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(Meika Shangwu Jiudian; 5258 2000; 643 Xinhua Rd; 643 d from Y728; ; West Yan’an Rd) Set back slightly from leafy, historic Xinhua Rd, this midrange business hotel has neat, well-equipped rooms with TV, broadband, safe, fridge and rainforest showers as well as elegant touches such as silk bed-runners. Discounts bring standard doubles down to below Y400, making it a good-value option. Wi-fi in the lobby.

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Shanghai Today

Rapidly becoming a world metropolis, Shanghai somehow typifies modern China while being unlike anywhere else in the land. Awash with cash, ambition and economic energy, Shanghai is, for movers and shakers of business (and indeed any job-seeking Chinese migrant), the place to be. For all its modernity and cosmopolitanism, however, Shanghai is part and parcel of the People’s Republic of China, and its challenges are multiplying as fast as cocktails are mixed and served on the Bund.

Best on Film

Shanghai Triad (Zhang Yimou; 1995) Stylish take on Shanghai’s 1930s gangster scene, starring Gong Li.

Empire of the Sun (Steven Spielberg; 1987) Dramatisation of JG Ballard’s account of his internment in WWI Shanghai as a child.

Suzhou River (Ye Lou; 2000) A disturbing and obsessive narrative of love in modern Shanghai.

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