The Canidrome of Frenchtown: When Shanghai Went to the Dogs

Greyhounds, monkey jockeys, football riots, dance floor brawls, political rallies, mass executions and denunciations.

by Ned Kelly, 22 June 2021

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

Hugues Martin on Old Shanghai Blog Shanghailander Turning 15

We want a seat at his dinner party...

by Ned Kelly, 24 February 2021

Nazi Shanghai: The Rise & Fall of the Third Reich in Shanghai

The unspoken history of the city and the Third Reich.

by JFK Miller, 30 September 2020

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

Nazi Shanghai: 8 Nazi Landmarks of Old Shanghai

Where you’d find the Third Reich.

by JFK Miller, 30 September 2020

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

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