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Urban renewal needs to respect history - Xintiandi, a trendy bar/restaurant area in Shanghai, lures visitors with its charming shikumen (stone-framed) houses, many of which were actually rebuilt just seven years ago. But just 10 minutes walk from the historic Yuyuan Garden area, an 80-year-old shikumen house, where I was born, will be bulldozed... Xinhuanet  29-dec-2007