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Rise and Fall

How Shanghai Got Its Groove (and Factories): The Wild Ride from Suzhou’s Silk to Hong Kong’s High Rises

Rise and Fall

How Shanghai Got Its Groove (and Factories): The Wild Ride from Suzhou’s Silk to Hong Kong’s High Rises

When Opium, Foreigners, and Ambitious Industrialists Turned a Fishing Village into China’s Capitalist Playground—Then Packed Up and Made Hong Kong Rich

BY BananaKing

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Jul 17, 2025

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