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Pay a visit to Shanghai’s fabulous fabric market for expertly tailored clothing at a reasonable price. There are hundreds of fabrics and styles to choose from and tailors round every corner waiting to help you decide what to have made. Make sure you visit on the first day of your stay in Shanghai, and your clothes will be ready for collection within two days. The area around the fabric market is also worth exploring – a Catholic cathedral sits hidden within a maze of streets, with stalls selling a fantastic array of local delicacies.

Shanghai is constantly expanding to accommodate the ever-growing business and trade that the city attracts. As recently as 20 years ago, the financial district of the city, Pudong, was nothing but farmland, dotted with small homesteads and Taoist temples. Visit the Urban Planning Museum in People’s Square to get a real sense of the city’s expansion – it features a scale model of the city, as well as photographs of how the city used to look and the future developments planned for the city as it fulfils its role as the financial and trade hub for China.