Over the last two years, the government has raised downpayment and mortgage requirements, imposed a property tax for the first time in Shanghai and Chongqing, increased construction of low-cost housing and enacted home-purchase restrictions in about 40 cities.

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It will be the tallest building in China, and the second time Shanghai skyscrapers ranked in the top five pieces of commercial real estate worldwide.

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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.

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It also led the Latin American contingent in another list, this time compiled by Shanghai's Jiao Tong University and released in August, ranking in the cluster between 101st and 150th.

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The most recent star chef to grace the city's shores, though, is Jason Atherton, a wunderkind who broke free from Gordon Ramsay's empire in 2010 and whose restaurants in London, Shanghai and Singapore have attracted a lot of accolades in a short amount of time.

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It was the first time that Chinese students had participated, and children from Shanghai ranked first in every single area.

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Fernando Alonso will start third for Ferrari, and the Spaniard is confident of repeating his victory last time out in Shanghai after also deciding to conserve his tires by giving up his final run, with track temperatures rising above 40C and playing havoc with the rubber.

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In October 2004 Ji and a purchasing director flew to Shanghai to line up orders for Wal-Mart in time for Thanksgiving weekend.

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