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Shanghai is the port on the Huang-pu and
Wusong rivers, Jiangsu province, China, 24km
(15miles) from the Chang Jiang estuary. The
municipality of Shanghai has an area of
5,800sq km (2,239sq miles) and a population
of 13,342,000. Industries include textiles,
paper, chemicals, steel, agricultural
machinery, precision instruments,
shipbuilding, flour and vegetable-oil
milling, and oil refining. It handles about
50% of China's imports and exports.
Subject by: Shaun Jay