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Nazi Shanghai: Tai Li, ‘Himmler of China’ Who Copied the Gestapo
The Generalissimo’s chief spook who modeled his secret service department on the Gestapo.
by Matthew Neckelmann, 30 September 2020
Nazi Shanghai: John Rabe, ‘Schindler of China’ Who Saved 250,000
Nazi party loyalist who helped save 250,000 Chinese from the Japanese during the Rape of Nanking.
by JFK Miller, 30 September 2020
Nazi Shanghai: ‘Stalin’s James Bond’ Who Fooled the Führer
Sophisticated, debonair, deadly – Russian double agent Richard Sorge.
by JFK Miller, 30 September 2020
Strangers on the Praia: Refugees and Resistance in Wartime Macao
Paul French weaves together the stories of those Jewish refugees who moved on from wartime Shanghai to seek a possible route to freedom via the Portuguese colony.
by Paul French, 04 August 2020
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
A Brief History of Shanghai's Columbia Circle
A timeline of the complex's transformation since 1924.
by Dominic Ngai, 08 August 2018
Snapshots of Shanghai's Disappearing Laoximen Neighborhood
Shanghai's ambitious revitalization plan hits a historic neighborhood.
by Dominic Ngai, 25 May 2018
The Death of Shanghai Street Food
Shanghai's once great food streets are being closed down one by one, leaving the fate of the city's street food hanging in the balance.
by Betty Richardson, 04 July 2016
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