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Inside this issue
• Ambitious city aims to be another Hong Kong or Singapore by 2020
• The city’s leverage on national politics is not what it was but its influence has not disappeared - -
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Visions of grandeur put to the test
Next year, the city hosts the world’s biggest-ever expo. But its ambitions go well beyond this, writes Patti Waldmeir
Legal services: The importance of friends
The system works better than it did but connections still matter, says Michael Skapinker
Finance: Market is closed, opaque, undeveloped but ambitious
Patti Waldmeir on Shanghai’s chances of becoming a global centre
Research & development: Tough task of turning recruits into innovators
Michael Skapinker on the trouble with limits on indepedent thought
Politics: Gang’s political influence takes a hammering
The former local party boss may have been jailed but the city still has allies at the top, writes Geoff Dyer
Shanghai V Beijing: A city’s appearance can be deceptive
Geoff Dyer on why you should not be seduced by a gleaming skyline
Guest column: Lessons on creating a friendly business environment
Shanghai can learn from Hong Kong’s fairness, absence of bias and limited market intervention, writes Yasheng Huang
1933 cultural centre: Slaughterhouse gets a new life
Michael Skapinker on making a place for people with a creative bent
Expo and tourism: Another coming-of-age party for Brand China
Patti Waldmeir on ambitions to score another triumph
Paradise for bargain hunters
Patti Waldmeir on Shanghai‘s split personality when it comes to price
