SHANGHAI is the symbol of China’s modern prosperity and opening to the outside world, though its outward reach dates back as early as 1,000 years ago when this city at the estuary of the Yangtze Riv SHANGHAI is the symbol of China’s modern prosperity and opening to the outside world, though its outward reach dates back as early as 1,000 years ago when this city at the estuary of the Yangtze Riv