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Shanghai bans "feudal" building names (Reuters)







Shanghai bans "feudal" building names
(Reuters)

Shanghai bans "feudal" building names
(Reuters)
08/04/2004 06:21 AM

Reuters - China's richest and most cosmopolitan city, Shanghai, has banned the use of "feudal, aristocratic, foreign and immoral" names for buildings as it seeks to raise cultural standards, a spokeswoman says.




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