Here's Part II of my attempt to take a closer look at all of Shanghai's 155 "important heritage sites" that are currently unprotected. Here are the houses and locations in Huangpu, Zhabei and Putuo districts which include amongst them the first homes of Shanghai's most notorious gangsters, a gorgeous villa of the founder of China's largest pre-revolution English-language newspaper and the mill where a protest leader was killed, sparking China's May 30th anti-foreign movement! more ›

In a stroke of great news for historical architecture enthusiasts and fans of Shanghai jazz-era fiction, it looks like Eileen Chang's old middle/high school has been saved from becoming another set of skyscrapers! more ›