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Battle of Shanghai
While the Second World War had not started, a conflict had already shaken Asia since the summer of 1937, when China resisted the imperial ambitions of Japan, present on the continent since 1931. Between August and November 1937, Japanese troops and Chinese nationalists clash in Shanghai, where Tokyo succeeds in imposing itself. But the human and political price is enormous. The cartographer Frédéric Miotto offers an analysis of this event in a comic strip.
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Japanese troops enter the City of Shanghai - 1937
#world war two#1940s#worldwar2photos#history#ww2#wwii#ww2 history#wwii era#world war 2#ww2history#shanghai#China#1937#sino japanese war#japanese army
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Troupes japonaises au combat près de la ville de Shanghai – Bataille de Shanghai – Guerre sino-japonaise – Chine – Fin 1937
#WWII#guerre sino-japonaise#sino-japanese war#seconde guerre sino-japonaise#second sino-japanese war#bataille de shanghai#battle of shanghai#armée impériale japonaise#imperial japanese army#shanghai#chine#china#1937
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Daughter of Shanghai (Daughter of the Orient) (1937) Robert Florey
May 28th 2023
#daughter of shanghai#daughter of the orient#1937#robert florey#anna may wong#philip ahn#cecil cunningham#charles bickford#j. carrol naish#anthony quinn#ching wah lee#evelyn brent#fred kohler#across the river
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Philip Ahn and Anna May Wong in Robert Florey’s DAUGHTER OF SHANGHAI (1937)
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ANNA MAY WONG IN DAUGHTER OF SHANGHAI (1937)
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The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Special Naval Landing Forces troops in gas masks prepare for an advance in the rubble of Shanghai, August 1937, China.
#second sino japanese war#sino japanese war#1930s#war history#wwii#ww2#world war 2#second world war#world war two#world war ii#Second Sino-Japanese War#ww2 history#wwii era#ww2 era#1940s#military history#china#shoting#heavy machine gun#japanese#japanese army#tumbler#photography#history
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for modern AU fics - what chinese media did diaspora consume?
making this post because some of us in the diaspora server were having a chat about what Chinese media "Diaspora Chinese" watched in the 90's - 2000's (and even sooner than that) while not having access to satellite chinese media or streaming services - this is in the context of writing modern AU fics based off Chinese media/novels (so your main character's grandpa or uncle is not, in fact, watching an episode of Friends or Shortland Street or something as flavour text because sorry what the hell-)
We generally watched a lot of stuff on VCDs, including bootlegged and non-bootlegged movies, shows, anime/donghua. My household had a whole VCD album of this, and a lot of VCDs (even if they were pirated editions) would have a fancy hardcover box with a magnetic clasp and some artwork representing the show on it.
All of this is Mandarin - so not TVB stuff, because I'm from Northern China and I don't know any cantonese - but Canto friends, please feel free to add to the list! This is mostly stuff my parents liked to watch, or I liked to watch with them, with the exception of a few which I mainly watched with friends/cousins when I was maybe (in most cases) eleven/twelve years old onwards. This is a pretty personal list, meant to give people general idea of a possible "ballpark" of sorts, and by no means exhaustive.
Now, for the list of shows which I can confirm I had or someone I know had on VCD or some kind of offline media format lol (I'll try add release year stamps and links to the EN wikipedia where possible):
Period dramas (mostly Qing Dynasty stuff):
Huan Zhu Gege 还珠格格 (1998, April-) This is a classic, so many memes come from this show; hugely popular series, basically cemented Zhang Tie Lin's face as the face of the Qing Emperor for about a decade. Tie Chi Tong Ya Ji Xiao Lan 铁齿铜牙纪晓岚 (2002-2010) - I loved this show as a kid and watched all four seasons on repeat with family... The "trio" in this show are well known and loved.
Amazing Detective Di Ren Jie / 神探狄仁杰 (2004) A very popular and addictive show. Ok now the Big Four:
Romance of 3 kingdoms 1994 / 三国演义 (1994) - a classic that has had many remakes, my older cousin would play this on repeat...
Hong Lou Meng/红楼梦 (1987) - another classic with many remakes, but I think the most recognised by the public one is the 1987 one.
Journey to the West / 西游记 live action (1986) - I think the 1986 version of the live action is the most recognised one. *Shui Hu Zhuan / 水浒传 (1998) - I am not too familliar with the live action of this one in my household tbh bc my mum doesn't like it lol (she keeps saying it's too depressing) but I'm sure it's up there with the rest of the big four, if anyone has an opinion on this one please let me know!
Modern setting shows:
My dad loved all the Sun Honglei (孙红雷 - actor name) stuff, iirc it was a lot of MinGuo period espionage stuff, your shanghai 1920's sxc aesthetic. This actor has been around since 1999? Qian Fu (潜伏)was very famous, and Ren Jian Zheng Dao Shi Cang Sang (人间正道是沧桑)。 These were around '08 and '09.
Chuang Guan Dong - 闯关东 (2008) (Baidu link, sorry - couldn't get an EN wikipedia one). This show was huge when it was airing, everyone was watching it. I was pretty young but even I watched it and got invested ... and I thought it was such an "old person" show at the time lmao. Xiao Bing Zhang Ga / 小兵张嘎 (2004) (sorry, again Baidu link) - yo, anti-japanese war movies set between 1937-1945 were crazy popular - this is one of them and was very popular):
Donghua/Anime (all the stuff kid me watched and some which I didn't but were popular):
喜羊羊与灰太狼 (2005-) Calabash Brothers / 葫芦兄弟 (1986-1987) Black Cat Detective / Hei Mao Jing Zhang 黑猫警长 (1984-2010) Lan Mao Tao Qi 3000 Wen 蓝蓝猫淘气3000问 AKA 蓝猫 (blue cat) (October 1999 - Present) Legend of Ne Zha 哪吒传奇 (2003) Journey to the West/Xi You Ji 西游记 This was truly the Donghua I grew up on from when I was a bb, the OP song and ED song are classic bangers all kids know. Slam Dunk/ 灌篮高手 - People truly watched a lot of anime that may or may not have been terribly dubbed into mando (possibly canto too). Late 80s and 90s kids were all over this, and Dragon Ball, Crayon Shinchan (labixiaoxin).
Taiwanese Dramas:
This is mid-late 2000's, I would be remiss to not talk about the Taiwanese dramas of this era. Mike He, Rainie Yang, Wu Zun (amongst many, many others) were huge. Stuff like Dou Niu Yao Bu Yao, it started with a kiss, Hua Yang Shao Nv (Taiwanese version of Hana Kimi) were all pretty popular. Not sure if these shows all hold up in 2023, but boy were they popular at the time.
Note about CNY:
For CNY, people would try to tune into 春节联欢晚会 (the CCTV official CNY show) at that One Friend Who Had China Satellite TV's house. Zhao Ben Shan / 赵本山 was a comedy staple, and the show would often feature people from the music industry to perform. Eventually these people became more and more relevant to my gen and Jay Chou etc started appearing.
Last but not least Xian Jiaaaan 仙剑:
In 2005 I was all over 仙剑奇侠传 (Chinese Paladin), based off the video game. This show was crazy popular and probably sent me and a whole lot of other kids into Xianxia / Wuxia hell (and Hu Ge hell, and later I came back to love Liu Yifei). Thank you. The OST is a true banger.
#cnovel#mdzs#cdrama#chinese diaspora#danmei#not a lot of jinyong wuxia shows here so people who have opinions please chime in!#whew that was more than i thought#music could do with another post#but i dont know too much about my dads music i was just a 2000s cpop nerd#also this doesnt cover movies either#please no lan qiren watching friends#this breaks me out of my immersion immediately unless there was a specific reason why shufu is watching friends#not even sure how to tag this#late 2000s you could pretty much stream and download stuff i think i did that for bbjx when it came out#even tho my parents hated The Internet i managed#feel free to add more to this in a post or tags or whatever
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Battle of Shanghai, August 13, 1937 – November 26, 1937 (3 months, 1 week and 6 days)
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Late August 1937, Henford-on-Bagley, England
When they returned from India at the end of August, everything went right back to routine; Byron in his library, the children playing, and everything else that happened at Walshstone Park.
Eleora was pleased to see a letter from Albert, who’d also taken his children to India that July. His wife Odette had been unable to come, too heavily pregnant with their third. She had been counting down the days to hear from her brother’s family with the news of another niece/nephew.
Her brother and sister-in-law had another son, a little boy named Samuel. His brother Victor, who was now in school, was very pleased with a brother while their older sister Marie-Louise had wanted a sister.
Along with the news, Albert had sent an invitation for the family to come for Yom Kippur, eager to show his nephew and niece their new townhouse in Paris, as well as to meet little Samuel.
“Byron?” Eleora asked, entering the library when she finished reading the letter.
He looked up from his book. “Hmm?”
“Albert sent a letter. They had a boy, named him Samuel.”
“I bet Odette is quite tired of all of her children looking like Albert.”
She chuckled. “He’s also invited us to spend Yom Kippur at their new house in Paris. I know it would mean the children would miss school, but they’ve never been to Paris before, and I want to meet my nephew.”
Byron nodded. “I have no objections.” He stood up. “I must be in London tomorrow.”
“But we just returned!”
“But I am one of the few people in the Foreign Office that reads and speaks Japanese. We’re to discuss what’s happening in ShangHai with the Japanese ambassador.”
“Is it as bad as they say?”
He pursed his lips. “Yes, but I cannot say more. …Ever since the military fanatics took over the Japanese government… I don’t know what will happen in the Far East.”
#the walshes#the walsh legacy#ts4#the sims 4#sims 4 historical#sims 4 decades#sims 4 decades challenge#sims 4 history challenge#ts4 historical#ts4 1930s#1930s#byron walsh#eleora balass#amalia walsh#miranda macgregor#first reference to the 2nd sino-japanese war...
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Historical Background for 《无名》 (Hidden Blade)
A very brief summary of historical details of note for understanding the context of the film:
The film is set during the Second Sino-Japanese War and WWII. There are several powers in play at this time: the Chinese Communist Party, the Chinese Nationalist Party or Kuomintang, and Imperial Japan. Imperial Japan invaded Manchuria (located in northeastern China) in the early 1930s and established the puppet state of Manchukuo. It was here where they hoped to establish a base from where they would continue their expansion into Asia.
In 1937, after many years of conflict, Japan occupied Shanghai, Nanjing, and Beijing. The Nanjing Massacre occurred at this time. After the fall of Nanjing, which had been the capital of the Republic of China at that time, the Kuomintang moved the capital west to Chongqing, under Jiang Jieshi's leadership. During this time, the Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang formed a temporary alliance, suspending the years of civil conflict between them, although their vie for power continued. The Chinese Communist Party set up their base in Yan'an.
In 1940, Wang Jingwei, who was once a member of the Kuomintang but had always been in opposition against Jiang Jieshi, collaborated with Japan to establish the Wang Jingwei regime. They claimed to be the leadership of the Republic of China, when in fact they were a puppet government of Japan, overseeing the Japanese-occupied territory in eastern China, under Japan's control. They established their capital in Nanjing and used the Kuomintang flag. The Axis powers recognized the Wang Jingwei regime, while the Allied powers still recognized Jiang Jieshi as the leader of the Republic of China.
From 1937-1941, Japan had left a few neighbourhoods in Shanghai unoccupied, because that was where the American-British joint settlement and French Concession were located. Many people fled to this area to live at that time. After Pearl Harbor in 1941, the entirety of Shanghai became occupied by Japan. Many cities were bombed during these years, including Guangzhou, which experienced bombings for 14 months in 1937-1938.
During this era of war, which is also called the War of Resistance in China, espionage networks were established to try to undermine the enemy. Hidden Blade tells a story about these individuals.
Characters in the film (spoiler-free):
Director He (Tony Leung): Director of the Political Security Department for the Wang Jingwei regime
Mr. Ye (Wang Yibo): A subordinate under Director He, works for the Political Security Department of the Wang Jingwei regime
Captain Wang (Wang Chuanjun): A captain working for the Political Security Department of the Wang Jingwei regime, under Director He
Minister Tang (Da Peng): Minister of the Political Security Department of the Wang Jingwei regime, Director He's cousin
Officer Watanabe (Mori Hiroyuki): Head of secret service in Shanghai, claiming to be a follower of Ishiwara's faction (Japanese general who believed in the Pan-Asianism ideology)
Mr. Zhang (Huang Lei): A secretary of the Chinese Communist Party's underground network
Ms. Chen (Zhou Xun): A messenger of the Chinese Communist Party's underground network
Ms. Jiang (Jiang Shuying): Kuomintang agent assigned to assassinate Minister Tang
Ms. Fang (Zhang Jingyi): Disguised as a dancer, she worked together with other progressive youth to try to assassinate Japanese officers
#wu ming#hidden blade#hidden blade movie#无名#wang yibo#tony leung#zhou xun#huang lei#da peng#jiang shuying#wang chuanjun#zhang jingyi
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@touchhorseexperience top 10 noir pieces for you love in no particular order
this gun for hire (1942)
the burglar (1957)
mieldred pierce (1945)
born to kill (1947)
the lady from shanghai (1947)
sudden fear (1952)
stella dallas (1937)
pickup on south street (1953)
the naked kiss (1964)
marked woman (1937)
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Des soldats du Corps des Volontaires de Shanghai (Shanghai Volunteer Corps - SVC) derrière une barricade sur le Boulevard du Bund – Bataille de Shanghai – Shanghai – Chine – Mi 1937
Photographe : Harrison Forman
©University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries Harrison Forman Collection - fr208216
©University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries Harrison Forman Collection - fr208217
#WWII#Guerre Sino-japonaise#Second Sino-Japanese War#Bataille de Shanghai#Battle of Shanghai#Corps des Volontaires de Shanghai#Shanghai Volunteer Corps#SVC#The Bund#Shanghai#Chine#China#1937
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2024 Old Hollywood Movies Project
After taking everyone's Old Hollywood movies recommendations into consideration, I've come up with a list of fity or so films to watch this year. I haven't yet decided whether or not I'm going to schedule specific films to specific months (though I will watch the Christmas movies at Christmas) or if I'm going to go by decade or just by list order. We'll see!
I also want to put in a couple of Anna Mae Wong's and Buster Keaton's films, but here is the list as it stands today, January 11th, 2024:
Design for Living, 1933
Morocco, 1930
The Prisoner of Zenda, 1939
My Man Godfrey, 1936
Bringing Up Baby, 1938
Stand-in, 1937
The Thin Man, 1934
The Big Sleep, 1946
The Maltese Falcon, 1941
It Happened One Night, 1934
Ball of Fire, 1941
The Gay Divorcee, 1934
Random Harvest, 1942
Now, Voyager, 1942
Brief Encounter, 1945
Meet John Doe, 1941
The Lady Eve, 1941
The Scarlet Pimpernel, 1934
Berkeley Square, 1933
I’ll Never Forget You, 1951
The Adventures of Robin Hood, 1938
The Mark of Zorro, 1940
The Sea Hawk, 1941
Rebecca, 1940
The Bishop’s Wife, 1947
The Shop Around the Corner, 1940
Scrooge, 1951
The Philadelphia Story, 1940
Holiday, 1938
Without Love, 1945
I Know Where I’m Going, 1945
Dodsworth, 1936
The Furies, 1950
Ninotchka, 1939
Christmas in Connecticut, 1945
Gaslight, 1944
The Crimson Kimono, 1955
Sweet Smell of Success, 1957
The Little Minister, 1943
The Uninvited, 1944
His Gal Friday, 1940
Trouble in Paradise, 1932
The Scarlet Empress, 1934
The Old Dark House, 1932
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, 1947
The Night of the Hunter, 1955
Queen Christina, 1933
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, 1946
Shanghai Express, 1932
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Tropas japonesas irrumpiendo en una casa en Shanghai, 1937
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