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Caption: 舞场跳舞场的音乐，奏的是亡国的调子 "The music in dance halls is played to the rhythm of losing the nation" . The characters above the dancers are two numbers: 1.28 and 9.18, signifying two Japanese attacks on Chinese territory: the January 28th 1932 Inciden…

Caption: 舞场跳舞场的音乐，奏的是亡国的调子 "The music in dance halls is played to the rhythm of losing the nation" . The characters above the dancers are two numbers: 1.28 and 9.18, signifying two Japanese attacks on Chinese territory: the January 28th 1932 Incident in Shanghai and the Mukden Incident in 1931. Source： 中华（上海）1934. 胡同光作

This website contains my journal over the years since I started it in 2006. It also contains original period articles on the nightlife of Shanghai in the 1920s-1940s, based on my research on this subject, which has led to the publication of several books and articles. For more info on my background and my research, see this page. Enjoy!