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The Gateway to China: A Portrait of Shanghai 中国之门：上海图景 Mary Ninde Gamewell玛丽·宁德·盖姆韦尔132k WordsCompleted Why was Shanghai in the early twentieth century called “China's Gateway”? This book's answer is that Shanghai was a world in miniature, offering an up-close view of China as a whole. Old and new, ancient customs and modern ways, were strangely blended there, making the city more distinctly representative of an East in transition than any other in the Far East. The book views Shanghai through the lens of development, progress, and possibility, emphasizing how old and new elements coexisted in the —Reads7.7Score—Shelves