Asia Building, Shanghai
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The six-storey Asia Building , also known as Mc Bain or Asiatic Petroleum building, is on the Bund
in the Chinese city of Shanghai
. It was built in 1916 for Royal Dutch Shell's Asiatic Petroleum division
and later housed the Shanghai Metallurgical Designing & Research Institute.
The Bund
The Bund is a waterfront area in central Shanghai, People's Republic of China. The area centres on a section of Zhongshan Road within the former Shanghai International Settlement, which runs along the western bank of the Huangpu River, facing Pudong, in the eastern part of Huangpu District...
in the Chinese city of Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
. It was built in 1916 for Royal Dutch Shell's Asiatic Petroleum division
Asiatic Petroleum Company
Asiatic Petroleum Company was a joint venture between the Shell and Royal Dutch oil companies founded in 1903. It operated in Asia in the early twentieth century. The corporate headquarters were on The Bund in Shanghai, China. The division tested the limits of corporate liability in the Lennard's...
and later housed the Shanghai Metallurgical Designing & Research Institute.