Shanghai's Century of Transformation: From Treaty Port to Tech Titan Historical Foundations (1842-1949)Key developments:• Treaty Port origins and international concessions• Birth of Chinese modern industry• Jazz Age cosmopolitanism• Wartime refugee capitalSocialist Transformation (1949-1978)Notable changes:
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