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  1. Sep 2017
    1. Those distinctions belonged to Suzhou and Hangzhou, and Shanghai was sometimes called “Little Su” or “Little Hang” to flag its lowlier status

      Actually Shanghai was the least evolved cities compared to Suzhou and Hangzhou

    2. settle and conduct business according to the rules of their homeland rather than those of the Qing Dynasty

      The British took over the Qing dynasty led to Shanghai's modern mythologizing (mostly in visuals)

    1. this periodical offered more than just a graphic window on contemporary Western as well as Chinese happenings and developments.

      The Dianshizhai published pictorials on the western view and the development of China during the time period

  2. Jun 2017