The world’s largest hotel chain in terms of rooms [InterContinental Hotels Group. or IHG] officially opened its latest managed property— InterContinental Ruijin—in Shanghai’s leafy formerFrench Concession at the end of last month. Its partner for this project is the Shanghai government.
is a former state guest house and has rich political associations. A who’s who of former Chinese and international political leaders including Zhou Enlai and Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh stayed at the hotel, which is a collection of traditional British style buildings built in the 1920s and 1930s set amid expansive gardens.
The Morris family owned--but did not found--North China Daily News, the oldest English-language newspaper in China. See North China Daily News 字林西報 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_China_Daily_News
(founded in 1850 by Henry Shearman 奚安門; in 1901 "purchased by Henry E Morris. In 1920, the paper passed to his son, HE Morris Jr, who used his money to build a compound of luxurious houses which became today's Ruijin Hotel, as well as the Canidrome")