Shanghaiball

"The Paris of the East"

Shanghaiball is the most populous city of Chinaball and the largest city proper by population in the world (jelly Tokyo and New York?).

History
Shanghaiball was founded from around the 5th–7th century as an irrelevant small fishing village on the Yangtze. Fast forward to early 1400s, Shanghai had to build to wall around himself to defend against Japanese pirate raid. Then an Italian Jesuit named Matteo Ricci came and brought Christianity. Then the British and other Europeans came and Shanghai can into relevance by favorable port location and economic potential. Then came World War II, when Shanghai got invaded by the Japanese. His brother Nanjingball unfortunately got, well... "屠杀-ed". Then Mao Zedong and the Communists came and Shanghai's became irrelevant again. Then we have Deng Xiaoping and Shanghai can back into relevance. Then Dongfang Mingzhuta tallest building in China YAY!

Appearance
Shanghaiball along with many other Chinese cityballs and provinces, have not appeared in any Polandball comics. This is likely due to the fact that they don't have an official flag of their own since in reality, as of 18 November 1997, the Government of the People's Republic of China banned localities from making and using local flags and emblems. This comic also seemed to established why there are almost no comics set in China: http://i.imgur.com/kAJsuyD.png.

Relationships

 * Jiangsuball - Brother
 * New York Cityball - American counterpart