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(Yuting Wu/George Washington University)
November 03, 2021
Essay | Shanghai’s 25 million people face an underwater future
When I was little, my grandma told me that the city’s name “Shanghai” was derived from its location. In Chinese, “Shanghai” means “above the sea.” As a city located in central East China, Shanghai seized its geographical advantages and transformed itself into China’s financial and cultural hub. However, with the exacerbation of climate change globally, rising sea levels create a problem in terms of the location of Shanghai and pose sinking threats to its 25 million residents.
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