In the eastern part of central Shanghai, was in the past the Chinese city. To protect itself from possible invasion, a wall was surrounding the city. It survived, while the foreign concessions in Shanghai settled. In 1911, during the revolution it was...

Today, if you do not know THE BUND, you do not know Shanghai. This is a place where you can almost grasp the entire history of the city. First the BUND word meaning "muddy dock" itself gives an idea of what could be Shanghai to its origins. Located in...

After the Opium War, this part of Shanghai belonged to the British Concession, then to the International Concession. Nanjing road became the commercial thoroughfare where any goods for inland China, mainly Nanjing were transiting. So, it’s quite naturally...

In the old City of Shanghai, an attraction is the Zigzag Bridge and the tea house in the middle of the lake, where you can attend a tea ceremony by Chinese custom which seems nothing to do with Japanese one. The teapot is then filled with water and the...