This Day in History: The Shanghai Racecourse in People's Square

The thunder of hooves on turf where People's Square lies today.

by Ned Kelly, 17 April 2023

Gangster's Paradise: A Night Out in the Shanghai Badlands

Take a tour through sin central for gangsters, gamblers and the worst elements of Shanghai's criminal underbelly.

by Paul French, 23 October 2019

Snapshots of Shanghai's Disappearing Laoximen Neighborhood

Shanghai's ambitious revitalization plan hits a historic neighborhood.

by Dominic Ngai, 25 May 2018

Count Gian Galeazzo Ciano, Mussolini's Man in China

"He was a bounder, but bounding is no sin in the sun."

by JFK Miller, 05 August 2020

The Day in History: Shanghai’s First KFC Opens in 2 on the Bund

Across eras of glory and turmoil, the Bund legend has stood tall.

by Lucas dos Santos, 28 November 2021

Gangs of Old Shanghai: The Swiss Gang

A who's who of old time organized crime.

by Paul French, 16 September 2019

The Oriental Circuit and Bruising World of Asia's Inter-War Boxing

In the 20s and 30s fighters from all over the world took to the boxing rings of Asia, but the stakes were never higher than in the Canidrome Gardens of Shanghai.

by Paul French, 01 August 2019

This Day in History: Lu Yongxiang – Shanghai's Forgotten Warlord

The decade after the fall of the Qing Dynasty was the age of warlordism.

by Dan Stein, 25 March 2021

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