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Shangai Shoeman
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Phileas Fogg
Well-Connected
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Mar-25-2005 17:45
Maybe I'm a bit slow - has the Shanghai Shoe maker always been "Larry Mills"?
I know some people aren't fond of not knowing the gender of people with foreign names (just pay attention!! :-P ), but - Larry Mills?????
Heh.
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Peter Gunn
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Mar-26-2005 14:05
Larry Mills used to live in New York until he got (dare I say it?) Shanghaied!
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Akano
Old Shoe
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Mar-26-2005 14:57
I was waiting for someone to say that...
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James_Lee
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Mar-26-2005 20:29
i dont know, he seems like the gambling type
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Graham Wellington
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Mar-26-2005 21:36
Wasn't Shanghai, like, a British colony at one time?
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Andy702
Pinball Amateur
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Mar-27-2005 02:49
Shanghai was never a British colony, though it was divided into concession areas and occupied by several people foreign to the region, including the British.
My guess is the name is a side effect of the fact that Shanghai was under foriegn rule for about 100 years; and if I remember right, the rulers were mostly European. I think the European rulers were mainly British and French, and that this rule (along with the fact that the city developed into an international financial center and a commercial port under foreign rule) is the main reason Shanghai was once called the Paris of the Orient.
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