Ergebnis für "shanghai" in Politik & Sozialwissenschaften

The dramatic real-life stories of four young people caught up in the mass exodus of Shanghai in the wake of China's 1949 Communist revolution. Benny must decide either to escape to Hong Kong or navigate the intricacies of a newly Communist China. Annuo, forced to flee with her father, a defeated Nationalist official, becomes an unwelcome exile in Taiwan. The financially strapped Ho fights deportation from the US in order to continue his studies while his family struggles at home. Bing, given away by her poor parents, faces the prospect of a new life among strangers in America.

The Chinese economy appears destined for failure, the financial bubble forever in peril of popping, the real estate sector doomed to collapse, the factories fated for bankruptcy. Orlik games out what will happen if the bubble that never pops finally does. The magnitude of the shock to China and the world would be tremendous. For those in the West nervously watching China's rise as a geopolitical challenger, the alternative could be even less palatable.

Grab your favorite snacks and listen to how a supposed 4-day stay-at-home order turned into an indefinite lockdown, putting some 25 million people under house arrest in Shanghai. Every week, we’ll be sharing a few quirky anecdotes and interviews with people who survived the Great Shanghai Lockdown of ‘22, as the culinary capital teetered on the brink of catastrophe while fighting its latest COVID outbreak. Cover Art by @Ohheymen (IG)

As dramatic, graceful and deeply felt as a pas de deux, Shanghai Tango is a deeply personal and inspiring account of growing up in a body that feels alien and of braving pioneering surgery in communist China.

Was Nandlal Kapur a traitor or a patriot? A true story, like no other. 1920s India. Flames of revolt against colonial rule had engulfed the country, making the British tense. They knew domestic spies were essential to track and quell the calls for independence. Nandlal Kapur, like many young...

La culture de la Chine présentée par une shanghaienne. Actualités, Vie quotidienne, La langue chinoise, Fêtes, Coutumes, Cuisine, Musique, Sport, Humour

I made this audiobook to chronologize my personal experience of going through the lockdown in Shanghai during the covid-19 ordeal for over 60 days. In those days of confinement, I had a full taste of how brutal the authoritarian socialist system could be, and how fragile, helpless, and insignificant individuals were in front of the cold and inhumane government policies.

Michel Paradis’s Last Mission to Tokyo, a “superb” (The Wall Street Journal) and “engrossing...richly researched” (The New York Times Book Review) account of a key but underreported moment in World War II: The Doolittle Raids and the international war crimes trial in 1945 that defined...

Magyarok és magyar kapcsolatok Shanghaiban valamint Délkelet-Ázsiában Első évad: Omicron-kalandok Shanghaiban - szórakoztató katasztrófamagazin. COVID vesztegzár 2022. tavaszán. A városban élő magyarok beszámolói, beszélgetései.

Un paseo por Shanghai no es una guía de viaje, ni un análisis sesudo de la sociedad china. En este micropodcast hablo de mis experiencias cotidianas en China: lo que me sorprende, lo que me gusta, lo que me cabrea. Explico la cosas como yo las entiendo aunque, francamente, la mayor parte del tiempo no me entero de nada. Presentado por Marc Milián, español afincado en Shanghai.

Growing Up With Shanghai is a social sound project that documents the culture and people of Shanghai during the city’s development boom in the 1990s. The project follows 30-40 year old Shanghainese young adults- whose own personal development was also during a time when Shanghai was beginning its transformation into the metropolis we see today. What began as a personal project for me, became an outlet that Shanghainese could document their life and culture in their own personal way. Subtle details within their stories document local customs and dialects and touch on contemporary social ...