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Maps A good map of Shanghai will be a helpful compliment. Given the massive construction craze going on in the city, it's impossible to find an accurate map detailing all of the narrow (alleyways), but good maps can be found that provide the names of roads and major sites in Chinese characters, and English. The best local maps are found at Shanghai Foreign Languages Bookshop, detailed maps can also be found inmost hotel gift shops as well. Newspapers, Magazines and Bookstores Newsstands in Shanghai only feature two daily English newspapers, China Daily and Shanghai Daily and the weekly Shanghai Star. For international newspapers or magazines such as the Asian Wall Street Journal, International Tribune, Time or the Economist, head to the five star hotels. That’s Shanghai, Metrozine, Quo and Shanghai Walker (Japanese) are monthly magazinesthat provide detailed listings of ongoingevents and hot spots. They can found inmost venues that attract a large crowd offoreigners such as the main hotels,Starbucks and at most restaurants inXintiandi. Fuzhou Road is the main nerve for bookshops in Shanghai. Here you can buy everything from basic Mandarin phrase books, to fashion magazines to the latest novels. |


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