China's largest city languished for 30 years as the Chinese economy was closed to outside influence, and the country went through the political turmoil of the cultural revolution. All this was dramatically changed when the country opened up its markets to the West in the 1980s, and Shanghai was given the green light to "get rich". In the last 15 years, the city has been transformed into a glittering metropolis of 21 million people, with more skyscrapers than New York and a public transport system that will soon overtake London's in size.
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