[gogov]

Here is what Shanghai looked like in the 1930's since you asked.

P>Not all that different from New York about the same time.

[Truthsearcher]

You do realize that large parts of Shanghai was under the control of Britain and foreign powers at the time, and had been for decades by the 1930s, right?

Of course Shanghai looked positively western in that picture. Because it was run by westerners.