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Old Shanghai Antiques: Genuine Copies

              It's easy to forget that Shanghai had a great Opening Up long before the one currently transforming China. From the Treaty of Nanking in 1842 until WWII, Shanghai was the Chinese destination for making ... ...full story at China Expat

from China Expat on Mon, Oct 26 2009

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