Netanyahu commented during a meeting with Yang Xiong, mayor of Shanghai, that the two countries should collaborate on new technologies.

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His quiet style and skills as a technocrat soon won the respect of the then mayor of Shanghai, who made him a special adviser on the city's development.

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When he was mayor of Shanghai in 1988, two relatives asked him over dinner to bend strict residency laws so they could come to live in the port city.

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