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The Mystery of History in Jia Zhangke’s ‘I Wish I Knew’
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The Mystery of History in Jia Zhangke’s ‘I Wish I Knew’

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 / 7 December 2020

In Jia Zhangke’s documentary I Wish I Knew, many discuss the pivotal year of 1949, when the Chinese Communist Party officially took over China, reaching Shanghai. It was also the year my mother, putting a finger in the wind, left China with my sister.

The Classic Shanghai Divas and the Unintended Exoticism of the Taiwanese Bootleg
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The Classic Shanghai Divas and the Unintended Exoticism of the Taiwanese Bootleg

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 / 10 January 2018

What does the record collector collect when the desired product is too expensive? Perhaps a bootlegged version shunned by the fussy connoisseur.

Dancing the Tango Through Mao’s Cultural Revolution With Argentinian Pancho and His Orchestra
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Dancing the Tango Through Mao’s Cultural Revolution With Argentinian Pancho and His Orchestra

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 / 15 August 2017
On Shanghai dance halls of the late '30s and a vinyl tango artifact that survived Mao’s Cultural Revolution.
Life in the Interzone in Old Shanghai
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Life in the Interzone in Old Shanghai

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 / 8 June 2017
The Sing-song Girls of Shanghai and Flowers of Shanghai capture a William S. Borroughs-like Interzone in Old Shanghai.
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Cities on Steriods: ‘Megacities’

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 / 21 August 2012
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Nick Warren: Shanghai

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 / 26 October 2005