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| | Chapter 24- Shanghai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Shanghai grew west, south and north from this area, and the newer sections, typically with gridlike streets, are a result of the city’s growth as a center of commerce, shipping, and industry. |
 | | Shanghai is China’s leading center of industry and industrial activity ranges from smelting at China’s largest integrated iron and steel plant, located at suburban Baoshan, to the manufacture of complex machinery and precision equipment, such as cellular telephones, fax machines, color television tubes, automobiles, textiles, foodstuffs, and electronics. |
 | | Shanghai’s port is one of the largest in China, accounting for nearly 30 percent of the country’s total cargo volume in the early 1990s. |
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