An old favourite along Yunnan Rd's food street with five-fragrance dim sum.
Wǔ Fāng Zhāi
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3. Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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8. Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art
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Nonprofit MOCA Shanghai has an all-glass home to maximise natural sunlight (when it cuts through the clouds), a tip-top location in People’s Park and a…