History of Shanghai - Wikipedia
Shanghai was made a special city in 1927, and a municipality in May 1930. The city's industrial and financial power increased, because the merchants were in control of the city, while the rest of China was divided among warlords .
1930s Shanghai: Why Was it Called the Paris of the East?
Apr 14, 2023 · Undisputedly the most modern and technologically-advanced Chinese city in the 1930s, Shanghai was a seductive concoction of glamor and sin, prompting some to call it the Paris of the East.
Shanghai in the 1930s - World History
May 25, 2017 · In the 1930s Shanghai was the stuff of legend. It was a thriving commercial center, but also known for every kind of vice. The boom ended in 1937, when Japan invaded. While the rest of the world grappled with the Great Depression, Shanghai entered its most prosperous era.
A glimpse at 1930s Shanghai
Jan 8, 2015 · By 1930, Shanghai was a bustling cosmopolitan city with a foreign population approaching 70,000, close to the number of registered foreigners who now live here. It held one of the busiest ports in the world, as it does today, and became the center for business in Asia.
A Short History of Shanghai - New York Times
In the 1930s and '40s, the city weathered raids, invasions, then outright occupation by the Japanese. The party was over. By 1943, at the height of World War II, most foreigners had fled and...
Shanghai in 1930s: A melting pot of history and culture
In the 1930s, Shanghai had about 152,000 registered foreign residents. Even today, it continues to attract foreigners with as many as 170,000 registered foreigners in a city of roughly 24 million. Back then, Shanghai’s total population was 3 million.
History of Shanghai | Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History
Over the following century, Shanghai was divided into three main sections, each operating under its own laws and regulations: the International Settlement, the French Concession, and the Chinese city. In the 1930s, the fate of the city fell into the …
Shanghai three ways: The 1930s view from Tokyo, Paris and Shanghai
Shanghai, in the 1920s and 1930s, rivaled New York, Paris, Berlin and London as one of the most exotic and alluring of the world’s cities. Then, as now, Shanghai was known for glitz and glamour, for size and opulence, for growth, energy, excess and fortunes.
Reliving Shanghai’s 1930s past - BBC
Jan 30, 2012 · Just beneath the shiny veneer of China’s most famous port city, where glass and steel are the new currency of a city vying to become the world’s centre for business and commerce, Shanghai’s...
(PDF) History of Shanghai - ResearchGate
May 18, 2022 · Over the following century, Shanghai was divided into three main sections, each operating under its own laws and regulations: the International Settlement, the French Concession, and the Chinese...