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Source: Public Books

5/12/2020

Shanghai’s Past, Hong Kong’s Future

by James Carter and Jeffrey Wasserstrom

The story of Hong Kong and Shanghai isn’t simply a defining story of the last two centuries of Chinese history. It is really the story of all world cities around the globe today: how they thrive and how they decline.

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Shanghai’s Past, Hong Kong’s Future

by James Carter and Jeffrey Wasserstrom