Shanghai has long since become too complicated a legend. No one could tell what it really looked like.
Taking advantage of its geographical position on the Yangtse River, it developed from a tiny fishing village into the country's financial and industrial centre, the first metropolis in the Far East and an international city characterized by a medley of Western and Chinese folkways.
Prof. Tang Zhenchang, veteran journalist and famous researcher in China's modern history, will introduce to us the most interesting chapter of China's history — a chapter on the impact of Western influence on China from the earliest days.