Word: xintiandi
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...Shanghai's historic tree-lined neighborhoods were torn down in the go-go '90s, many graceful mansions remain, especially in the old French Concession. The city's funkiest bars and restaurants crowd this area, some in renovated colonial villas. True, there's been plenty of recent buzz about Xintiandi, a Disneyfied version of Ye Olde Shanghai that houses the city's poshest restaurants and bars in gutted old buildings. But Xintiandi feels like a sleight-of-hand: an insta-version of Shanghai that betrays little of the city's real history. Avoid it. Instead experience real colonial splendor at Face...