Streets of Shanghai

A guide to Shanghai in the 1920s

 Above: Garden Park, the Bund

Welcome to Shanghai

Historical Timeline

Culture The Americans The British The Chinese The Japanese (still to come) The White Russians   Foot binding Foreign Views of China Freemasonry	Life Architecture and Housing The city streets Lower class entertainment Money Paper Hunt Club Riding Shopping
Law Labour unrest Shanghai Municipal Police William Fairbairn and the Reserve Unit	Crime Green Gang Opium Vice
Individuals Du Yuesheng -- Green Gang kingpin Fairbairn, William (see "Law") Huang Jinrong -- gangster boss and police chief Litvanoff, Victoria -- blackmailer, madam and clairvoyant	Images Maps Old Shanghai Today From the set of the White Countess
Transport Rickshaws Sampans Shipping	Locations Communist hideout Consulates Hotels Library Post and Telegraph Offices

 (20/9/2007: Please excuse the incompleteness of the site at the moment. I'm a bit busy at the moment. I will add things in future, and am also open to requests for specific articles.)

A note on romanisation: I toyed with using modern pinyin romanisation for Chinese words and names, but it looked weird. Instead, I've chosen to romanise things as they would have been at the time, which is to say inconsistently. Hopefully that won't be too annoying. I also apologise for the rather primitive layout, but I fear that if I were to unleash my full layout design abilities, the result would be so awesome your whole body would fall off.

This site is a work in progress. I am still fiddling around with write-ups of the various geographical areas of town, the racecourse, Communists, notable personalities and all that jazz. Also an article on jazz.

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