This Day in History: Bloody Saturday, Shanghai's Darkest Day

New York Times bestselling author's new book on the 1937 Japanese bombing of the city.

by Ned Kelly, 12 August 2022

On This Day: Japanese Take Shanghai International Settlement

An inside look at the Japanese takeover of Shanghai's International Settlement, which began on December 8, 1941.

by Mark Felton, 08 December 2021

Did 3,000 Chinese Troops Really Disappear in 1939?

The eeriest type of disappearances are the ones that happen en masse – were a group of people all evaporate into thin air without a trace.

by Matthew Bossons, 24 November 2016

The KMT Veterans of China on The Wrong Side of History

'I only wish to be treated fairly. I fought against the Japanese, why on earth did I become a war criminal?'

by Karoline Kan, 29 August 2019

PHOTOS: Japanese Occupation of Shanghai, Then and Now

The Japanese takeover of Shanghai's International Settlement began on December 8, 1941​. Here are some photos of the captured areas then and now.

by That's Shanghai, 08 December 2021

New 'China Untold' Episode Explores the Myth of WWII's Missing Chinese Soldiers

While MH370 may be the first China-related mass disappearance to come to mind, it might not be the earliest – or biggest.

by That's, 23 December 2020

#TBT: Meet China's Most Killed Movie Extra

Dying daily for 70 kuai.

by That's Shanghai, 02 November 2017

Nazi Shanghai: 7 Nazis Who Loomed Large in Old Shanghai

A monstrous collection of careerists and criminals, perverts and parvenus, fanatics and fakirs, gauleiters and hoodlums.

by Matthew Neckelmann, 30 September 2020

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