\[ **BT: [[China]]** ] --- # Shanghai - [[Yufo Temple (Shanghai)]] - [[education--China#Shanghai Theatre Academy]] + people born in Shanghai: + [[Jiang Shuying]].[^1] + [[Yang Yang]].[^2] ## Shanghai districts ### Baoshan [[The King’s Avatar (TV drama)|The King’s Avatar (2019 TV drama)]]’s [[Happy Internet Cafe]] is likely located in Shanghai’s Baoshan District, possibly near the Wanda Plaza area. ## brief history of Shanghai [[The first mention of Shanghai (by name) comes from 12th century Chinese records; that said, Shanghai stayed relatively small until 1842.]][^3] [[Shanghai was established as a treaty port in 1842.]][^4] [[From 1842 to 1937, Shanghai maintained a ‘reputation as one of Asia’s most spellbinding, entrepreneurial, and freewheeling cities’.]][^5] [[During its time as a treaty port, Shanghai was mainland China’s ‘commercial, industrial, and cultural hub’.]][^6] [[Since 1991, Shanghai has ‘re-emerged as China’s second most important city’ after Beijing.]][^7] [[In 2013, over 23 million people lived in Shanghai—making it the most populous city in China (and one of the largest in the world).]][^8] [[Shanghai’s new port is the busiest in the world.]][^9] [^1]: ‘Jiang Shu Ying’, DramaWiki, last edited 27 August 2024, https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Jiang_Shu_Ying. [^2]: ‘Yang Yang’, Wikipedia, last edited 22 March 2026, 11:59 (UTC), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Yang_(actor). [^3]: Niv Horesh and Jonathan Sullivan, ‘[[Horesh and Sullivan, ‘Shanghai’, 2015|Shanghai]]’, Oxford Bibliographies, last modified 15 January 2015, [https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780199920082/obo-9780199920082-0110.xml](https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780199920082/obo-9780199920082-0110.xml). [^4]: Horesh and Sullivan, ‘[[Horesh and Sullivan, ‘Shanghai’, 2015|Shanghai]]’. [^5]: Horesh and Sullivan, ‘[[Horesh and Sullivan, ‘Shanghai’, 2015|Shanghai]]’. [^6]: Horesh and Sullivan, ‘[[Horesh and Sullivan, ‘Shanghai’, 2015|Shanghai]]’. [^7]: Horesh and Sullivan, ‘[[Horesh and Sullivan, ‘Shanghai’, 2015|Shanghai]]’. [^8]: Horesh and Sullivan, ‘[[Horesh and Sullivan, ‘Shanghai’, 2015|Shanghai]]’. [^9]: Horesh and Sullivan, ‘[[Horesh and Sullivan, ‘Shanghai’, 2015|Shanghai]]’.