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5 juillet 2018

Repulse Bay, a Shanghai exile

Repulse Bay, a Shanghai exile
Version Française When you look for traces of Shanghai people in Hong Kong, a first place to check is North Point , which used to be labelled "Little Shanghai". Another one is definitley Repulse Bay . The name of it comes from a battle, allegibly fought...
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27 juin 2018

Sex and violence in Yau Ma Tei

Sex and violence in Yau Ma Tei
Version Française Yau Ma Tei is famous for its night market and seafood restaurants, giving visitors a very contrasted impression with the neat Victoria Island. Its history is even more tumultuous one, due to its lower class origins. In the 1860s, a police...
28 septembre 2017

Portuguese cowboy in Shanghai

Portuguese cowboy in Shanghai
Version Française When I received a message from James McCabe, asking for help into tracing his family roots in Shanghai during a visit with his son Andrew, I was more than excited. James lives in Santa Fe New Mexico but his Portuguese origin family used...
7 juin 2018

Hong Kong flowers

Hong Kong flowers
Version Française After my articles on North Point and Happy Valley , I take you to a journey West of Hong Kong Island, in Shek Tong Tsui . This district is located between Sai Ying Pun and Kennedy Town and was for a long time not well connected with...
16 juillet 2017

Shanghai magazine cover

Shanghai magazine cover
Version Française As I was having xiaolongbao, a Shanghai type of dumpling, in a tea house called Lao Shanghai on East Fangbang Road, my attention was caught by an exhibited 1930s Art Deco magazine cover. It showed a young lady wearing a bikini-type swimming...
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4 mai 2017

Shanghai diaries

Shanghai diaries
Version Française After reading Taras Grescoe's wonderful book " Shanghai Grand " about the love triangle between legendary Shanghai tycoon Victor Sassoon, American journalist Mickey Hahn and Chinese poet Shao Xunmei , I realized how important personal...
17 janvier 2018

Hong Kong favela

Hong Kong favela
Version Française If you guys have seen “ The World of Suzie Wong ”, a 1960 love movie taking place in Hong Kong, you might remember that the title character lived in a rather poor area, probably one of the slums on the hills South of Wan Chai, before...
3 décembre 2017

Hong Kong Peninsula, the end of the line.

Hong Kong Peninsula, the end of the line.
Version Française Built in 1927 by the Kadoorie family, Hong Kong Peninsula Hotel is actually not located in Hong Kong Island but in Kowloon for a good reason. It was there that most of travelers who ended there journey on land would wait for the ferries...
16 novembre 2017

Victor Sassoon's secrets

Victor Sassoon's secrets
Version Française A lot of things have already been said or written on Victor Sassoon , the founder of the Peace Hotel in Shanghai. Recently the wonderful book by Taras Grescoe " Shanghai Grand " gives an extensive account of his love relationship with...
5 septembre 2017

Richard Paulick à Shanghai

Richard Paulick à Shanghai
English version Lorsque j'étais jeune, il n'y avait pas pas de Google ni de Wikipedia pour faire des recherches. Le meilleur moyen à ma disposition pour en savoir plus sur le monde était un dictionnaire Larousse. Celui-ci contenait de nombreuses informations...
8 août 2017

Swimming stars

Swimming stars
Version Française As I was flipping in the pages of " Chin chin " (青青电影), a Shanghai late 1930s cinema magazine, I was attracted by the many pictures of movie stars photographed at the swimming pool. I have already written the story of Yang Xiuqiong ,...
29 juin 2017

Anna's Shanghai

Anna's Shanghai
Version Française If you are still not convinced that Shanghai is a lifelong love, then you should read the story of Anna Michaels-Gaudreau , a New Yorker who spent her childhood in wartime Shanghai and now teaches to Chinese students there. Anna was...
22 mai 2017

Shanghai time machine

Shanghai time machine
Version Française As I was having a drink at The Fellas Terrace for my birthday this 20th May, I could enjoy an unusual view which focal point was neither the former British Bund nore Pudong towers but... the Gutzlaff semaphore! The Gutzlaff tower is...
15 mars 2017

Maryse Hilsz in Shanghai

Maryse Hilsz in Shanghai
Version Française Last month I had the opportunity to meet with the daughter of former French Consul General Meyrier, 90 years old Jacqueline Meyrier (nearby). During the fascinating discussion with the group of Old Shanghai fans invited by the current...
27 mars 2016

For Easter, go egg-hunting in Shanghai!

For Easter, go egg-hunting in Shanghai!
Version Française If you get a chance to visit a Chinese Market in Shanghai or the rest of China, you probably notice that in addition to raw eggs, another variety will be on sale: the “One Century Eggs”, also called “pidan” This sort of preserved egg...
9 mars 2016

Destructions along Suzhou River

Destructions along Suzhou River
Version Française There are moments one would never like to experience. To stroll along ravaged Shanghai lilongs is definitely one of them. For some three years now, the lilongs situated along the Suzhou River or near the Huangpu are actually regularly...
24 octobre 2017

Ezra Mansion comeback

Ezra Mansion comeback
Version Française Among the iconic places I still had no opportunity to visit during my years staying in Shanghai was the legendary Ezra Mansion at 1209 Huaihai Middle Road. Surprisingly this house is located right near where I live but it was never visible...
30 octobre 2018

Hong Kong city of darkness

Hong Kong city of darkness
Version Française Object of curiosity or even fear, Kowloon City has fueled the most extraordinary stories. Let's discover together one of the most incredible human adventure in Hong Kong ever! Vice city If you attended the debut of Jean-Claude Van Damme...
19 septembre 2018

La légende de Kai Tak

La légende de Kai Tak
English version Alors que 900 vols viennent d'être annulés de manière préventive, à cause du typhon Mangkhut , je ne peux m’empêcher de penser aux atterrissages spectaculaires par grand vent de l’ancien aéroport de Kai Tak. Cet aéroport est aujourd’hui...
24 janvier 2019

Quand Hong Kong était à la campagne

Quand Hong Kong était à la campagne
English version Il fût un temps où certaines plaines et collines de Hong Kong, encore vierges de constructions, ressemblaient plus à celles de Vietnam ou du Yunnan qu’à celles de la mégapole que nous connaissons. En effet, lorsque vous vous promenez à...
17 octobre 2018

La cité des ténèbres

La cité des ténèbres
English version Objet de curiosité voire de crainte, Kowloon City a alimenté les histoires les plus extraordinaires. Partons ensemble à la découverte de la plus incroyable des aventures humaines qu'ait jamais connu Hong Kong! Vice city Si vous avez assisté...
19 août 2018

Les fantômes de Hong Kong

Les fantômes de Hong Kong
English version Tandis que se profile le festival des " fantômes affamés ", moment de l’année où les morts sont supposés revenir sur terre, j’en profite pour vous raconter quelques-unes des histoires de fantômes liées à Hong Kong. La première d'entre...
15 décembre 2018

La saga du Star Ferry

La saga du Star Ferry
English version Le vieux Star Ferry de Hong Kong offre une parenthèse de calme appréciée des touristes et Hongkongais, soit plus de 70000 personnes chaque jour. Pourtant peu de gens connaissent son histoire. Avant la construction du tunnel sous Victoria...
3 septembre 2018

Histoires d’eau à Hong Kong

Histoires d’eau à Hong Kong
English version C’est en se promenant vers les magnifiques réservoirs de Tim Tam sur l’île de Hong kong qu’on se rend compte à quel point la gestion de l’eau a toujours été une question clé pour le territoire. Composé de barrages et de ponts, cet ensemble...
14 juillet 2018

Le vieux Hong Kong en miniature

Le vieux Hong Kong en miniature
English version C’est à la saison des typhons que l’on comprend l‘intérêt de l’ architecture traditionnelle de Hong Kong et en particulier des terrasses en surplomb, créées dans les années 50 pour faire face à la crise du logement. Ces bâtiments, popularisées...
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