Entries from Shanghaiist tagged with 'rankings'
June 10, 2008
A study by MasterCard found that Shanghai has leapt from 32nd position to 24th in the ranks of the world's leading centres of commerce, becoming one of eight Asian cities in the top 25. Other Asian cities in the top 25 were Tokyo (3rd globally), Singapore (4th), Hong Kong (6th), Seoul (9th), Sydney (12th), Osaka (19th), and Taipei (22nd). Also of interest:MasterCard said China "continues to cement its growing regional importance" with five cities in......
Continue Reading "Shanghai now world's 24th commercial centre"April 30, 2008
From the Durex Sexual Wellbeing Global Survey Really strange results just in from the Durex Sexual Wellbeing Global Survey this year: 78% of the Chinese have sex weekly, but only 24% were able to achieve an orgasm everytime they had sex. Any sexperts out there wanna tell us what insightful analysis one can make based on the above two statistics?......
Continue Reading "Durex: Lots of sex but few orgasms for the Chinese"November 27, 2007
You guys ready for yet another ranking of most expensive cities? ECA International has ranked Shanghai the 8th costliest city in Asia for expats, so if they're to be taken seriously, Shanghai is cheaper than Beijing which came in 7th but more costly than Singapore which came in 9th. Seoul was the most expensive Asian city, while Guangzhou came in 10th. Also, Shanghai was named the 100th most expensive city in the world. That's 99......
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