From the Sino-Japanese War to the Communist Revolution, the onrushing narrative of modern China can drown out the stories of the people who lived it. Yet a remarkable cache of letters from one of China’s most prominent and influential families, the Lius of Shanghai, sheds new light on this tumultuous era. Sherman Cochran and Andrew Hsieh take us inside the Lius’ world to explor...(展开全部)

From the Sino-Japanese War to the Communist Revolution, the onrushing narrative of modern China can drown out the stories of the people who lived it. Yet a remarkable cache of letters from one of China’s most prominent and influential families, the Lius of Shanghai, sheds new light on this tumultuous era. Sherman Cochran and Andrew Hsieh take us inside the Lius’ world to explor...(展开全部)

Shanghai's tumultuous history has resulted in the progressive and stylish city of today. For more than a century and a half artists have been both documenting the city's changes and leading its way into the future. Timed to coincide with the Shanghai World Expo in 2010 (and a city-wide Shanghai Celebration in San Francisco, its sister city), Shanghai catalogs the first exhibiti...(展开全部)

Shanghai's tumultuous history has resulted in the progressive and stylish city of today. For more than a century and a half artists have been both documenting the city's changes and leading its way into the future. Timed to coincide with the Shanghai World Expo in 2010 (and a city-wide Shanghai Celebration in San Francisco, its sister city), "Shanghai" catalogs the first exhibi...(展开全部)

Even before the romanticized golden era of Shanghai in the 1930s, the famed Asian city was remarkable for its uniqueness and East-meets-West cosmopolitanism. Meng Yue analyzes a century-long shift of urbanity from China’s heartland to its shore. During the period between the decline of Jiangnan cities such as Suzhou and Yangzhou and Shanghai’s early twentieth-century rise, the ...(展开全部)

Even before the romanticized golden era of Shanghai in the 1930s, the famed Asian city was remarkable for its uniqueness and East-meets-West cosmopolitanism. Meng Yue analyzes a century-long shift of urbanity from China’s heartland to its shore. During the period between the decline of Jiangnan cities such as Suzhou and Yangzhou and Shanghai’s early twentieth-century rise, the ...(展开全部)

Meng Yue is assistant professor of East Asian languages and literature at the University of California, Irvine.

It's China, 1907. Sixteen-year-old orphan Cassia is sold by her aunt to a brothel. There, she works as a lowly maid for Madame Emerald until a powerful and dangerous client plucks her from obscurity. Master Chang is the boss of the fearsome Shanghai Triad and he always gets what he wants. Despite her unbound feet and breasts, Cassia swiftly becomes Chang's favourite mistress. H...(展开全部)

周采芹（Tsai Chin），1936年11月30日出生于天津，美国华裔演员、作家、教师，先后毕业于英国皇家戏剧学院和塔夫茨大学。 1957年，参演个人首部电影《扬子江突围记》 。 1958年，参演的剧情片《六福客栈》上映 。 1959年，主演舞台剧《苏丝黄的世界》 。 1966年，参演的悬疑片《放大》上映 。 1967年，参演的动作片《007之雷霆谷》上映 。 1972年，凭借电视剧《斗争对象》获得第25届英国电影学院奖英国最佳电视演员提名 。 1988年，出版英文自传《上海的女儿》 。 1993年，参演剧情片《喜福会》 。 1998年，主演百老汇话剧《金童》 。 2001年，获得第53届黄金时段艾美奖终身成就奖 。 2002年，参演剧情片《福禄寿》 。 2005年，参演的剧情片《艺伎回忆录》上映 2006年，参演的动作片《007：...(展开全部)

For many in the west, “Shanghai” is the quintessence of East Asian modernity, whether imagined as glamorous and exciting, corrupt and impoverishing, or a complex synthesis of the good, the bad, and the ugly. How did “Shanghai” acquire this power? How did people across China and around the world decide that Shanghai was the place to be? Mediasphere Shanghai shows that partial an...(展开全部)