ABSTRACT
Any person with only the slightest insight into contemporary world geography will choose Shanghai. Beijing is a typical Chinese-style walled capital city. Backed against the Great Wall, it sits facing south—upright, solemn, quiet and stable. Shanghai is the exact opposite. It looks towards the east, facing the vast Pacific Ocean. And behind it is the great, long Yangzi River which traverses and links numerous regions. In terms of a self-reliant China, Shanghai squats alone in a corner unimportant. But with respect to an open, contemporary world, it looks far and wide, swallowing and disgorging large quantities of goods with its special topography. 2
