Stories about Shanghai
XintiandiPhilip Ace Falcon - falcon1 [278] Betwixt narrow alleys and traditional Shikumen houses restored from the past is a shopping, dining, and entertainment joint that has been labeled, "new heaven on earth." This is Xintiandi.
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Chinese Filmmaker Jia ZhangkeAgence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,579] Once-banned, director Jia Zhangke seeks wider audience in China...
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Film Review: Shanghai TriadCeleste Heiter - cheiter [29,099] Beautiful and exotic leading lady Gong Li is the centerpiece of this underworld film noir as seen through the wide-eyed innocence of Shuisheng, a country bumpkin brought to Shanghai by his Uncle Liu...
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Film Review: Lust, CautionCeleste Heiter - cheiter [29,099] Ang Lee steps into the world of film noir with his World War II romantic thriller starring Wei Tang and Tony Leung as secret lovers on opposite sides of the Chinese-Japanese conflict.
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Hong Kong
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OpiumMaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443] Opium had a devastating impact on China just over a hundred years ago. One man tried to stop it but he wasn't successful.
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Macau
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Peace HotelAgence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,579] Landmark Shanghai hotel gets modern makeover...
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China
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Sky Full of KitesEveryday Life China - everydaylife-china [101] Kite flying’s long history can be dated back 3,000 years, to when the Chinese began using bamboo and silk to make kites. It is said that the first kite ever made was a butterfly. Why a butterfly...
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Film Review: Flowers of ShanghaiCeleste Heiter - cheiter [29,099] Based on the novel Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai by Han Pang-ch'ing, Flowers of Shanghai tiptoes into the sepia-toned world of four Shanghai ‘flower houses', where gentleman callers gather to imbibe the...
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China
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Shanghai World Financial CentreAgence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,579] China's tallest tower aims to take Shanghai higher
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Recipe: Beggar's ChickenCeleste Heiter - cheiter [29,099] This dish is my own variation on a classic Shanghai dish with a baking technique that involves wrapping a whole stuffed chicken in lotus leaves and coating it with clay that hardens into a brittle shell for diners to break at the table.
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