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2025.07.17 18:43 GMT+8

Shanghai: From flames of war to urban prosperity

Updated 2025.07.17 18:43 GMT+8
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Streets in Shanghai saw civilians fleeing for safety during wartime, 1932

Streets in Shanghai today

Lujiazui, Shanghai, 1935

Lujiazui, Shanghai, 2025

The Battle of Shanghai, one of the most significant events during China's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1931-45), plunged the city into flames in 1937. Today, Shanghai stands reborn as a modern international metropolis. 

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