Chinese Cities
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Westerners have only a vague idea of the nature of most Chinese cities. From television and film records, we know that these cities tend to be crowded, that they range from what appears to be exceedingly modern structures and designs to the traditional, often in the same city, and that there is some difference to be noted depending on what part of China a city occupies. We know that most Chinese cities do not come up to the level of Hong Kong, soon to be a Chinese city once more and standing as an economic success story the Chinese would like to emulate, though they would like to do so without allowing the freedoms that made this success possible in the first place. A comparison of two Chinese cities will show the variety and the differences that mark these cities. Shanghai is a name well-known to the west even though most people have little idea what the city itself is like. Shanghai is a very modern city by Chinese standards. It started as a small fishing village on a tidal creek near the mouth of the Yangzi River, and it has been transformed into a cosmopolitan trading city since the late nineteenth century. It is the third largest city in the world and the largest in China. It is also China's biggest port and largest manufacturing base. Shanghai's position at the mouth of the Yangzi was the reason it was given so much attention by traders from the West. Modern Shanghai has developed as it has to achieve its preeminence among Chinese cities because of the conju
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velop poorer inland regions. The people of Shanghai have continued to resent this. These problems left the city with poor services, and it remains shabby and overcrowded. Some modern amenities have appeared, such as highrise international-standard hotels, but the city is still plagued by outdated infrastructure and manufacturing processes. There has recently been a change in the way Beijing views Shanghai, however, and a new industrial zone has been marked for rapid development just east of the city (Chan 119, 124). Shanghai remains China's only main port and the nation's major industrial center, and it produces a wide variety of consumer goods (All China 63).
Beijing is the political and cultural center of China and long the capital of the country (All China 46). The city is found to the south of the rim of the centra Asian steppes. It is separated from the Gobi Desert by a chain of green mountains topped by the Great Wall (Chan 99). Most of the major historical sights in the city date from the Ming or later Qing dynasties, adn the major modern transformation of the city has been brought about by the present government. The leadership set about doing this by demolishing the Ming city walls, destroying the commemorative
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Approximate Word count = 1420
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page)
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