Treachery in Shanghai!
The Shanghai government is reaping a whirlwind of rising xenophobia and reviving memories of the Opium Wars over a plan to force local retailers out of the famed Nanjing Lu shopping area and turn the district over to upscale foreign brands.
If web postings are any yardstick, the plan has generated nearly unprecedented protest. Hundreds of outraged commen…
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