Shanghai began as a fishing village in the 11th century, but by the mid-18th century it was an important area for growing cotton and by the 1800s it was becoming the largest city in China. Foreigners came into Shanghai due to foreign trade after the Opium Wars. The British, along with the Americans and French, were allowed to live in certain territorial zones without being under the Chinese laws. As a result of all the foreigners, Shanghai became greatly influenced by Western culture, but things changed dramatically after Communism took over.
During the 1900s, opium sales along with the gambling and prostitution that went with it brought in very big profits. After the end of Shanghai's subjugation by the Japanese, the Nationalist Chinese government was given control of the city. The foreigners no longer had control and by 1949, Shanghai was transformed by the Communist Chinese government.
As the foreigners left, the businesses that were left behind were one by one taken over by the government. After losing ground during the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976, Deng Xiaopeng's open door policy allowed for the advancement back to being an international force in business and finance.
Then in 1990s, Pudong developed quickly
to become a new financial region in the east
part of Shanghai. Shanghai will host the World
Expo in 2010.
上海歷史上,中國上海開始作為漁村的11世紀,但在十八世紀中葉是壹個重要的棉花種植面積和它的年代已成為中國最大的城市. 外國人來到上海後,由於外貿鴉片戰. 英國與美國和法國,讓生活在某些地區的領土不受到中國法律. 由於所有的外國人,上海成為西方文化的影響很大,但事情發生了巨大的變化後,***產主義接管. 在壹九零零年,隨著銷售鴉片賭博和賣淫,帶著它帶來很大的利潤. 結束上海的'征服了日本國民,中國政府正考慮對城市的控制權. 外國人控制,不再有1949年將是上海的中***政府. 外國人留下的,商家留下壹個個被政府接管. 經過處於下風文革從1966至1976年,鄧小平鄧小平的開放政策使'為促進回到作為國際商業及金融力量. 然後在90年代後,上海浦東發展迅速,成為壹個新的經濟區域是上海東方. 上海將主辦2010年世界博覽會.