Tag Archives: Shanghai
Shanghai Dialect
Shanghai dialect is a dialect spoken in the city of Shanghai and the surrounding region. Shanghainese, like other Wu dialects, is largely not mutually intelligible with other Chinese dialects such as Standard Mandarin. The term "Shanghainese" in English sometimes refers to all Wu Chinese dialects. It is only partially intelligible with other subbranches of the [...]
Mascot
World Expo Shanghai has chosn a " " (people)-shaped imaginary character as its mascot. The Name — Hai Bao The name of the mascot of World Expo 2010 Shanghai China is Hai Bao, which means the treasure of the sea. The name of Hai Bao is easy to remember, echoes with the color of its [...]
Nanjing Road in Shanghai
Nanjing Road is the major business centers in Shanghai, east from the Bund, the West arrived in Jing’an Temple, with a length of 5 km. The road was so named by the imperialists in memory of the humiliating Treaty of Nanjing in 1842, forced down China’s throat at the end of the Opium War. The [...]
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