Aston Martin has also boosted its worldwide appeal by opening more dealers in Europe, as well as branches in China for the first time in its 93 year history in Beijing and Shanghai.

For example, it has been suggested that, in the early 20th century Shanghai, “ Western food, and in particular identifiably nourishing items like milk, became a symbol of a neo-traditional Chinese notion of family .”

As of 2006, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing ( HKEX ) has an average daily turnover of 33. 4 billion dollars, which is 12 times that of Shanghai.

There is a major telecommunications project under construction-The Trans-Asia-Europe Fiber Optic Line, connecting Shanghai, China and Frankfurt, Germany, with the capacity of 622 Mbit / s, where Kyrgyzstan has completed its part.

Excluding the Shanghai Maglev line and the two light metro lines, the Shanghai Metro has of heavy rail rapid transit routes, compared to the London Underground's.

In addition to its headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, MIPS has development facilities in Shanghai, China and Beaverton, Oregon.

The international corporate banking division has branches in Germany ( Frankfurt ), United Kingdom ( London ), Singapore, China ( Shanghai ) and in the United States ( New York ).

BI has roughly 1500 students in China through its close relationship with Fudan University in Shanghai, and is also the majority shareholder of the ISM University of Management and Economics ( previously known as International School of Management ) with around 2000 students located in Vilnius and Kaunas in Lithuania.

Shanghai has the 2nd largest amount of air traffic in China through its two airports combined, the Shanghai Pudong International Airport ( PVG ), which is located southeast of central Shanghai, and Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport ( SHA ), which is located west of central Shanghai.

As a result of these two critical decisions, Professor Linda Cooke Johnson has concluded that by 1735 Shanghai had become the major trade port for all of the lower Yangtze River region, despite still being at the lowest administrative level in the political hierarchy.

In most of the history of the People's Republic of China ( PRC ), in order to funnel wealth to the rural areas, Shanghai has been a comparatively heavy contributor of tax revenue to the central government.

Shanghai has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen Cfa ) and experiences four distinct seasons.

In the last two decades Shanghai has been one of the fastest developing cities in the world.

Since 1992 Shanghai has recorded double-digit growth almost every year except during the global recession of 2008 and 2009.

Located at the heart of the Yangtze River Delta, Shanghai has the world ’ s busiest container port, which handled 29. 05 million TEUs in 2010.

Due to its cosmopolitan history, Shanghai has a rich blend of religious heritage as shown by the religious buildings and institutions still scattered around the city.

Taoism has a presence in Shanghai in the form of several temples, including the City God Temple, at the heart of the old city, and a temple dedicated to the Three Kingdoms general Guan Yu.

Buddhism has had a presence in Shanghai since ancient times.

This is where the Shanghai Muslim Association is also located, which has a reputation known throughout the world.

Since Jiang Zemin became the national party chief in June 1989, all but one former Shanghai party chief was elevated to the Politburo Standing Committee, the de facto highest decision-making body in China, including Jiang Zemin ( General secretary and President ), Zhu Rongji ( Premier ), Wu Bangguo ( Chairman of the National People's Congress ), Huang Ju ( Vice Premier ), and Xi Jinping ( Vice President ).

According to Program for International Student Assessment ( PISA ) results, Shanghai students, including migrant children, scored highest in every aspect ( Math, Reading and Science ) in the world.

The study also claimed that public-funded schools in Shanghai have the highest educational quality in the world.

It is the province with the highest population density in China, though the provincial-level municipalities of Shanghai, Beijing, and Tianjin have a higher density.

Han Chinese in Zhejiang and Shanghai have the highest concentration of Tai – Kadai types of Y haplotypes among all the Han populations in China, suggesting a possible expansion of Tai – Kadai peoples from southern China to Zhejiang via Jiangxi.

Topping the 2008 list was the Shanghai World Financial Center in Shanghai, the then tallest building in the world according to the criteria of highest occupied floor, and home to the world's highest observation deck.

The surrounding area of Zhengzhou, along with Yangtze Delta ( Shanghai ), Pearl River Delta ( Hong Kong-Guangzhou ) and Beijing Metropolitan area, has the highest highway density in China.

Upon engagement with enemy personnel skilled in classical European arts and old school judo, the post-battlefield reports of the “ Shanghai method ” produced the highest number of documented kills of any combatives system to date.

The Park Hyatt occupying the 79th to 93rd floors of the Shanghai World Financial Center, is considered one of the highest hotels in the world.

It is one of the highest hotels in the world, second in Shanghai only to its sister property, the Shanghai Park Hyatt, occupying the 79th to 93rd floors of the immediately adjacent Shanghai World Financial Center.

Shanghai scored the highest in each of the four rounds of voting at the 132nd Meeting of the Bureau of International Expositions in Prince's Palace of Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco, with Yeosu, South Korea maintaining second place.

The tournament opened with a record-breaking match in Shanghai, as Germany beat Argentina 11 – 0 to register the biggest win and the highest scoring match in Women's World Cup history.

At 103m above sea level, Da Jinshan is the highest point within the Shanghai municipality.

The Shanghai Women's Health Study concluded that women whose diets had the highest glycemic index were 21 percent more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than women whose diets had the lowest glycemic index.

When the series premièred on a Shanghai TV station in March 2010 with the highest rating of the year, Lin got positive reviews from audiences and critics.

The average daily soy isoflavone intake among U. S. women was 3. 2 mg ; however, in the Shanghai group the amount was significantly higher at 45. 9 mg. Women in the highest intake category of more than 23 mg per day had a 9 percent reduced risk of mortality and a 15 percent reduced risk for recurrence, compared to those who had the lowest intake level.

In addition, Chao has received 34 honorary doctorate degrees from the following schools: Villanova University, St. John's University, Sacred Heart University, Drexel University, Niagara University, Thomas More College ( Kentucky ), Bellarmine University, University of Toledo, University of Louisville, Goucher College, Kentucky Wesleyan College, University of Notre Dame, Miami Dade College, University of South Carolina, Campbellsville University, Depauw University, St. Mary's College, Regent University, Northern Alabama University, Centre College, Fu Jen Catholic University, Wingate University, Northern Kentucky University, Catholic University of America, Elmira College, Agnes Scott College, Marquette University, Sweet Briar College, Murray State University, Nyack College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, St. Catharine College, Western Kentucky University

Joseph Zen was born in Shanghai to devoutly Catholic parents, Vincent Zen and Margaret Tseu.

While central Xujiahui was administratively part of the Chinese area of Shanghai, it was in reality controlled by the Catholic Church, which was closely associated with the French authorities of the French Concession.

Being the core of Catholic Shanghai, the Xuhui District formed, together with neighbouring Luwan District, the former French Concession of Shanghai.

Born in China, she was one of three daughters born to Hugo Reiss, a German Jewish diplomat who served as Brazil's consul in Shanghai, China, and his American-born Catholic wife, Ignatia Mary Murphy.

The St. Ignatius Cathedral of Shanghai ( 聖依納爵主教座堂 ), also referred to as Xujiahui Cathedral ( 徐家汇天主教堂 ), is a Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral, located on Puxi Road, in Xujiahui, Xuhui District of Shanghai, China.

Ignatius Pin-Mei Kung ( Simplified Chinese: 龚品梅 ; Traditional Chinese: 龔品梅 ; Hanyu Pinyin: Gōng Pǐnméi ; Wade-Giles: Kung P ' in-mei ) ( August 2, 1901 – March 12, 2000 ) was the Roman Catholic bishop of Shanghai in China from 1950 until his death, spending 30 years in Chinese prisons for defying attempts by China's communist government to control Roman Catholics through state control.

Born in a Methodist family in Shanghai, Hsu he joined the Catholic Church when he was teaching at a National Central University in Nanking between 1944 and 1947.