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Grustaf
on Sept 5, 2020
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Mathematicians should stop naming things after eac...
In any case, Shanghai is not the only seaside city and there are other porta as fragrant ad Hong Kong‘s.
sudosysgen
on Sept 5, 2020
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Shanghai is the biggest seaside city and pretty sure Hong Kong for a long time was the principal port (wrt China, of course).
thaumasiotes
on Sept 6, 2020
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> Shanghai is the biggest seaside city
The name is much older than the size.
sudosysgen
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I'm guessing that at that point it was also the most notable one, or notable for the fact it was in the ses.
thaumasiotes
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Definitely not; Fujian is the area with the strongest historical involvement with the sea.
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