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Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
Timeline of Events
1894
3.4.1894
Great fire in Shanghai. Over 1,000 buildings are destroyed.
1927
4.12.1927
April 12 Incident: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Communist Party of China members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
1948
4.7.1948
A Buddhist monastery burns in Shanghai, China, leaving twenty monks dead.