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

Nazi Shanghai: Nazis and Jews Fought Bitter War of Agitprop

The influx of European Jewish refugees meant a press to serve this new community and a response to Nazi anti-Semitic propaganda was required.

by Paul French, 30 September 2020

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

Interview: 'Above the Drowning Sea' Director René Balcer

We interviewed award-winning television director René Balcer to find out more about his newest doc, a chronicle of Jewish refugees in 1940s Shanghai.

by Yannick Faillard, 13 July 2018

New Documentary Chronicles Shanghai's Role as a WWII Safe Haven for Jews

A new documentary that's currently making the rounds at festivals, 'Above the Drowning Sea' sheds light on an important tale.

by Erica Martin, 10 July 2018

#TBT: Meet China's Most Killed Movie Extra

Dying daily for 70 kuai.

by That's Shanghai, 02 November 2017

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