Posted on 11/06/07
Fairmont's art-deco springboard into China
SHANGHAI -- China's most famous hotel has survived a civil war, Chinese bombs, Japanese occupation, Communist takeover and the fanatical Red Guards of the Cultural Revolution.Throughout it all, the art-deco icon on the Shanghai waterfront has remained largely open - even if its rooms were sometimes requisitioned by Japanese troops or Communist apparatchiks.
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