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**hacyOrgachbic** · 09-24-2010, 10:16 AM

...it's likely more international(ised) than other big Chinese cities and thus, hopefully, more tolerant of visitors and those who don't yet speak the language.

Yeah. Shanghainese do not mind foreigners so much, but there is a growing tendency to look down on people who come in speaking outside dialects such as Mandarin and Cantonese. So they will probably like people more who put in an effort to pick up their dialect as much as possible. Oh, and also be sure to check out the Hongkou District. It has some really unique history that most people outside Shanghai know next to nothing about.

09-24-2010, 10:16 AM	#12
hacyOrgachbic Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 588 Senior Member	...it's likely more international(ised) than other big Chinese cities and thus, hopefully, more tolerant of visitors and those who don't yet speak the language. Yeah. Shanghainese do not mind foreigners so much, but there is a growing tendency to look down on people who come in speaking outside dialects such as Mandarin and Cantonese. So they will probably like people more who put in an effort to pick up their dialect as much as possible. Oh, and also be sure to check out the Hongkou District. It has some really unique history that most people outside Shanghai know next to nothing about.
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