges of Shanghai’s precolonial ...

But the old Shanghai flavor can also be impressed by a section of the broken city wall and the Dajing Pavilion. Dajing Pavilion is located on the 5 km-long broken city wall, which was built in ...

Shanghai and Beijing led China – the world’s No. 2 economy after the U.S. – in disposable income in the first quarter, according to a report in government-published China Daily this month.

Shanghai on the cusp between old and new order Carla Hunt SHANGHAI -- Shanghai came into view down the highway ahead. Oddly shaped skyscrapers designed by international architects presented an ...