Yet they didn't meet until a decade later in New York, at a 10th-anniversary ball for Shanghai survivors.
In China, Beijing is adding 13.5 km to its existing system, compared to 23 km in Guangzhou and 27 km for Shanghai.
There are 12 guest rooms for artists and scholars, with a dormitory for Shanghai art students under way, and even a working organic farm.
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In a statement, the Shanghai municipal government said that the water in Huangpu River, which is a major source of drinking water for Shanghai, was safe.
Conca has since been joined in China by former France striker Nicolas Anelka, who, after a prolific career across Europe, swapped Chelsea for Shanghai Shenhua in January.
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Jack Wadsworth, chairman of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter's Asian operations, reckons it will take at least five years for Shanghai to develop financial markets to rival Hong Kong's.
The hotel -- with a tower topped by a sharply pitched pyramidal roof -- became the Art Deco trendsetter for Shanghai as soon as it opened its doors in 1929.
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One thing is certain, Shanghai is new, Shanghai is open for business, Shanghai wants more corporations renting office space.
Karl Lagerfeld showed black, shiny ones for his Paris-Shanghai collection for Chanel in 2010.
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World number two Nadal and world number six Roddick are currently in China for the Shanghai Masters.
Those who have left for nearby Shanghai and the other great cities of China have already done so.
Mr. Ahmadinejad, in his first foreign trip since the vote, arrived in Yekaterinburg, Russia, for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit of emerging nations.
Yihaodian, Wal-Mart's online arm in China, is working with local public-security officials to investigate the breach, a spokeswoman for the Shanghai-based company said Monday.
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Federal law prohibits government funding of world fair exhibitions in the absence of express Congressional authorization, and in the downturn American companies were reluctant to dole out cash for the Shanghai event.
For now, however, part of the allure of Shanghai for Deco aficionados is the general dilapidation of many buildings, which can give explorers the feeling at times of unearthing architectural fossils.
WSJ: Touring Asia's Art Deco Gems in Shanghai and Napier, New Zealand
Peter Johansen, vice president of Geely UK's black cab operation, said that the Coventry factory would be supplying vehicles for the UK while others will be made in the sister factory in Shanghai for the left-hand drive market.
For example, it makes sense to transport through Hong Kong components manufactured in Shanghai for final assembly in Shenzhen.
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This has been going for 14 series in America, and has just been staged and shown in Shanghai for the second time.
The Mariner of the Seas will double the capacity for travelers from a previous ship, Legend of the Seas, which has operated out of Singapore and Shanghai for the past three years and will return to Europe.
So says Anthony Couse, a managing director in Shanghai for global real estate consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle of Chicago.
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As one Westerner who has practised maritime and commercial law in Shanghai for the past 15 years, I disagree.
For instance, Shanghai city officials pressed the state-run company that owns the Peace Hotel, an Art Deco icon, to undertake a multimillion-dollar renovation.
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"To achieve something like that at his age is amazing, " Murray told BBC Sport, before flying out to Shanghai for the season-ending Masters Cup.
Poulter now heads to Shanghai for the WGC-HSBC Champions and is confident of carrying over his form against Tiger Woods and a world-class field.
Health authorities are testing a family infected by H7N9 in Shanghai for human-to-human transmission of the new bird flu strain, The Beijing News reports.
The planned modifications to both cars were delayed due to the volcanic ash cloud that left the teams stranded in Shanghai for days after the Chinese Grand Prix last month.
Apple Inc. chose Pudong for its first Shanghai store.
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Hannah Miller, an American who has lived in Shanghai for five years and was one of the main organisers, knew better than even to think of staging something as brazen as a parade.
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