#4 Russian Culture in Shanghai series (in Chinese): Restaurants of Russian Shanghai

Kavkaz restaurant on Avenue Joffre. Image: Jack Birns for LIFE, 1949.

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Commercial Plan of Shanghai (1915)

This wonderfully detailed plan of Shanghai (1915) is available in super high-res at UWM. It includes a bird's-eye view of the Chinese City:…
Triangle Motors (1931–1949), the creation of Lazarus Zigalnitsky

Some time ago I posted about auto services and garages in Shanghai. Today I was flipping through an issue of Le journal de Shanghai and came…
The leadership of Kuomintang, art deco style (1934)

Drawn by Hou Kao. Image: Le journal de Shanghai, July 1934. Now, can one make a cartoon portrait of modern China's Politburo Standing…