Derek Sandhaus

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• Posted 'Stateless in Shanghai': Nov. 21 and 22 to Shanghaiist
  Stateless in Shanghai Cover Shanghai-born Dr. Liliane Willens will be speaking twice this weekend about her newly published book, Stateless in Shanghai at several venues around the city. But first, a word of explanation about what "stateless in Shanghai" really means: In the first half of the twentieth century, the cosmopolitan city of Shanghai contained the world's largest foreign population. They were, rather ironically, "stateless" persons: persons without citizenship in any country. Though most...
• Commented on Earnshaw Books: Book launches, a Beijing Shanghai debate, and poetry
  So I take it you're more excited about the poetry portion of the evening?...
• Posted Earnshaw Books: Book launches, a Beijing Shanghai debate, and poetry to Shanghaiist
  Earnshaw Books will host an evening of performance to celebrate this month's release of two new titles - The Peace Correspondent by Garry Marchant and China Rhymes by Shamus A'Rabbitt, featuring a new foreword by Andrew Chubb. In The Peace Correspondent, Garry Marchant, a well-seasoned traveler with a taste for the exotic, writes of more than thirty years of jaunts around Asia. Armed with a journalist’s insatiable curiosity and a fluid pen, he brings...
• Posted Book Launch: "Shanghai Story Walks" and "I Sailed with Chinese Pirates" to Shanghaiist
  Earnshaw Books, your favorite purveyor of China-related reading material, is pleased to announce that it will host an evening of conversation, books and live jazz to celebrate the release this month of two new tomes - Shanghai Story Walks by Yvette Ho Madany and I Sailed with Chinese Pirates by Aleko Lilius, featuring a new foreword by Paul French. Shanghai Story Walks: "Step back into Old Shanghai with these scenic and history-laden walks and...
• Commented on Around Shanghai: Eileen Chang's school, JG Ballard's home, and the best xiaolongbao in Shanghai
  That picture was the view from my old apartment. I always wondered what that was. Thanks Elaine....