Shanghai
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...light and heavy machinery, electrical, electronic, and computer equipment, machine tools, turbines, chemicals, pharmaceuticals...Next to Beijing, Shanghai is the countrys foremost educational center and is home to Fudan Univ., Jiaotong Univ., Shanghai Univ. of Science and Technology, Tongji Univ., three medical colleges, and numerous...countrys finest collection of Chinese art (both 1996). History The name Shanghai dates from the Sung dynasty (11th cent...