Guide to Shanghai
Things to do in Shanghai
- Sights (5)
- Places to eat (3)
- Nightlife (3)
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At a glance
Shanghai is a scintillating city swirling with rapid cultural change. Since market restrictions were lifted, Shanghai has embraced the forces of business and design and rewritten its rule book shaping a fresh, new city that is sophisticated, innovative and living a life it has never lived before.
While it can't match the epic history of Beijing or Xi'an's grander sights, Shanghai is the hotspot of modern China; a cosmopolitan city buzzing with the concept of 'lifestyle revolution', showcased in the architectural temples of art, fine dining and contemporary urban living on the Bund.
Fast Facts
- Full name:
- Shanghai
- Area:
- 6,340 sq km / 2,448 sq miles
- Population:
- 17,000,000
- Time Zone:
- GMT/UTC +8 (Greenwich Mean Time)
- Currency:
- Renminbi ('People's Money')
- Electric plug details:
- Japanese-style plug with two parallel flat blades
- Australian-style plug with two flat angled blades and one vertical grounding blade
- British-style plug with two flat blades and one flat grounding blade
- South African/Indian-style plug with two circular metal pins above a large circular grounding pin
- Australian-style plug with two flat angled blades and one vertical grounding blade