内容简介
HavingbeenlivinginShanghaiformorethan12years,Iamamazedattheever-changingphenomenoninthecityandoftengetindulgedinponderationuponherhistory。ThelongerIliveinShanghaiandthemoreilearnabouther,themorefascinatedIbecome。NotwithstandingthefactthatShanhaiasacityisonlyalittlemorethan100yearsold,itistheepitomeofthecontemporaryChinesehistory。ItwasfromShanghaithatmodernwesterncivlizationrushedintoChina,itwasinShanghaithattheearliestChinesenationalindustryemergedandtheearliestmoderncommercialbankwasestablished。ThefoundingoftheChineseCommunistPartyisthemostinfluentialthatthePartyexpandedtothewholecounrtyandfoundedthePeople’sRepublicofChinain1949。BeingthedrivingpowerfortheChineseandglobaieconomies,todayShanghaihasgrownintoanenergeticworldfamousmetropolis。