Old Shanghai: The buildings, the people, the stories.
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The Comprador, the Writer, and the Artist
Zhou Zongliang’s family compound sprawls behind a tall fence on Baoqing Lu, the former Rue Pottier. Peer through the slats and you can catch a fleeting glimpse of a lush garden and the red roofs of another world.
Zhou bought the grand Eur...
Remembering Tess, the Pioneer of Old Shanghai Studies
Our friend, co-founder, and mentor died a year ago this week, just three days before her birthday. Tess Johnston pioneered the study of pre-1949 Shanghai, beginning at a time when the city’s historic buildings and their stories were ignored...
Shanghai’s Hidden Ming Temple
In a narrow lane off Nanjing Road stands a small, shabby box of a building. It’s no match for the flash and buzz of the famous street, yet its powers are so mighty that it has remained part of Shanghai life since the Ming Dynasty.
On the r...
The Chaste Widow of the Shanghai Racetrack
If you’d spent any time at Old Shanghai’s racecourse, you would’ve seen the chaste widow. Well, not the chaste widow herself, but the memorial arch dedicated to her on the racecourse infield, the sports field known as the Shanghai Recreatio...
Talking with Liliane: Shanghai, 1927-1952
In this recording, Liliane, who died last month at 99, shares her story of Shanghai, 1927-1952.
Before she died last month, Liliane—friends called her Lily—joined us several times to talk about her life and history. In 2022, we recorded a...
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Shanghai history writer, researcher, reader; Historic Shanghai cofounder. In Shanghai since 1997. All about Shanghai, mostly past but present too.
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