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Architecture & Urban Planning in China: Exhibition site in Shanghai will be world’s biggest

Shanghai is to build the world’s largest exhibition complex, the city’s urban planners announced recently […]

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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: Shanghai logs most expensive house buy ever recorded at 30 million US dollars

Looks like some people are still profiting despite the real estate slump: Shanghai’s Sheshan Shimao Country Club has allegedly sold two villas that set new records as the most expensive personal residences in China.

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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: Shanghai plans China’s first private-jet service hub

Business people and entertainment stars who own their own airplanes will be able to fly in and out of China’s first comprehensive hub for private aircraft in 2009 in Shanghai. The new 80-million-yuan (US$11.6 million) Hongqiao Airport Business Aviation Center, which broke ground recently, will provide a full range of services for privately owned aircraft, including leasing, hanger space and maintenance, its owners said. The business aviation center is expected to open in the second half of 2009, according to the Shanghai Airport Authority, the operator of the city’s two airports and an investor in the project…