TABLE
OF CONTENTS |
INTRODUCTION |
SHANGHAI, A to Z |
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| Chapter 1 Shanghai's History -- 8 |
A Architecture -- 60 |
| A Zip through History in Three Pages or
So |
B Buildings of Note -- 63 |
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C Crickets -- 68 |
| Chapter 2 Why Am I here - |
D Diplomatic Missions -- 70 |
| and What Am I Going to Do About It? -- 10 |
E Educational Opportunities -- 72 |
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F Financial Matters -- 74 |
| Chapter 3 A Glimpse Behind the Chinese Screen
-- 15 |
G Gift Giving and Receiving v76 |
| An Attempt to Understand Some |
H Happy New Year - In Old China -- 77 |
| Chinese Characteristics |
I Ignorance of China |
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- What Do We Westerners Know Anyway? -- 78 |
| Chapter 4 Nuts and Bolts -- 25 |
J Jewish Refugees -- 79 |
| Petty Details You Need to Know |
K Keeping Fit -- 81 |
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L Leaving Town -- 83 |
| Chapter 5 So Get On With It Already -- 32 |
M Moganshan - Shanghai's Hill Station -- 86 |
| Possibilities for Personal Integration, |
N Names of Street - Old and New -- 88 |
| to Include: |
O Old Shanghai's Culb -- 91 |
| 1 As a Tai Tai -- 32 |
P Pidgin English -- 93 |
| 2 As an Explorer, or Eternal Tourist -- 33 |
Q Quick Chinese Lesson - Ten Wonderful Words! -- 95 |
| 3 As a Photographer -- 39 |
R Recreational Shopping(An Excerpt from |
| 4 As a Historian or Writer -- 41 |
"Collecting in China - The Great Game") --
98 |
| 5 As a Student -- 42 |
S Solar Seasons of the Chinese Calendar -- 103 |
| 6 As a Teacher -- 45 |
T The Top Twenty Tourist Spots -- 105 |
| 7 As a Businessperson -- 46 |
U Uncommon Pleasures for the Common Man |
| 8 As a Philanthropist -- 47 |
- The "Great World" -- 106 |
| 9 As a Music Maven -- 48 |
V Visitors' One - Day Tour -- 108 |
| 10 As a Laowai, or Be All That You Can Be -- 51 |
W Waitan or The Buildings of the Bund -- 110 |
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X "X" Marks the Spot |
| Chapter 6 Success Stories - This Could Be You! -- 54 |
- All You Need to Know -- 114 |
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Y Yesteryear Shanghai |
| Chapter 7 Whither Shanghai, Whither You? -- 58 |
- A Historical Potpourri -- 118 |
| A Brief Summing Up |
Z Zodiac Signs - a Cycle in Cathay -- 121 |