Shanghai Shadows BANO

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San Francisco signs friendship agreement with Shanghai thereby allowing, for the first time, the opportunity for a documentary film crew to enter Shanghai and film life there. The documentary depicts Shanghai’s history and culture, the role of Shanghai in forming ties with other nations, the politics of Shanghai.


Keywords: civil war (between the communists and nationalists in 1948), Mao Zedong, Japan’s bombing of china, interview with Chinese immigrants in america, communist youth league, culture of the Shanghainese (depicts pianists, dance troupes), interviews with Shanghainese officials, domestic life, modernization of chinese politics and law.

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