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The Dàjìng Gé Pavilion wall, which is the only remaining part of the Old City of Shanghai wall 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 (1644–1912) as one of China's principal trading ports. Although nominally part of China, in practice ...
Shanghai tram, 1920s. On 11 July 1854 a committee of Western businessmen met and held the first annual meeting of the Shanghai Municipal Council (SMC, formally the Council for the Foreign Settlement North of the Yang-king-pang), ignoring protests of consular officials, and laid down the Land Regulations which established the principles of self-government.
Shanghai Oil Painting Institute, and Eastern City Women's Art School founded. [10] 1912 - Old City walls dismantled. 1913 - Shanghai Art School, Women's Art and Embroidery Institute, [10] and Xinmin Theater Research Society founded. [13] 1914 - Trolleybus begins operating along Fokein Road. 1916 - Asia Building and Union Building constructed on ...
As of October 2019, the city's National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao) is structured under the "3+3" system, in which all general senior high school students study three compulsory subjects (Chinese, English, and math) and three subjects chosen from six options (physics, chemistry, biology, history, geography, and politics). [239]
A 17th-century painting showing the city wall of the Old City of Shanghai and the river port outside the wall. The Old City of Shanghai (Chinese: 上海老城厢; pinyin: Shànghǎi Lǎo Chéngxiāng; Shanghainese: Zånhae Lo Zenshian), also formerly known as the Chinese city, is the traditional urban core of Shanghai. Its boundary was formerly ...
Site Date Location Image Coordinates Designation Former Residence of Sun Yat-sen 上海中山故居: 1919: Huangpu District: 1-9 Site of the Socialist Youth League of China
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On 20 November 1846, a formal concession was established; this was expanded on 27 November 1848. After a proposal to make Shanghai an independent "free city" was rejected in 1862, the British area agreed to merge with the American on 21 September 1863 as the Shanghai International Settlement. This occurred in December of the same year.