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MODERN HISTORY

The Butterfly Effect: Redeeming China’s Early Romance Novels

How “Mandarin Duck and Butterfly,” a romantic literary movement from early 20th century China, became forgotten in the tides of modernization

By Savannah Billman   November 3, 2021
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Remembering the Chinese Women Who Danced for the World

Too many of the Chinese diaspora’s leading female artists and performers have been forgotten. Director Luka Yuanyuan Yang wants to reclaim their transnational legacies.

By Luka Yuanyuan Yang   May 15, 2021
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The Jazz Age

When the Harlem Renaissance briefly flourished in Shanghai

By Jeremiah Jenne   November 3, 2020
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Hyper Inflated

The disastrous monetary policy that brought down the Nationalists

By Emily Conrad   September 15, 2020
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The Xiaogang Experiment

How a village defied collectivism and pioneered China’s road to economic reform

By Sam Davies   September 3, 2020
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Long Shadows

How China’s first film studios fostered a golden age of cinema

By Tina Xu (徐盈盈)   August 11, 2020
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Hearth Warming

The history of indoor heating in the PRC

By Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)   April 12, 2020
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Permanent Revolution

The hair-raising history of cuts and curls in the PRC

By Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)   January 3, 2020
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Taking Stock

A new museum in a classic Shanghai location charts the brief but tumultuous history of China’s capital markets

By Emily Conrad   August 20, 2019
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