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GDP

It doesn't make sense to give GDP data for Shanghai in USD if data for all other provinces is given in CNY. Furthermore, all the figures should come from the same source, which needs to be referenced. The way it is now, it's just a big puzzle with data from lots of different, unreferenced sources. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.170.147.230 (talk) 07:14, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Skating Park

Does anyone want to put a bit on the Shanghai page about the new Skating Park that China is building?I heard about it on NPR, they are adding a massive skating park with ramps and stuff.. - Anonymous

Sister City

In the Guayaquil page it says that Shanghai is one of its sister cities, but I coudln't find anything about it in this page. Maybe it should be added?

HDI rating??

why do i see a HDI rating for the CITY of shanghai? i thought it was only countries that got a HDI rating... am i to believe that cities have HDI rating too??

Shikumen/Xintiandi

The caption under the picture of Shikumen housing in Xintiandi, in the Architecture section, is misleading. The Shikumen houses aren't renovated, they were newly built specifically for Xintiandi. The buildings previously in Xintiandi were torn down. Tianzifang on Taikang Rd is an example of renovation. Xintiandi is just irresponsible redevelopment. Joy.discovery.invention (talk) 08:38, 22 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Readded a removed external link

I've readded a link to http://holidayfu.com/shanghai-destination-guide/. The page is well-written and researched, and contains information that this page does and should not include. It's also to my site, and I received 225 unique visitors from wikipedia through the previous link, who spent an average of of 3 minutes and 7 seconds viewing the page.

The link was removed by an anonymous user, without any stated reason. If you feel it should be removed, please let me know why. Feel free to change the description - I think it's too long, but felt the need to justify the links inclusion.

n00n (talk) 17:43, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Collage

Someone needs to do a collage for this extremely large city. That night time picture in the infobox now just doesn't seem to be doing the job. Colipon+(T) 00:35, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Montages should only be for cities that don't have a single, recognisable skyline. I would say that Shanghai does. --Joowwww (talk) 08:49, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Politics

"However, in previous years a complicated system of relationships between Shanghai's government, banks, and other civil institutions has been under scrutiny for corruption, motivated by faction politics in Beijing; these allegations from Beijing did not go anywhere until late 2006. Since Jiang's departure from office there has been a significant amount of clash between the local government in Shanghai and the Central People's Government, an evolving example of de facto Chinese federalism. "

This is just a personal opinion of the author. No source at all. It should be removed or sourced. 60.28.43.134 (talk) 02:23, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This entire section needs to be sourced. Colipon+(Talk) 02:59, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

change needed

the line "Those under the age of 26 have had contact with English since primary school, as English is taught as a mandatory course starting from the fourth grade." needs to be changed to say after a certain date, as this age is most certainly not the cap as it stands now, and rather than having to constantly update the article, may as well set it in a manner that doesn't need to be updated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.34.140.135 (talk) 02:31, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]