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Shanghai Impressions

By:

Courtney Gee & Chika Okoro

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Describe the real, sentimental and varied Shanghai you have seen.

Everyday see old china and new china mixing

Ex- old shanghai people with the shuiguodians/street food stalls &new shanghai with H&m, Haagen Daas, and Forever 21s developingon Nanjing dong lu

See old architecture and temples for older days in shanghai such asthe Jade Buddha Temple, Longhua temple. The bund and itsarchitecture.

Differences between younger generations and older generations ofShanghainese people. Younger people embrace western culture and

modern practices. Older generation Shanghainese seem to avoidwestern developed places such as downtown.

The Shanghainese youth have a tendency to be prone to numerousdisplays of public affection that make for awkward situationsespecially I the subways.

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A sense of urgency

Some people have the tendency of displaying their wealth

through material possessions e.g. Seem to be very hardworking and driven

More focused on family relationships as opposed to otherexternal relationships

Intense competition between younger generations tosucceed in their educations, and make their families proud.

Spoilt children, a result of the population control of onechild policy.

Wide income gap between the rich and poor

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2. What reflections did your observations

trigger?

Identity Crisis

Unhappy People

Sheltered maybe a result of the government

Overall, a young developing city Its easy to forget that the rest of China is not

like Shanghai

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3. Compare your own city with what you have

seen in Shanghai; try to draw some

conclusions from the comparison, critical

thinking and reflection over empirical

experiences.

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Boston

Boston has old historical significance whileShanghai seems to have very little history.

Shanghais new development hasnt given the

Shanghainese an identity Boston has mix of different heritages, Shanghai is

becoming a mix of American, Chinese, andEuropean customs.

Boston is more unified as a city than Shanghai,Shanghai has a division between the Shanghaipeople and foreign population.

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Lagos

Similar situation of both cities being a place wheredreams can come true.

A similar sense of urgency and some desperationwithin the lower classes and even the middle class

Similar situations of corruption in business andgovernment

Lagosians overall seem to be more knowledgeableabout international affairs, a little less sheltered than

the Shanghainese are. Both central business locations with access to ports

that facilitate trade.

Very large gap between the poor and the rich.