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| | Shanghai |
 | | Originally a sleepy fishing town, Shanghai became China's most important city by the start of the 20th century and was the center of popular culture, vice, intellectual discourse and political intrigue in Republican China. |
 | | One of the challenges for Shanghai in the early 21st century is to regain its former status as a world-class city and also make city life more comfortable for all of its residents, including migrant workers from poorer provinces. |
 | | Shanghai is administratively an equal to a province, and Shanghai's top jobs, the Party Chief and the position of Mayor, has always been prominent on a national scale. |
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