Shanghai

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Shanghai stands proudly as China’s largest economic metropolis, and in 2010 it will parade its visions of urban life as host of the next World Expo.
Unlike Beijing, the city has little in the way of pre-20th century historical sites (no grand palaces or must-see temples), but there are plenty of attractions from the city’s recent history.