Shanghai
City
Port city at the mouth of the Yangtze, opened as a treaty port in 1842 and China's largest city and financial centre.
Held by
- 1789 – December 31, 1911 Imperial China
- 1912 – September 30, 1949 Republic of China
- August 13, 1937 – September 9, 1945 Japan Military occupation
- June 3, 1949 – September 30, 1949 Communist-controlled China Military occupation
- since October 1, 1949 People's Republic of China
Events here 6
- July 1861 – November 1862 Battle of Shanghai (1861–1862)
- April 12, 1927 Shanghai massacre
- August 13 – November 26, 1937 Battle of Shanghai
- October 26 – November 1, 1937 Defense of Sihang Warehouse
- May 12 – June 2, 1949 Shanghai Campaign
- April 30 – October 31, 2010 Expo 2010