Old Shanghai: The buildings, the people, the stories.
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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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Beyond the Neon Lights: People’s Square
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Why does this lane neighborhood boast Stars of David around its perimeter? There’s a story there, and it’s on Saturday’s...
Summertime, Ice Cream Time in Old Shanghai
When it was summertime in Old Shanghai, ice cream was a wonderful respite. And the ice cream of choice was Hazelwood.
Image: Collection of the Museum of Foreign Brand Advertising in the Republic of China (MOFBA)
Hazelwood: An Ice Cre...
Gezhi Academy: Shanghai’s 19th Century Modernizing Experiment
(Shanghai, 2005) In a clear, sure voice, Xu Xiyuan begins singing: “Young and light of heart are we, in our school above the sea, all together we are one, all together we are strong.”
At 83, his speaking voice sometimes falters, but as he...
The Battle of Shanghai in Trading Cards
On August 14 1937, the day after the Sino-Japanese Battle of Shanghai began, misfired bombs rained death and destruction on downtown Shanghai. Two thousand civilians were killed in what was then the deadliest aerial bombardment that the wor...
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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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