Old photograph fever sweeps China
Apparently, the Communist party frowned on China's history as "black time," and its scourging of past associations caused most Chinese to purge their family pho...
Tag: Shanghai history
Stories and photos related to Shanghai history
How a bomb dropped in 1937 complicated my life, 2004-2012
Continued from this post about Ernie and Florence Allison at the outbreak of war in Shanghai, August 1937… A flight of Japanese warplanes roared across th...
Shanghai, August 1937: Ernie and Florence Allison at the outbreak of war
Shanghai, August, 1937: Allison grabbed his binoculars and dashed to the veranda to watch the dogfights. Florence begged him to come inside, but Allie couldn’t ...
Moon Chin’s first air raid, part II
Nanking, August 15, 1937: The bomber peeled from formation and banked toward them. It leveled out and bore in at two-hundred feet, targeting the Generalissimo’s...
Moon Chin’s first air raid, part I
What happened to some of the CNAC pilots during the dark days of August, 1937, when a colossal battle between Japan and China erupted in Shanghai.
Evacuating Shanghai, August 1937
Fleeing Shanghai, August 1937: first in a series of posts about how the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) and its people escaped the outbreak of the Ba...
An excellent old Shanghai photo collection
A fellow who seems to be named LJ Chan has posted a very atmospheric stream of old Shanghai photos… enjoy!
The White Countess, my favorite Shanghai movie
The White Countess, a film that evokes the glitter and grime of 1930s Shanghai. The film wasn't universally well-reviewed, but I confess to loving it. At a num...
America’s worst foreign policy of all time
The neutrality legislation of the 1930s: I think it's to The United States' everlasting shame that we couldn't discern any principle or outrage worth fighting f...
Gas streetlamps sputtered…
All through my research process I’ve been amazed at what a good lens CNAC proved to be for seeing the larger story of China’s struggle to unify and...