Word: shanghai
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...more than just a bank. For 125 years, the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. has been virtually synonymous with the crown colony. Its 42-story headquarters looms over the central financial district, housing what is often referred to as Hong Kong's "real" government. The bank prints 83% of the colony's currency and performs many of the functions of central banks elsewhere. Thus last week's announcement came as a terrible shock: the banking company was moving its legal domicile to London...
...Born in Shanghai, Lord emigrated to the U.S. as a child. In 1985, she again came to China, this time moving to Beijing...
...that he had been tricked, he either set off the bombs or scuffled with the pilot, causing the plane to lose control. Careening down the runway, the jet sideswiped an empty Boeing 707 parked nearby and slammed on top of a Boeing 757 filled with passengers en route to Shanghai...
April 23-May 4: Unrest spreads to other major cities, including. Xian, Changsha and Shanghai...
...More than 100,000 protesters in Tiananmen Square celebrate the anniversary of the May 4 movement by increasing their demands for reform. More than 20,000 rally in Shanghai to support Beijing protests. Demonstrations are also reported in Nanjing and Changsha...