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- ↑ Melanie Lieberman, Travel + Leisure No. 8 The Peninsula Shanghai, Shanghai, China July 6, 2015
- ↑ "The Peninsula Shanghai". shanghai.peninsula.com. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
- ↑ tripadvisor.com The Peninsula Shanghai
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