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10 septembre 2015

Le Corbusier à Shanghai?

Le Corbusier à Shanghai?
English Version Lors d'un voyage récent en Inde, j'ai été très impressionné par la ville de Chandigarh , que les Indiens décrivent comme l'une des villes les plus agréables du pays Ce constat ne va pas pourtant pas de soi vu que Chandigargh est une ville...
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4 février 2013

Au soleil dans les lilongs/Shanghainese like it sunny in lilongs

Au soleil dans les lilongs/Shanghainese like it sunny in lilongs
La vie dans les lilongs vaut définitivement le détour, en particulier lorsqu’il fait beau: Les habitants se reposent au soleil en attendant que le linge seche sur les tiges de bamboo. Les personnes agées se retrouvent pour discuter a l’extérieur, jouer...
14 novembre 2016

Vertinski, l'âme Russe de Shanghai

Vertinski, l'âme Russe de Shanghai
English version Parmi les personnages célèbres qui ont vécu à Shanghai, le chanteur Russe Alexandre Vertinski occupe une place très particulière. Né à Kiev en 1889, Vertinski débute sa carrière en 1916 dans le costume de " Pierrot noir ", une version...
23 mars 2018

Shanghai badlands

Shanghai badlands
Version Française I was more than pleased to read Paul French’s new historical novel “City of Devils” launched at the Shanghai Literary Festival (Thank you for getting a dedicated copy, Matthias). As I am a fan of Shanghai 1930s I definitely appreciated...
25 août 2017

Richard Paulick in Shanghai

Richard Paulick in Shanghai
Version Française When I was young, as Internet simply did not exist, there was no such thing like fast search engine or knowledge sharing sites like Google or Wikipedia. The best way for me to learn about the rest of the world was a Larousse dictionary....
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2 juillet 2017

Jiangnan arsenal back on tracks

Jiangnan arsenal back on tracks
Version Française When I first came to Shanghai in 2010 for the World Expo, I remember being impressed by the remastering of the Huangpu banks from a messy industrial area into a modern and clean designed visitors park. At some point, I crossed to the...
26 février 2019

Sheung Wan unveiled

Sheung Wan unveiled
Version Française Today, Hollywood Road is known for its trendy bars and boutiques. There was a time when people came to look for something else in the streets of Sheung Wan. Here is the eventful history of this neighborhood. The origins district The...
17 janvier 2019

Hong Kong pirates

Hong Kong pirates
Version Française The history of Hong Kong has for centuries been linked to that of piracy. Indeed, the proximity of the Pearl River and trade along the coasts of southern China combined with the many bays and islands which offer natural shelters and...
10 janvier 2019

Les pirates de Hong Kong

Les pirates de Hong Kong
English version L’histoire de Hong Kong est depuis des siècles liée à celle de la piraterie. En effet depuis toujours, la proximité de la Rivière des Perles et des échanges commerciaux le long des côtes du Sud de la Chine combinée aux nombreuses baies...
6 septembre 2018

Hong Kong water story

Hong Kong water story
Version Française When you go hiking along the wonderful Tim Tam Reservoirs in Hong Kong, you easily figure out the importance of water supply issues. This extraordinary group of four basins which strech above Stanley date from the Victorian era and include...
7 décembre 2018

Hong Kong Russian heritage

Hong Kong Russian heritage
Version Française When talking to people who happened to live in Hong Kong in the 60s and 70s, one is struck by their frequent reference to Russian restaurants. Places like Tkachenko or Cherikoff are oftened mentioned. There was a time indeed, when Western...
27 septembre 2018

Kai Tak urban legend

Kai Tak urban legend
Version Française As more than 900 flights have been cancelled because of Mangkhut super typhoon, I remember the hair-raising cross-wind landings on former Hong Kong Kai Tak airport. The old runways are now abandonned since the new Chep Lap Kok airport...
19 juillet 2018

Old Hong Kong in miniature

Old Hong Kong in miniature
Version Française During the typhoon season, one suddenly realizes the practicality of Hong Kong old architecture . Indeed, street extensions of the 1950s composite buildings, help keeping your clothes dry during the heavy rain falls of July and August....
9 février 2019

Countryside Hong Kong

Countryside Hong Kong
Version Française There was a time when some of the plains and hills of Hong Kong looked more like those of Vietnam or Yunnan than today's megacity. Let us travel back to the bygone era of water buffaloes and paddy fields. When you hike in today's Lantau...
7 juin 2018

Les fleurs de Hong Kong

Les fleurs de Hong Kong
English version Après North Point et Happy Valley , nous partons à l'Ouest de l'île de Hong Kong avec l’histoire de Shek Tong Tsui . Marquant la limite entre Sai Ying Pun et Kennedy Town, ce quartier a toujours tenu une place à part, pendant longtemps...
23 mai 2018

Happy Valley, Shanghai connection

Happy Valley, Shanghai connection
Version Française After publishing on Little Shanghai , I found it challenging to write about Happy Valley. This part of Hong Kong is indeed unusual, containing a race course and three cemeteries. The name Happy Valley is a British euphemism to name burial...
6 janvier 2019

A Star Ferry story

A Star Ferry story
Version Française The old Star Ferry offers a travel option favoured by over 70,000 people who cross Hong Kong Victoria Harbour every day. Yet very few people know its actual story. Before the first tunnel was built, it was the only way to cross the two...
4 mai 2018

Hong Kong “Little Shanghai”

Hong Kong “Little Shanghai”
Version Française Among Hong Kong districts, the more related to Shanghai is undoubteddy North Point . After the 1937 Japanese invasion of China and during the solitary island episode, this part of Victoria city became the haven for thousands of wealthy...
1 novembre 2018

Blake and Mortimer in Hong Kong

Blake and Mortimer in Hong Kong
Version Française For the first time, the famous two cartoon characters created by Edgar P. Jacobs in 1946 will visit Hong Kong. The occasion of a stroll in 1950s Hong Kong and a unique blend of history and science fiction! Among the news that will delight...
1 avril 2018

Shanghai 1939 stop guide

Shanghai 1939 stop guide
Version Française As many French people interested in history and desperate to find old documents in Hong Kong, I ended at Yves Azemar’s Indosiam library . Among the treasures collected by Yves, one particularly caught my attention as related to Shanghai:...
20 octobre 2018

A Hong Kong streetcar named desire

A Hong Kong streetcar named desire
Version Française After my post about Kai Tak airport, I would like to take you on a far quieter type of ride. Here is the history of the Hong Kong tram, not that quiet after all! Only tram system fully equiped with double-deckers, Hong Kong " ding-ding...
25 mars 2018

Shanghai Badlands

Shanghai Badlands
English version J'ai pris beaucoup de plaisir à lire le dernier roman de Paul French intitulé "City of Devils", présenté au Festival du Livre de Shanghai (merci à Mathias pour l'exemplaire dédicacé). En tant que fan des années 1930, j'ai aimé ce livre...
24 août 2018

Hong Kong ghosts

Hong Kong ghosts
Version Française As the Hungry Ghosts Festival is about to begin, I found it a good occasion to share a few ghosts stories with you. The first one is related to the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong of sad memory. In December 1943, a shinto shrine was...
6 avril 2017

Shanghai Great World

Shanghai Great World
Version Française On the occasion of the reopening of the Great World Amusement Hall last week, I think it is more than time for me to tell about the history of this amazing place. The Great World(Da Shijie 大世界)) was first opened in July 1917 by Huang...
1 août 2018

Hong Kong jungle tunnels

Hong Kong jungle tunnels
Version Française The Gin Drinkers Line is one of the most interesting historical places in Hong Kong. Located in the middle of a dense jungle above Shing Mun Reservoir, this complex system of tunnels, pillboxes and trenches is a living memory of the...
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