I love this photo from the 1950s. It reminds me of the cafes along the perimeter of campus when I lived at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.But according to my friends at Gwulo.com, this Dairy Farm branch was located in Repulse Bay, another favorite place to hang out on … [Read more...]
Postcard from the Peace Hotel, Shanghai
In my latest installment of Sentiments of a Recovering Expat, I dug out this postcard from Shanghai's Peace Hotel. The photo is faint both on screen and to the touch. I wonder if the Peace Hotel printed them this way to give off an old world feel.Or maybe they didn't have a … [Read more...]
At the General’s house, 1991
In my ongoing obsession with 1930s Shanghai, I dug out this old photo I took on my second trip to Shanghai in 1991.I'm standing in front of Zhou Enlai's house. I can't remember if we were even allowed inside, but I do remember posing in front of the door.It was one of the … [Read more...]
Another postcard from Shanghai, 1995
Since I started reading Eileen Chang, I've learned that she is almost single-handedly responsible for the resurgence of interest in 1930s Shanghai.It makes sense.After her books started making their way back to the mainland in the 1980s (pirated versions, of course), … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Love in a Fallen City
After I finished The Rice Sprout Song last week, I moved on to Eileen Chang's Love in a Fallen City (New York Review Books, 2006), a collection of short stories and novellas that take place in Shanghai and Hong Kong in the 1930s and early 1940s.I usually try to read a book … [Read more...]
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