This recently published ranking is supposedly measures overall globalization, taken as some kind of composite of business activity, human capital, information exchange, cultural experience, and political engagement. New York, London, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong were the top 5. Beijing made it at #12, and Shanghai at #20.
Shanghai’s highest ranked aspect was business activity, [...]
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Foreign Policy/AT Kearney 2008 Global cities index: where do Chinese cities stand?
Tuesday, 21 October 2008
Onion interactive maps doesn’t have Shanghai
Saturday, 13 September 2008
…but it does have Beijing. I learned about this interactive map from Lifehacker (source of all good information in the universe), it’s kinda nifty, for example in the Beijing one the usual suspects are featured — the Bell and Drum Towers, Tiananmen Square, Lama Temple, CCTV building and tower, etc. There is basic information about [...]