One of the clearest examples of the Shanghai Deco style is the old Bank of China headquarters building next to the Peace Hotel on the Bund.

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The two companies, old-style Shanghai Hutchison and high-tech Hutchison MediPharma, have little in common, yet they share the same parent, Hutchison China MediTech, or Chi-Med.

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See my photo of Gary at his loft-style Shanghai office.

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Wang Huimin is the chairlady of Xiao Nan Guo Restaurants, a Shanghai restaurant icon owing to its local style cooking.

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The box-like eight-floor structure had dark brown bricks as facing tiles on the outside walls, a style that became popular in Shanghai in the 1930s.

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But the pop-up shop does have a rugged feel, because it's alfresco, and continues to sell Shanghai Tang's pricey Chinese-style haute couture as well as provide the label's well-respected bespoke tailoring services.

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If the opening ceremony in grand Chinese style is anything to go by, Shanghai Disneyland may become the most customised Disneyland yet, to make the most populous nation in the world the happiest place in the world.

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