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Individuals
Du Yuesheng Yuesheng -- Green Gang kingpin
Fairbairn, William (see "Law")
Jinrong -- gangster boss and police chief
Litvanoff, Victoria Victoria -- blackmailer, madam and clairvoyant
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Post and Telegraph Offices
(18/5/2007:(20/9/2007: Please excuse the incompleteness of the site at the moment. I am currently in something of I'm a computing black hole bit busy at home, but the moment. I will add new updates as soon as I can.) 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 ]]> Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:33:57 +0000 mod Freemasonry http://streetsofshanghai.pbwiki.com/Freemasonry email.hidden@example.com (Tom) Tom edited Freemasonry Freemasonry
The Masonic body is a very large and influential one in Shanghai. According to Gratton’s “Freemasonry in Shanghai and North China”, there was a “warrant granted to the Northern Lodge of China, No. 570, E.C.”, on December the 27th 1849.
was doen done during the fifties was due to the disturbed state of the country.
The first meetings were held in a house of Chinese construction in Church Road (now Kiangse Road), opposite the present Cathedral compound, and then in a small bungalow in Foochow Road.
The first lodge-room was in Nanking Road and is first mentioned in 1855. In 1856, this was sold, and the old second Masonic Hall was erected in Canton Road. This, becoming inconveniently small, was sold and the present third Masonic Hall on the Bund was planned. The foundation-stone was laid with full Masonic ceremonies on July 3rd, 1865, and the building was dedicated on September 27th, 1867.
]]> Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:21:31 +0000 mod Freemasonry http://streetsofshanghai.pbwiki.com/Freemasonry email.hidden@example.com (Tom) Tom edited Freemasonry The “first English Mark Masters’ Lodge” was held on December 15th, 1854. From the middle of the 1860s, Masonry made rapid advances. That little was doen during the fifties was due to the disturbed state of the country.
The first meetings were held in a house of Chinese construction in Church Road (now Kiangse Road), opposite the present Cathedral compound, and then in a small bungalow in Foochow Road.
full Mason ic Masonic ceremonies on July 3rd, 1865, and the building was dedicated on September 27th, 1867.
The Masonic Charity Fund is an important institution in Shanghai; administering relief, maintaining bursaries or scholarships in the public school and so on. The Masonic body has taken a prominent part in the most striking public function in Shanghai, such as the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.
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(18/5/2007: Please excuse the incompleteness of the site at the moment. I am currently in something of a computing black hole at home, but will add new updates as soon as I can.)
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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Architecture and Housing
The city streets
Lower class entertainment
Money
Out in the streets
Paper Hunt Club
Riding
]]> Sat, 05 May 2007 19:43:33 +0000 mod The White Russians http://streetsofshanghai.pbwiki.com/The+White+Russians email.hidden@example.com (T) T edited The White Russians Before the White Russians arrived, there was not much in the way of entertainment for foreigners in the apart from the occasional film or amateur dramatic production. Nowadays, though, nearly all the big hotels employ Russian orchestras and singers. Russian theatres such as the Tomsky and the Pribytkova put on ballet and opera. Moreover, the presence of the Russians means that there is now a lot more opportunity for cultural self-improvement. The impoverished Russians teach languages, music, horse-riding and fencing. The arts are still alive and well in the Russian community, with artists and poets founding societies, publishing works and arguing with each other in cafes.
It can be very difficult for White Russian men to find employment. Manual labour is the province of Chinese workers prepared to settle for much less in wages than the Russians can afford to take – often no more than food and a floor to sleep on. Well-paid jobs go to foreigners, while clerical and shop work goes to Eurasians and Portugue]]> Sat, 05 May 2007 19:35:23 +0000 mod Reserve Unit http://streetsofshanghai.pbwiki.com/Reserve+Unit email.hidden@example.com (T) T edited Reserve Unit]]> Sat, 05 May 2007 19:34:03 +0000 mod SMP http://streetsofshanghai.pbwiki.com/SMP email.hidden@example.com (T) T edited SMP The SMP was founded in 1854 (and will continue to enforce the law in the International Settlement until 1943). The SMP's headquarters are at the Central Police Station, 239 Hankow Road. The Commissioner of Police is Ivo Barrett, a Briton, who took over the post in late 1925. (Frederick Wernham Gerrard arrives to replace in him in May 1929, is appointed Commissioner in October and serves until 1938.)
The SMP is not really representative of the Settlement's demographics, but it is very international. Its officers include Chinese, Britons, Japanese, Russians and Sikhs (roughly in that order in terms of numbers), as well as a number of Westerners of other nationalities. Britons (including, at this time, the Irish) dominate the upper ranks. In later years the number of Japanese officers increases, but never to the degree that represents the actual proportion of civilian inhabitants (up until about 1940, when things start going rather differently).
terms fo of law enforcement. It is dif]]> Sat, 05 May 2007 19:33:00 +0000 mod Historical Timeline http://streetsofshanghai.pbwiki.com/Historical+Timeline email.hidden@example.com (Tom) Tom edited Historical Timeline Shanghai Timeline
history (and related Chinese history) from the 19th century to the end of the 1920s.
After The First Opium War
After China’s defeat at the hands of the British in the First Opium War (1839-42), the Treaty of Nanking, signed on 29th August 1842, formed the basis for the country’s relations with the West for almost a century. Under the treaty, China agreed to cede Hong Kong Island (together with some small nearby islands) to the British Empire in perpetuity, and open the treaty ports of Canton, Amoy, Foochow, Ningpo and Shanghai for foreign trade. Also, Great Britain received 21 million ounces of silver in compensation, fixed tariffs, extraterritoriality for British citizens on Chinese soil and Most Favoured Nation status.
China also allowed British missionaries into the interior of China for the first time, and allowed British merchants to establish "spheres of influence" in and around British ports. The treaty left severa]]> Fri, 04 May 2007 18:26:53 +0000 mod FrontPage http://streetsofshanghai.pbwiki.com/FrontPage email.hidden@example.com (Tom) Tom edited FrontPage Shopping
Law
Labour unrest
Shanghai Municipal Police
William Fairbairn and the Reserve Unit
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 Labour Unrest


 


 


 


There is a consistent trend in the 20s of unrest amongst Shanghai’s workers, at least partially spurred on by Bolshevist action. The following table covering strike movements between 1918 and 1924, illustrates this. The chief causes include: high price of rice, depreciation in value of copper coins, revolt against harsh discipline in factories, union agitation and anti-foreign (especially anti-Japanese) sentiment.


 


 









 Year  Strikes  No. of strikers  Work days lost

]]> Fri, 04 May 2007 18:20:55 +0000 add Historical Timeline http://streetsofshanghai.pbwiki.com/Historical+Timeline email.hidden@example.com (Tom) Tom edited Historical Timeline May 25th – Forced into action by Chinese authorities and others, the Shanghai Municipal Police raid a casino at 151C Bubbling Well Road known as “The Wheel”, rounding up more than two hundred customers, including a dozen consular officials.
June 12th – The court hearing following the arrests at “The Wheel” represents a turf war between British-owned greyhound gambling resorts and the Latin American and Chinese-owned casinos. The defence counsel, a Mexican called Carlos Garcia, argues that the prosecution want to suppress casinos in order to attract more clients to greyhound racing. He later discovers in a Chinese court that the treaty granting extraterritoriality to Mexican citizens expired at the end of 1928. Meanwhile, the Chinese authorities continue to demand the end of greyhound gambling in the concessions.
Labour Unrest There is a consistent trend in the 20s of unrest amongst Shanghai’s workers, at least partially spurred on by Bolshevist action. The following table covering st]]> Fri, 04 May 2007 18:20:02 +0000 mod The Americans http://streetsofshanghai.pbwiki.com/The+Americans email.hidden@example.com (Tom) Tom edited The Americans]]> Fri, 04 May 2007 18:12:22 +0000 mod The Americans http://streetsofshanghai.pbwiki.com/The+Americans email.hidden@example.com (Tom) Tom edited The Americans]]> Fri, 04 May 2007 18:11:25 +0000 mod Huang Jinrong http://streetsofshanghai.pbwiki.com/Huang+Jinrong email.hidden@example.com (Tom) Tom edited Huang Jinrong]]> Fri, 04 May 2007 18:00:50 +0000 mod Huang Jinrong http://streetsofshanghai.pbwiki.com/Huang+Jinrong email.hidden@example.com (Tom) Tom edited Huang Jinrong]]> Fri, 04 May 2007 18:00:10 +0000 mod Du Yuesheng http://streetsofshanghai.pbwiki.com/Du+Yuesheng email.hidden@example.com (Tom) Tom edited Du Yuesheng]]> Fri, 04 May 2007 17:59:06 +0000 mod Du Yuesheng http://streetsofshanghai.pbwiki.com/Du+Yuesheng email.hidden@example.com (Tom) Tom edited Du Yuesheng]]> Fri, 04 May 2007 17:58:06 +0000 mod