THE CHIEF STREET OF SHANGHAI. —A view of the Bund, chief street of the International Settlement at Shanghai, which is the storm centre of the present Sino-Japanese conflict. The section of the international settlement beyond Soochow Grech, which enters the Whangpoo River toward the right of this picture, has been the scene of heavy fighting. The City of Shanghai has a population of one and a half million people. Built on a swamp not a century ago, this city has invested in it over two hundred million pounds of British capital.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 82, 5 March 1938, Page 6
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91THE CHIEF STREET OF SHANGHAI.—A view of the Bund, chief street of the International Settlement at Shanghai, which is the storm centre of the present Sino-Japanese conflict. The section of the international settlement beyond Soochow Grech, which enters the Whangpoo River toward the right of this picture, has been the scene of heavy fighting. The City of Shanghai has a population of one and a half million people. Built on a swamp not a century ago, this city has invested in it over two hundred million pounds of British capital. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 82, 5 March 1938, Page 6
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