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Shanghai, today, is not only a mark on the map of a metropolitan, but also a lifestyle that is different from any other.
When traveling abroad, people from Shanghai will claim "I am from Shanghai". For the receivers, Shanghai becomes a dream land; a place packed into vacation plans and must be experienced first hand.
Shanghai is forever attached to endless legends and myths. Along its lengthy history, there are old city, Shanghai Lilong, the very French Huaihai Road and world architectural Expo on the Bund.
From the 1920s and the 30s, people from all parts of the world were drawn toShanghai for dreams weaved into memories of the place.
The 2010 Shanghai Expo signifies a new beginning for the world to know Shanghai.This book is dedicated to the understanding of Shanghai.
We designed the book by its cultural characteristics and lifestyle versus administrativedistricts. The main four blocks are "Expo Site", "Urban Area and Its Surroundings","The Creative Garden" and "College Town", including 100 locales worth visiting.
Besides introductions of the 100 landmarks, every block has a prelude to summarizethe place and ends with a link to the local customs and stories.
For ease of traveling, we provide maps with landmarks and available transportation.(Information dates up to June 2009)
When traveling with the Shanghai dream, the legends, lifestyle, interest, quality,liveliness and open-mind are the synonym of the place. Here one finds Shanghai tobe creative, new and old co existence and inclusive,