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This Chinese ad for Moutrie’s appears in the Times or Shishi xinbao 时事新报 in July 1907.

This Chinese ad for Moutrie’s appears in the Times or Shishi xinbao 时事新报 in July 1907.

The Piano Shop on Nanking Road: A Brief History of S. Moutrie and Co.

July 19, 2020

This would make a great topic and title for a book. The other day, while I was conducting some newspaper research online, I came across the name S. Moutrie and Co. Originally this was for a footnote for an article I’m writing about the dancing world of Shanghai for an upcoming book on social dancing in the 1920s-1930s. Intrigued, I did some research and found out that this was the first company in China to manufacture pianos. The company began in the 1870s, when a Londoner named Sydenham Moutrie moved to Shanghai and set up a business importing pianos to China. He later branched out to Yokohama Japan. In the 1890s, S. Moutrie and Co. began to manufacture pianos built in their shop in Shanghai, using Chinese laborers. The story of how they did so is told in exquisite detail in the news articles below. Eventually the company began to sell other musical instruments and audio equipment for listening to music. Again, we get some wonderful descriptions of Moutrie’s and other music shops that existed in Shanghai, including what sort of equipment they offered, how their shops were set up and arranged, and what sort of music they sold—the lists of song recordings are particularly interesting and precious. All in all there is a treasure trove of information in the newspapers about the company and its operations in Shanghai. In 1907, Moutrie died suddenly, leaving the company for the shareholders and board to continue. Moutrie’s kept apace with technological developments in music and continued to serve as a premier purveyor of musical instruments through the 1930s. By the late 1930s, owing to the economic downturn exacerbated by war, and to technological developments that turned people away from playing instruments and towards listening to sound recordings on radio or gramophone, the business of piano-making was in peril. Yet during the WWII era, Moutrie’s was able to expand its influence and its operations to several Asian countries and cities, as the last article in this collection makes clear.

 

A New Shanghai Industry.

(North China Herald, 26 April 1895, pg. 637)

Though low exchange is a sad infliction to residents in China generally, it encourages manufactures on the spot for which we used to rely upon Europe, as the bimetallists point out so strongly, and one instance of this can be found in Messrs. S. Moutrie and Co.’s establishment. Formerly the firm used to import all their pianos from Europe, but owing to the great fall in exchange and the cheapness of labour in the East, the firm seriously considered the possibility of making the piano for the most part in Shanghai, importing for the purpose certain essential parts which can only be satisfactorily made at home, and Mr. Sydenham Moutrie’s long experience in Broadwood’s establishment in London and the lengthened residence in the East, eminently fitted him to carry this project to fulfilment. First of all Mr. Moutrie set about procuring the proper wood for the purpose, and this he found could be obtained from Japan, of a quality that was in every way suitable. Of course the greatest care is taken that the wood is thoroughly seasoned, which is done on the Shanghai premises. Mr. Moutrie was fortunate in obtaining a Japan wood that makes an excellent sounding board, which is a very important matter. The wrest plank, into which the keys for tuning are driven, and also the iron frame, metal tuning plate, action, keys and strings are imported from Europe, the freight being comparatively much less than if they formed part of an entire instrument, and this enables the firm to complete in their Shanghai workroom an instrument which is in every way as good as one that could be imported. One of these can now be seen in the Nanking Road. It is a cottage piano in solid hardwood case, ebonised, with an iron frame, metal tuning plates, check action, celluloid keys, being 3ft. 9-in. in height, 4ft. 6in. in width, and 1ft. 11in. in depth. In addition to the iron frame this piano has a very solid wooden frame with seven thick wooden pillars running to the top of the instrument, while the wrest plank— which bears the tension of the strings, estimated in this piano to be about 14 tons— is supported by the iron frame, and bolted right through the wooden pillars at the top, thus effectually preventing the wrest plank from moving down or curling over, which frequently happens in pianos of this description when proper precautionary measures are not taken.

The continued fall in exchange, and the high rate of freight that has to be paid on an instrument when shipped from Europe in a complete condition, rendered it impossible for Messrs. S. Moutrie & Co. to offer a home-made piano at a lower cost than £40, and if even a discount of ten per cent, was allowed, the net cost of £36 represented at the rate of exchange recently touched—say 2/8/1/2—Tls. 265, and yet a similar and equally good piano which is turned out in Shanghai now, can be sold for Tls. 200 or with allowance of cash discount, Tls. ISO. This fact is very significant, and it is probable that before long we shall not only have our pianos manufactured in Shanghai, but many other necessary articles which were formerly obtained direct from Europe.

 

 

Messrs. S. Moutrie & Co.’s Piano Factory

(North China Herald, 19 Nov 1897 pg. 914)

About two years ago attention was drawn to the fact that Mr. Moutrie, of Messrs. S. Moutrie & Co., had succeeded in turning out the first piano manufactured in Shanghai. Although only a comparatively short interval has elapsed, what was then necessarily an experiment has grown into a vigorous industry, with the prospect of a bright future. In all some 95 instruments have been made at Messrs. S. Moutrie’s factory in the Nanking Road, and in every case they have given complete satisfaction, being remarkable for excellent tone, and standing the severe climatic changes of China in a surprising way. About six a month are now being completed, and the demand is greater than the supply, the instruments as a rule being sold before they are finished. They jave been sent to the most distant parts of China, as well as to the outports, and, as we have said with every satisfaction. Apart from the advantage of being constructed to resist the climate, which in this part of the world works such havoc with pianos, they have the additional and important recommendation of costing less than the imported article. The counterpart of a cottage piano from home which would cost about Tls. 360, can be bought for say Tls. 250, and for conscientious workmanship, quality of tone, and beauty of design and finish the locally manufactured piano stands the test of strict comparison.

Recently a representative of the N.-C. Daily News had an opportunity of going over the factory, and witnessing the delicate and complex work of building up a piano. It was a most interesting occasion, demonstrating once more the high grade which Chinese artisans can be trained to, and the amazingly accurate results they can attain under competent instruction and supervision. When it is learned that the majority of the operatives have come into Mr. Moutrie’s hands unfamiliar even with a brass screw, the state to which they have been brought as carpenters, joiners, and mechanicians, is a credit to his patience and skill. Before proceeding to write of the work carried on there, a description of the factory in the Nanking Road may not be out of place. The ground floor is principally used for the storage of lumber in its rough state, but of two small rooms partitioned off, one is where the finished instrument is tuned, toned, and regulated, and the other for the storage of actions, keys, and metal parts which require careful keeping. The iron-frames, hammer-felts, wire, etc., are also here, whilst the stock of screws in a variety of sizes is certainly striking. Necessarily great attention has to be paid to the wood used in the piano. The lumber includes beech from Japan, teak from Bangkok, fir and spruce from Vancouver, and poplar from other parts of America. As an instance of the care exercised in the selection of the materials at the factory, it may be stated that Mr. Moutrie has the teak specially surveyed at Bangkok before it is shipped, and it comes up with a guarantee that it is of the best quality, and free from any flaws or defects. In the ordinary course such wood only finds a market in Europe, for the timber coming here usually is only of third quality.

It is on the top, or second floor, that the building of the piano actually takes place. This well-lighted and airy workshop is fitted with strong beams extending to the roof, making a capacious storehouse where the planks season and become fit for use. Speaking generally, the timber goes through a scientific course of acclimatising which lasts for about two years. First of all it is stored in a godown in rough planks for about six months, so as to become gradually dry. Then it is cut into the requisite sizes and placed in racks above large heaters which are on each floor. It remains there about three months, during which time the wood is never cool. Following upon this it is stored in the roof on the top floor, until it is required for use. The construction of the piano commences with the making of the frame, and, although the pianos all have iron frames, still it is considered that they should be supported by the wooden frame, which not only assures solidity to the instrument but also improves the tone. The frame is of very stout American fir, and is covered with a paint and protective varnish to counteract the effect of insects and damp. The string block is of beech, and supports the iron frame at the bottom. The wrest plank, into which the pins for tuning are screwed, is also made of beech imported from Europe. This plank is composed of three thicknesses of wood with the grain crossed, to prevent cracking. The sounding-board is made of spruce, varnished very carefully both at the front and the back. The bridge on the sounding board is imported from home, but the important work of putting in the pins—upon the correct distance of which so much depends, —is done here. The iron frames are imported from Europe, being made to Mr. Moutrie’s own design. They are of special strength, in order to be able to bear with every assurance of safety the great tension of the strings, which amounts in a cottage piano to about 13 tons. The pianos are strung with an amalgam-plated steel wire which resists rust, and though the copper-covered bass strings are at present imported from Europe. Messrs. S. Moutrie & Co. have a machine for making them. The cases of the piano are manufactured throughout of solid wood, no veneer being employed. The majority are of solid teak, but those for ebonising are made of poplar and beech, which being of closer grain take the ebonising better than the teak. The actions and keys are imported, and only check-actions of the very best quality are used. These are fitted into the instrument on the first floor, where the polishing is also carried out. They are also fitted with metal rails at the back to prevent warping, and the fastenings and other supports are all of metal. After this the piano is thoroughly polished and is taken downstairs to the finishing-room, where it is tuned and toned. The pianos are at present made in three or four models, the designs of which are as artistic as the workmanship is satisfactory.

So far we have given a sketch of the interesting processes which eventuate in a delightful instrument, but the success which Messrs. S. Moutrie & Co. have achieved in performing major operations upon pianos which have suffered the effects of time in many ways, are noteworthy, and would excite the admiration of experts.

In one case we saw a Collard and Collard grand, from which the sounding-board had been taken right out to be repaired, the bars having become loose. This arose from the glue having perished, and still further illustrated the importance of paying particular attention to such points where the climate is likely to be trying. In the construction of their pianos, Messrs. S. Moutrie & Co. use a particular kind of fish glue made on the premises.

The marvellous endurance of the glue used in old Chinese furniture has attracted attention, and it is this which induced Mr. Moutrie to experiment in the same direction. Altogether the visitor cannot fail to be struck with the evidence he sees in every little detail of a determination to have the best materials combined with the best workmanship.

 

The Music Shops

(North China Herald 15 May 1920, pg. 421)

All music shops are interesting, and Moutrie’s is a place to forget one’s troubles. They will put one of their charming new records on the Victrola and away goes dull care. Have you heard “If You Could Care,” by Frances Alda, or the new “Minuet” by Heifetz for the violin, or “La Campana di San Guisto” sung by Caruso, as only Caruso can sing? Tetrazzini sings a Solveig’s Song, and Mabel Garrison sings “Khaki Sammy-’’ They are all new and should be added to your collection as soon as possible. They have all the latest standard songs, “I Love Your Eyes of Grey,” “House of Memories,” “Bird Lullaby,” which is a gem, “Wait,” “Wind Song,” etc- And if you care for popular songs they are all there. Have you heard “Poor Little Butterfly is a Fly Girl Now” —sounds wicked does it not?—but really it is quite harmless. You might get “Freckles,” “Peggy,” “"My Baby’s Arms,” “Patches,” “I Might Be Your Once in a While,” and “I Want a Daddy to Rock me to Sleep”—to take with you on your holiday this summer. They all suggest the holiday mood and you can dance to most of them. Mr. J. Deane Wells, who is in Moutrie’s has written a number of songs, among them “In Flanders Fields,” and “Rest Ye in Peace” which is America’s answer to “In Flanders Fields.”

This shop has the Schirmer Library, Boston Music Library, and the music of Oliver Ditson Co. and Jos. Stern Co. They sell also all musical instruments.

The Period Design Grafonolas at Robinson & Co. are works of art. Each has been modelled after a piece of furniture that was used in the period it represents. For example, the Jacobean or Charles II is a tall cabinet profusely carved with birds and fruits The scrolled fretwork is backed with silk through which the music passes. The Queen Anne is the acme of simplicity and would look well in any room. The “Adam” should appeal to the Chinese, as it is finished in plum, blue, and yellow. Hand paintings cover its several sides and they are delicately executed. All these charming Grafonolas are operated by electricity, and stop automatically. Robinson & Co. are the only Shanghai agents for this decorative ‘‘period’’ variety. I saw a few very small instruments and when I inquired about them I was told that they were for children, but unfortunately no more can be procured. If I were a kiddie I should consider myself absolutely “made” if I could have my own Grafonola. There is a large assortment of new records at this shop including “The Vamp,” “India,” “Chong,” “Send Dunes,” “Egyptland,” ‘‘Mummy Mine,” and “Venetian Moon.” They are the agents for the Broadwood pianos of London.

 

From the Shanghai Times, 31 May 1919

From the Shanghai Times, 31 May 1919

 

Music Salon At Moutrie’s Shows Latest Orthos

Innovations In Luxuriant Types Of Reproductive Devices Shown

(China Press, 2 Feb 1928)

Messrs. S. Moutrie and Company have done somethIng new for the comfort of their friends and patrons, and added to their existing premises, in the new Salon on their Nanking Road premises especially constructed for listening to Victrola music of all kinds. It is over the shop, and occupies the entire second floor of the premises, and being done in lovely tones in the cream walls vieux rose and gold in the furniture, offers a very restful background for listening to music of any kind.

The decor of this salon in Shanghai’s odest music house is the work of two well-known Shanghai ladies, and is a complete ensemble of furniture in the Louis Seize manner, against the color scheme of which the satiny walnut sheens of the Electro-Orthophonic Victrolas, and Radiolas or combinations of one or all of the preceding, are particularly striking. The walls are painted in cream color and the cornices, frieze, and columns in old gold. There are three rose-color Axminster carpets, each wove in one piece.

The furniture consists of upholstered settees and easy chairs covered in old-gold and rose damask, arm chairs covered In striped two-color rose damask, finely carved, gilt semi-circular console tables and center tables with bevelled glass tops, also carved and gilt writing desk to match. The electric lighting is supplied from fourteen carved and gilt candelabras and two floor standards with rose color silk shades.       

Some of the machines here to be seen, described in detail, follow. It should be immensely popular with both foreigners and Chinese, here to be able to sit in luxurious comfort as one decides what type of musical instrument to have in ones home.

The Orthophonic Victrola is an instrument, which gives exceptional reception through the orthophonic system; it contains a non-set automatic eccentric groove brake which stops the record automatically without, pre-setting. The Cabinet is carried out in the Italian Renaissance style with the finest walnut veneers.

Automatic Orthophonic Electrola—is an instrument which changes its own records. It plays either twelve ten-inch or twelve twelve-inch records without operating attention, at intervals of thirty seconds and the motor operating the mechanism stops automatically, after the last record on the spindle has been played.

The Electrola Combination is an instrument with a special Victor acoustic stabilizer and the music can be regulated from a whisper to full orchestral volume.

 

From the China Press, 16 May 1929

From the China Press, 16 May 1929

 

 

Company Meeting: S. Moutrie & Co.

(The North - China Herald Jul 24, 1935; pg.146)        

An opinion that the day of the piano in China was rapidly passing was expressed by a shareholder at the annual meeting of S. M. Moutrie & Co., held on Tuesday, July 16, in the offices of the company at 20 Nanking Road.

The chair was occupied by Mr. W. J. Isenman, who was supported by Messrs. K. E. Newman, H. W. P. McMeekin, and W. S. Watson, directors. Shares present totalled 1,185.

Presenting his report, the chairman said:—

In presenting to you the report and accounts for the past year, Board regret to have to record a loss of $19,777.57 on the year’s trading.

For the first six months we managed to work at a small profit after allowing for a proportionate share of annual charges, but since October last there has been a steady decline in the volume of business due to the gradual elimination of the spending power of the public caused by the extreme financial stringency. Those shareholders who are resident in China are doubtless fully conversant with the present local situation, put for the benefit of our shareholders abroad I would state that Shanghai is at present passing through a financial crisis of unprecedented severity and that business of all kinds has been practically brought to a standstill through lack of financial facilities and the fact that even the most valuable of assets are entirely frozen.

Your Board circulated to you in November last our auditors’ report on the position of the company and also the report issued by your special committee. Your Board have given effect to various recommendations made with a view to cutting down running expenses and in this connection have with much regret circulated the staff that the company cannot at present continue its contribution to their provident fund. During last year your managing director voluntarily reduced his remuneration under agreement by 20 per cent, and since the close of the financial year staff wages have been reduced by the equivalent of approximately $9,000 per annum, which with the amount previously contributed to provident fund will effect a total annual saving of around $18,000.

Your directors also voluntarily reduced their fees last year, which policy has been continued this year.

Continuous efforts have been and are being made to sell or lease the factory but under present conditions in Shanghai it has been impossible to obtain any definite offer owing to the closing down of many manufacturing enterprises.

Contrary to the views expressed at the last annual meeting, the piano branch of our organization has been the mainstay of our business and even in these bad times our sales have kept up remarkably well and our own Moutrie piano continues to grow in popularity.

The radio and gramophone side of our business has again shown a marked falling off and the position of this market is most unsatisfactory. Not only have foreign manufacturers been compelled to make heavy reductions in their costs to meet competition but the excessive stocks in this market are being sacrificed at heavy losses. Fortunately our stocks have been kept down to a minimum but these have had to be drastically written down and in all our branches we have had to face sharp losses in this connection.

There have been suggestions that the company might possibly be liquidated with a view to preventing further shrinkage of assets but I feel sure you will realize that at any rate for the present this policy would not be in the best interests of shareholders, as the company’s main asset in land and buildings could not be realized, nor could such high class security- as Municipal and Public Utility Debentures and Preference shares be sold except at a very considerable sacrifice.

The Board, however, are watching the situation closely and no long-term agreements are being entered into either for purchases or for staff engagements, so that our commitments will not preclude us from taking advantage of any situation which may arise.

As regards the immediate future we cannot hold out any rosy prospects of business improvement but can only express the hope that by practising every economy we can safely survive until such times as the financial stringency passes and confidence is once more restored in China.

Mr. A. L. Anderson said that it was five or six years since the company had paid a dividend, and indications were that it would be quite some few years before it would be in a position to do so again. When his father was a boy, every young lady learned to play the harp. Yet where were the harps to-day? When he was a boy, every young lady learned to play the piano. He thought ; it absurd to think that young ladies were going to spend hours daily practising scales to-day when by simply turning on the radio they could “listen to music played by far better musicians (laughter).”

"The piano is dying, there is no doubt about that,” he continued. Due to an overstocked market, and that Chinese shops could afford to sell them at a much cheaper rate, they could similarly expect nothing from gramophones or records. If they thought that better times were ahead, let them stick together and fight their way through. If they did not think so—and he did not—he suggested they put matters in the hands of a liquidator.

Replying primarily as a shareholder, Mr. Newman said there was a great deal in what Mr. Anderson had said. If that was the opinion of a number of the shareholders, he suggested they call a special meeting and go into the matter. In any case, they would have to do things gradually, as even when a branch closed down it cost quite a sum of money.

Mr. Anderson said he had merely seized the opportunity of pointing out what was in his mind.

The following resolutions were then passed unanimously:—

That the report and accounts for the year ended March 31, 1935, be adopted and passed. Proposed by Mr. Isenman and seconded by Mr. Newman.

That Mr. If. W. P. McMeekin be re- sleeted to the board of directors. Proposed by Mr. Newman and seconded by Mr. F. Kempton.

That Messrs. Lowe, Bingham & Mathews, Lowe. Bingham & Dunham, and Messrs. Evatt and Co. be re-elected auditors of the company for the ensuing year at a total fee of approximately 53,782 (with some small allowance for exchange). Proposed by Mr. Anderson md seconded by Mr. F. Youngs.

 

Moutrie and Co. Report Highest Profit in History of Firm

(China Weekly Review 17 Aug. 1940, pg. 423)

S. Moutrie and Company, Ltd., piano and organ manufacturers and dealers in music and musical instruments, cleared the highest profit in the long history of the firm, according to report of the annual meeting, held in Shanghai on Aug. 9. The profit amounted to $197,- 588.65, which, according to Dr. W. J. Isenman, chairman, “was considered satisfactory, even after allowing for depreciation in the value of the Chinese dollar.” The Chinese dollar, in relation to American currency, is only worth about one-sixth its previous value. Most of the profits were derived from operations of the firm in China as its activities were curtailed in Hongkong, Singapore and Penang. As a war-time measure the authorities of Malaya had prohibited import of Moutrie pianos, the chairman stated. 

 

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    • Aug 8, 2020 Where Else but Walden? Some Reflections on Henry David Thoreau While Walking Around Walden Pond Aug 8, 2020
    • Aug 1, 2020 Our Cape Cod Adventure in These COVID Times Aug 1, 2020
  • July 2020
    • Jul 11, 2020 “The Berkshires Seem Dream-like”: Notes from a Recent Trip to Western Mass. Jul 11, 2020
  • June 2020
    • Jun 29, 2020 More Thoughts on Liberal Education: What is it and Why is it Important? Jun 29, 2020
    • Jun 19, 2020 Trails Through Time: Exploring Conservation Lands and Wildlife Refuges in Eastern Massachusetts Jun 19, 2020
  • May 2020
    • May 26, 2020 How I Released My Inner Druid, and Why the Owl Looks Familiar May 26, 2020
    • May 17, 2020 Some Reflections on Home, Nature, and Displacement in the Ceremonial Time of Corona   May 17, 2020
  • April 2020
    • Apr 22, 2020 The Making of Jazz & Blues Ala Shanghai: A New Documentary Film on the City's Live Music Scenes Apr 22, 2020
    • Apr 1, 2020 Why the Hobbit Movies Don’t Work For Me: Notes from a Dedicated Tolkien Reader Apr 1, 2020
  • March 2020
    • Mar 27, 2020 Count Your Blessings: Some More Thoughts While Coping with the Crisis Mar 27, 2020
    • Mar 20, 2020 Battling the Coronavirus Blues Mar 20, 2020
    • Mar 14, 2020 Please Don’t Succumb to Coronoia: How to Avoid the Viral Madness Mar 14, 2020
    • Mar 13, 2020 How to Move Teaching and Learning Online—FAST!!! Teaching A Course Remotely to Students at Duke Kunshan University  Mar 13, 2020
    • Mar 12, 2020 Take Heart! The Jazz Orchestra Known as the USA Will Prevail Against the Coronavirus Mar 12, 2020
    • Mar 7, 2020 To Blame or Not to Blame? That is the Question: Wet Markets, Wild Creatures, Whistleblowers, and Other Polemics Against China in the Age of Coronavirus Mar 7, 2020
    • Mar 5, 2020 Stay Safe and Sane Folks! More Thoughts on the Coronavirus and Suggestions for Compadres in the USA and Elsewhere Mar 5, 2020
  • February 2020
    • Feb 27, 2020 Why We Left China: Seeking Refuge Abroad During the Coronavirus Crisis Feb 27, 2020
    • Feb 8, 2020 Coping with the Coronavirus Crisis in Shanghai Feb 8, 2020
    • Feb 2, 2020 And Now…Here They Are…The Beatles! A Review of Bob Spitz’s Bio Feb 2, 2020
  • January 2020
    • Jan 30, 2020 武汉加油!Wuhan Rocks! My Memories and Associations with a Rocking City in the Heart of China Jan 30, 2020
    • Jan 1, 2020 Ah, The Joy of Gratitude: Things I Am Grateful For in 2019 Jan 1, 2020
  • December 2019
    • Dec 30, 2019 It's Wake-Up Time: Looking Back on the Unfolding Ecological Crisis in 2019, and Some Goals for 2020 Dec 30, 2019
    • Dec 29, 2019 Sticky Rice, Snorkling, and Sunburn: The Do’s and Don’ts of a Family Vacation in Thailand Dec 29, 2019
    • Dec 21, 2019 走近昆山的音乐酒吧 Catching Up With the Live Music Bar Scenes in Kunshan Dec 21, 2019
    • Dec 15, 2019 Ah, Those Good Old Dartmouth Days: Looking Back At My College Education After 30 Years Dec 15, 2019
  • November 2019
    • Nov 23, 2019 Top Ten Films from My Teen Years, aka the 1980s Nov 23, 2019
    • Nov 14, 2019 Ode to Beijing Bookworm Nov 14, 2019
    • Nov 11, 2019 A Colorful Journey to a Chinese Mountain Village: A DKU Quest Trip to Siming Mountain in Zhejiang Province Nov 11, 2019
  • October 2019
    • Oct 27, 2019 Now I am 5(0): Some Reflections Upon Entering Into my Sixth Decade Oct 27, 2019
  • September 2019
    • Sep 30, 2019 Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Beatles Album Abbey Road Sep 30, 2019
    • Sep 26, 2019 Holy Bronzes! A Field Trip to the Shanghai Museum Sep 26, 2019
  • August 2019
    • Aug 3, 2019 Camp Dartmouth: A Five-Star Summer Experience in Hanover Aug 3, 2019
  • July 2019
    • Jul 20, 2019 Learning from the Long Sands: A Conference Trip to Changsha and the Rule of Thirds Jul 20, 2019
    • Jul 12, 2019 Touring Zhangjiajie, The Fantastical Mountainscape of China’s “Avatar Disneyland” Jul 12, 2019
  • June 2019
    • Jun 2, 2019 International Educators Unite! Surviving My First NAFSA Conference in 2019 Jun 2, 2019
  • May 2019
    • May 5, 2019 What Is This Thing Called Jazz? A Talk and Performance with Benny Benack Quartet at Jazz at Lincoln Center Shanghai May 5, 2019
  • April 2019
    • Apr 14, 2019 The Long March of the Flaneurs: Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of Shanghai Flaneur Apr 14, 2019
    • Apr 8, 2019 宁波 Ningbo, a Chinese City on the Tranquil Waves of Time Apr 8, 2019
  • March 2019
    • Mar 26, 2019 Talking About the Beatles: 5 Albums Backwards and Forwards Mar 26, 2019
    • Mar 23, 2019 A Magical Evening of Jazz at Lincoln Center Shanghai with Wynton Marsalis and His Big Band (March 14 2019) Mar 23, 2019
  • February 2019
    • Feb 24, 2019 Niseko Green: A Dartmouth Alumni Gathering in Snowy Hokkaido Feb 24, 2019
    • Feb 22, 2019 Working Through the Pain to Victory: Memories of Coach Jeff Johnson and the ABRHS Boys’ Swim Team, 1983-1987 Feb 22, 2019
    • Feb 11, 2019 Mapping Shanghai’s Entertainment World: Christian Henriot and Virtualshanghai.net Feb 11, 2019
    • Feb 7, 2019 Songs About Shanghai from the Early Jazz Age Feb 7, 2019
    • Feb 5, 2019 新年快乐,恭喜发财!Happy Chinese New Year from ShanghaiSojourns! Feb 5, 2019
  • January 2019
    • Jan 19, 2019 The China Challenge: From Quantity to Quality to Inequality Jan 19, 2019
    • Jan 5, 2019 The Best of Shanghai Sojourns: The Ten Most Popular Posts in 2018 Jan 5, 2019
    • Jan 1, 2019 Walking on the Wild Side of Life: Reading Laura Dassow Walls’ Bio of Henry Thoreau Jan 1, 2019
  • December 2018
    • Dec 27, 2018 A Brahmsian World: On Finishing Jan Swafford’s Brahms Bio Dec 27, 2018
    • Dec 10, 2018 Sa-bai-dee! Visiting Luang Prabang in Laos for the Rustic Pathways EdNet Conference Dec 10, 2018
    • Dec 2, 2018 Seven Tips for Travelers Dec 2, 2018
  • November 2018
    • Nov 15, 2018 Discovering Barcelona: A Flaneur's Guide Nov 15, 2018
    • Nov 11, 2018 Bravo CIEE por una fantástica conferencia en Barcelona Nov 11, 2018
    • Nov 4, 2018 Getting Back to the Heart of Asia: Another Visit to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore Nov 4, 2018
  • September 2018
    • Sep 1, 2018 ​Reflections on the Duke Kunshan Cultural Crossroads Festival Held on Campus on August 18, 2018 Sep 1, 2018
  • August 2018
    • Aug 16, 2018 Dr. Nathan's Top 50 Sci-Fi Films of All Time Aug 16, 2018
    • Aug 7, 2018 A Musical Holiday in America: Radiohead, Thomas Dolby, and the Musical Missionaries of Shanghai Aug 7, 2018
  • July 2018
    • Jul 18, 2018 Ode to Thomas Dolby, The Man Who Blinded Us With Science, Not To Mention Technology, Music, and Poetry Jul 18, 2018
    • Jul 4, 2018 A Whirlwind Tour of Tokyo: Ever an A-Maze-ing City! Jul 4, 2018
  • June 2018
    • Jun 23, 2018 Ode to the Beatles: Memories, Dreams, and Reflections on the Fab Four Jun 23, 2018
    • Jun 16, 2018 A Message to Friends and Colleagues and Like-Minded Folks: Please Support My Work. Jun 16, 2018
    • Jun 3, 2018 On the Importance of Play: At Work, at Home, and with Family Jun 3, 2018
  • May 2018
    • May 5, 2018 It Don’t Get Any More Shanghai Noir Than This: An Online Interview with Paul French, author of City of Devils May 5, 2018
    • May 1, 2018 From Thrills to Chills: A Review of the New Shanghai History Museum in People’s Park May 1, 2018
  • April 2018
    • Apr 14, 2018 Why I Remain in China After All These Years: Some Brief Thoughts and Reflections on the 30th Anniversary of My Engagement with the P.R.C. Apr 14, 2018
    • Apr 10, 2018 My Top Six Bands from My Junior High Days (1981-83) Apr 10, 2018
    • Apr 6, 2018 Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District around Thibet and Nanjing Roads (Part II) Apr 6, 2018
    • Apr 5, 2018 Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District Around Tibet Road (Part 1) Apr 5, 2018
  • March 2018
    • Mar 31, 2018 三十年代多伦路上的暗杀案 Unraveling a Murder Mystery on Shanghai’s Duolun (Darroch) Road Mar 31, 2018
    • Mar 28, 2018 My first APAIE conference Mar 28, 2018
    • Mar 25, 2018 Climbing Into the Way Back Machine: Another Night of Music in Shanghai, Traveling Backwards From 1950s Rock’n’Roll to 1930s Big Band Jazz Mar 25, 2018
    • Mar 10, 2018 Walking Shanghai: From the Oldest Part of Town to Some Brand New Nightlife Hotspots Mar 10, 2018
  • February 2018
    • Feb 11, 2018 The Beijing Indie Scene is Alive and Kicking (Well, Almost) Feb 11, 2018
    • Feb 4, 2018 Sunday Journal: Surviving the Cold War in Shanghai, filming a BBC doc, exploring Kunshan Nightscapes, and city walks Feb 4, 2018
  • January 2018
    • Jan 12, 2018 “Someday Soon, You Will All Be Speaking Chinese”—True or False? Jan 12, 2018
    • Jan 7, 2018 Catching Up with the Rock and Jazz Scenes in Shanghai: WHAI at Yuyintang and the JZ Big Band Jan 7, 2018
    • Jan 1, 2018 新年快乐, 上海!Welcoming 2018 in Shanghai with a Walk On the Sunny Side of the Street Jan 1, 2018
  • December 2017
    • Dec 30, 2017 The Cafe to End All Cafes: The New Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Shanghai Dec 30, 2017
    • Dec 28, 2017 So Long, Old West Gate! The Demise of an Old Shanghai Neighborhood Dec 28, 2017
    • Dec 27, 2017 Six Important Points About China Worth Remembering * Dec 27, 2017
    • Dec 27, 2017 Oh, That Magic Kingdom in the Middle Kingdom! Some Comparisons Between Shanghai Disneyland and LA Disneyland Dec 27, 2017
    • Dec 22, 2017 One Last Night Tour of the Bund (for now) and Saying Farewell to Astor House Dec 22, 2017
    • Dec 14, 2017 The Uncertain Future of the Astor House Hotel: A Historical Landmark Hotel in Shanghai Dec 14, 2017
    • Dec 8, 2017 Jazzing the Bund: Joshua Redman and the Aaron Goldberg Trio at Jazz at Lincoln Center Shanghai Dec 8, 2017
  • November 2017
    • Nov 16, 2017 Morphology, Longevity, Incept Dates: Random Musings, Memories, and Reflections Inspired by Blade Runner and the Sequel, Blade Runner 2049 Nov 16, 2017
    • Nov 2, 2017 Keeping your EARCOS to the Ground: Notes and Reflections on the 49th EARCOS Leadership Conference in Bangkok Nov 2, 2017
  • October 2017
    • Oct 22, 2017 Ten Reasons Why Cities are Grand (Especially Shanghai) Oct 22, 2017
    • Oct 15, 2017 逆流上水 Paddling Against the Current: On Rethinking Asian Language and Culture Studies and on Re-Orienting the Study Abroad Experience Oct 15, 2017
    • Oct 13, 2017 Bustin’ Beijing: Subways, Schwarzman Scholars, and a Whole Lotta Breakdown in Sanlitun Oct 13, 2017
    • Oct 3, 2017 Still Taiwan After All These Years Oct 3, 2017
  • September 2017
    • Sep 17, 2017 Bombay or Bust: My First Journey to India, and the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship Sep 17, 2017
    • Sep 16, 2017 Bangkok Redux: Exploring the Golden City Sep 16, 2017
    • Sep 15, 2017 Ancient City of Infinite Charms: Hanoi, Vietnam Sep 15, 2017
    • Sep 5, 2017 Why Asia Needs More Liberal Arts (and Sciences) Sep 5, 2017
    • Sep 3, 2017 Night Train to Singapore Sep 3, 2017
  • July 2017
    • Jul 28, 2017 Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) Jul 28, 2017
    • Jul 27, 2017 My Chinese Alter Ego, or What's In a Name? Jul 27, 2017
    • Jul 22, 2017 I'm a zhongguo tong, dammit (and proud of it!) Jul 22, 2017
    • Jul 10, 2017 On the Value of Liberal Arts Education Part 2: Classical vs. Jazz Jul 10, 2017
  • June 2017
    • Jun 25, 2017 On the value of a liberal arts education, or how I went from a math and science nerd to a China/Asian studies nerd Jun 25, 2017
  • May 2017
    • May 19, 2017 Jazz Bandleader Whitey Smith, “The Man Who Taught China to Dance” in Shanghai, 1920s-1930s May 19, 2017
    • May 7, 2017 Rocking Kunshan: A Night with The Eagle Bar Band May 7, 2017
  • April 2017
    • Apr 25, 2017 昆山的酒吧 The Bars and Clubs of Kunshan (Part One) Apr 25, 2017
    • Apr 20, 2017 Getting Green Again: Remembering our Class of 1991 25th Reunion at Dartmouth College Apr 20, 2017
    • Apr 16, 2017 Gathering the Worthies: The Association of Asian Studies (AAS) Conference in Toronto, March 2017 Apr 16, 2017
  • February 2017
    • Feb 19, 2017 Spring 2017 GLS Orientation and Faculty Tour of Shanghai Feb 19, 2017
    • Feb 4, 2017 Vinyl School Years: Musical Memories from the 1980s and my Top 20 Albums (Part 2) Feb 4, 2017
  • January 2017
    • Jan 30, 2017 Vinyl School Years: My Favorite Albums from the 1980s (Part 1) Jan 30, 2017
    • Jan 17, 2017 The Year 2016 in 10 Favorite Books Jan 17, 2017
  • May 2016
    • May 24, 2016 Remembering James Freedman, President of Dartmouth College May 24, 2016
  • April 2016
    • Apr 17, 2016 An educational weekend in Shanghai with SAS Alumni and Duke Kunshan GLS faculty Apr 17, 2016
  • February 2016
    • Feb 21, 2016 Music and Memory: Remembering the Dartmouth College Chamber Singers Feb 21, 2016
  • January 2016
    • Jan 2, 2016 Live from Tokyo, its...A podcast interview on Shanghai Nightscapes with "New Books in East Asian Studies" presenter Carla Nappi Jan 2, 2016
  • November 2015
    • Nov 7, 2015 More talks for Shanghai Nightscapes Nov 7, 2015
  • September 2015
    • Sep 1, 2015 Shanghai Nightscapes book talk for Royal Asiatic Society, Sept 12 Sep 1, 2015
  • August 2015
    • Aug 3, 2015 Shanghai Nightscapes Goes Live Aug 3, 2015
  • July 2015
    • Jul 7, 2015 That's a Fine Cuppa Cha: Another Rave Review of Mu Shiying Jul 7, 2015
    • Jul 4, 2015 What Makes a City Habitable? Workshopping with Toby Lincoln and SASS, and a Night of Cow's Heads and Craft Brews Jul 4, 2015
  • June 2015
    • Jun 18, 2015 Catching Coco and the Possicobilities at JZ Club Jun 18, 2015
    • Jun 6, 2015 Project Dementia Revisited: Getting Reacquainted with the Beijing Rock Scene Jun 6, 2015
  • December 2014
    • Dec 24, 2014 Walter Benjamin: A Critical Life Dec 24, 2014
    • Dec 24, 2014 A Great List of Books and Films on Old Shanghai Dec 24, 2014
  • November 2014
    • Nov 21, 2014 "The Beautiful and Damned:" Including a Review of Mu Shiying: China's Lost Modernist Nov 21, 2014
    • Nov 10, 2014 Shanghai Art Deco Weekend: A Talk on the Paramount Ballroom of the 1930s Nov 10, 2014
  • August 2014
    • Aug 28, 2014 Another review of Mu Shiying Aug 28, 2014
    • Aug 20, 2014 The recordings of Whitey Smith, the Jazz-Man who Taught China to Dance Aug 20, 2014
  • May 2014
    • May 26, 2014 A review of Mu Shiying: China's Lost Modernist in Asian Review of Books May 26, 2014
  • April 2014
    • Apr 19, 2014 Announcing our New Book: Shanghai Nightscapes (to be published within the next year or so) Apr 19, 2014
    • Apr 18, 2014 Book Talk at Italian Chamber of Commerce in China Apr 18, 2014
  • March 2014
    • Mar 24, 2014 Mu Shiying Book Talk at Wooden Box, Shanghai April 3 Mar 24, 2014
    • Mar 24, 2014 Film Screening of "Down" for RAS Shanghai, Wed Mar 26, 7 pm Mar 24, 2014
    • Mar 24, 2014 Mu Shiying Book Talk at FCC HK Mar 24, 2014
    • Mar 16, 2014 A Whirlwind of Talks and Tours in March 2014 Mar 16, 2014
    • Mar 16, 2014 City of Darkness Revisited, by Greg Girard and Ian Lambot Mar 16, 2014
    • Mar 7, 2014 The 2014 Shanghai Literary Festival Begins Mar 7, 2014
    • Mar 6, 2014 Local media support for my new book on Mu Shiying Mar 6, 2014
    • Mar 6, 2014 Mu Shiying: China's Lost Modernist now available on Amazon Mar 6, 2014
    • Mar 4, 2014 My New Book has Arrived! Mar 4, 2014
    • Mar 4, 2014 A Review of our Film, Down: Indie Rock in the PRC Mar 4, 2014
  • February 2014
    • Feb 20, 2014 The Poseidon Project: A Review of a Locally Produced Indie Doc Feb 20, 2014
    • Feb 11, 2014 Some podcasts on my rotation list Feb 11, 2014
    • Feb 5, 2014 Two new BBC radio shows: on Chinese Pop Music and Shanghai History Feb 5, 2014
  • November 2011
    • Nov 27, 2011 子曰--王燮达个人作品展 Sages' Sayings: Wang Xieda Solo Exhibition @ James Cohan Gallery Nov 27, 2011
    • Nov 16, 2011 The Poetry of Chen Gongbo, and the Perils of Translation Nov 16, 2011
    • Nov 16, 2011 Video Art in China @ The Minsheng Art Museum Nov 16, 2011
  • September 2011
    • Sep 29, 2011 Congratulations to Peter Hessler, on Being Awarded a MacArthur Fellow Sep 29, 2011
    • Sep 27, 2011 Some Random Notes on Filmmaking, Art, Music, and Identity Sep 27, 2011
    • Sep 17, 2011 Excavating China's Collective Unconscious: Some Good Contemporary Chinese Art Shows at Shanghai's Moganshan Art District Sep 17, 2011
    • Sep 12, 2011 Old Shanghai Revisited: Touring the Bund and the Shanghai History Museum with my NYU Shanghai History Class Sep 12, 2011
    • Sep 4, 2011 Jazzing Chinese Folk: The Solitary Bird CD Release Party @ TwoCities Gallery Sep 4, 2011
  • August 2011
    • Aug 31, 2011 A Visit with Shanghai's Red Collector, Liu Debao Aug 31, 2011
    • Aug 26, 2011 Strolling Through China's Revolutionary History: A Walk in Shanghai's French Concession Aug 26, 2011
    • Aug 23, 2011 China's Basketball Brawls: Aggression vs. Etiquette on the Courts and on the Road Aug 23, 2011
    • Aug 15, 2011 One More Night of Blues and Funk with Tony Hall's Blues Mission Aug 15, 2011
    • Aug 14, 2011 Shanghai Nights of Blues and Jazz Aug 14, 2011
    • Aug 13, 2011 The Many Faces of Shanghai: Life in the Apocatropolis Aug 13, 2011
    • Aug 9, 2011 A Fond Farewell to Yonsei University Aug 9, 2011
    • Aug 7, 2011 A Visit to Songdo: Yonsei's Eco-Campus of the Future Aug 7, 2011
    • Aug 7, 2011 Artful Construction Sites: Seoul's Digital Media City Aug 7, 2011
    • Aug 6, 2011 A Shanghailander in Seoul VI: So Long Seoul (for now) Aug 6, 2011
  • July 2011
    • Jul 31, 2011 Another review of my book Shanghai's Dancing World Jul 31, 2011
    • Jul 29, 2011 A Shanghailander in Seoul V: Beating the Rainy Day Blues Jul 29, 2011
    • Jul 22, 2011 A Shanghailander in Seoul IV: A "Field Trip" to the Ehwa Museum Jul 22, 2011
    • Jul 16, 2011 A Shanghailander in Seoul III: Getting Squared with Seoul Circles, Jul 16, 2011
    • Jul 3, 2011 A Shanghailander in Seoul II: Climbing Seoul Mountains Jul 3, 2011
  • June 2011
    • Jun 25, 2011 A Shanghailander in Seoul Part 1: Touched Down and Settling In Jun 25, 2011
    • Jun 18, 2011 Two Plays Now Showing in Shanghai: God of Carnage and Deer Cauldron Tale Jun 18, 2011
    • Jun 5, 2011 Land of Rice Wine and Stinky Tofu: A Weekend in Shaoxing Jun 5, 2011
  • May 2011
    • May 15, 2011 Resurrecting the Ghosts of Old Shanghai: The Execution of Mayor Chen May 15, 2011
    • May 11, 2011 Mao on Maoming Road: A Tour of the Chairman's Old Shanghai Haunts May 11, 2011
    • May 9, 2011 Here are some Wordle Word Clouds from my Research and Writing May 9, 2011
    • May 1, 2011 Playing with Noise: A Weekend of Art and Rock in Beijing May 1, 2011
  • April 2011
    • Apr 15, 2011 Glitz and Glamour, Desire, and Danger: A Field Trip to Xintiandi Apr 15, 2011
    • Apr 13, 2011 Shanghai has Sprung: Walking through Historic Parks, Remembering Lu Xun and Waltzing with Mao Apr 13, 2011
    • Apr 10, 2011 Touring the French Concession and Screening Down: Indie Rock in the PRC Apr 10, 2011
    • Apr 9, 2011 Bob Dylan Rocked Shanghai, But Did He Roll? Apr 9, 2011
    • Apr 4, 2011 Interview with the filmmakers on the making of Down: Indie Rock in the PRC Apr 4, 2011
    • Apr 1, 2011 A Week of Musical Magic in Shanghai Apr 1, 2011
  • March 2011
    • Mar 29, 2011 春日游走老上海法租界 A stroll through the Heart of Old Shanghai's French Concession with NYU Shanghai Mar 29, 2011
    • Mar 28, 2011 上海纽约大学奠基仪式 NYU Shanghai Campus Groundbreaking Ceremony Mar 28, 2011
    • Mar 23, 2011 Shanghai's Dancing World favorably reviewed in the American Historical Review Mar 23, 2011
    • Mar 21, 2011 有朋自遠方來 不亦樂乎: Receiving honored guests from Tokyo and Harvard, resurrecting the ghost of Zhang Ailing, and exploring rooftops on the Shanghai Bund Mar 21, 2011
    • Mar 20, 2011 穆時英 上海的狐步舞, “Shanghai Fox-trot” Mar 20, 2011
    • Mar 19, 2011 Shanghai’s Nighttime Phantasmagoria: Haunting Nightlife Spaces Old and New Mar 19, 2011
    • Mar 4, 2011 Canned Fun: An Evening at the Phebe 3D Dance Club in Shanghai Mar 4, 2011
  • February 2011
    • Feb 10, 2011 Dancing at the Majestic Hotel to "Nightime in Old Shanghai" by Whitey Smith Feb 10, 2011
    • Feb 7, 2011 An A-Muse-ing Weekend in Shanghai or Sexing the Foreigner in the Nightlife Scene Feb 7, 2011
  • January 2011
    • Jan 14, 2011 On Chua, Chinese Mothers, and Educating Our Daughter in Shanghai Jan 14, 2011
    • Jan 13, 2011 The Rock Doc is Nearing Completion Jan 13, 2011
  • August 2010
    • Aug 25, 2010 Shanghai's Dancing World voted a "page turner" at HK Book Fest Aug 25, 2010
    • Aug 4, 2010 A review of _Shanghai's Dancing World_ in _China Quarterly_ Aug 4, 2010
  • July 2010
    • Jul 30, 2010 On Reading Peter Hessler’s latest book, Country Driving Jul 30, 2010
    • Jul 27, 2010 Some Late Night Thoughts on Reading Paul Theroux’s _My Secret History_ Jul 27, 2010
    • Jul 1, 2010 Xu Jilin on Arts and Culture in Shanghai Jul 1, 2010
  • June 2010
    • Jun 3, 2010 Shanghai Journal back online Jun 3, 2010
  • October 2008
    • Oct 5, 2008 A Fun-Filled Vacation Week in Shanghai Oct 5, 2008
  • September 2008
    • Sep 30, 2008 Singin' the Digestive Blues in Good Ol' Shanghai Sep 30, 2008
    • Sep 13, 2008 Life in Shanghai Continues Apace, and my New Job with CIEE Ramps Up Sep 13, 2008
  • August 2008
    • Aug 31, 2008 Post-Olympic Rambles Aug 31, 2008
  • July 2008
    • Jul 26, 2008 Ah, Those Wonderful Olympics (II) Jul 26, 2008
    • Jul 26, 2008 Tempests in Teapots: The Beijing Olympics and the World Press Jul 26, 2008
    • Jul 22, 2008 Back on Track in Muggy Shanghai Jul 22, 2008
    • Jul 14, 2008 Garden Memories of an Illustrious Past: A Weekend Visit to Suzhou Jul 14, 2008
    • Jul 8, 2008 Beaches and Buddhas: A Weekend Trip to the Zhoushan Islands of Shenjiamen, Zhujiajian, and Putuoshan Jul 8, 2008
    • Jul 1, 2008 Another Sign of Old Shanghai Vanishing Jul 1, 2008
  • June 2008
    • Jun 29, 2008 Shanghai Gloaming: A Videographic Portrayal of the City in Flux Jun 29, 2008
    • Jun 29, 2008 (mis)Representing Beijing: A Review of _Beijing Time_ by Dutton et al Jun 29, 2008
    • Jun 23, 2008 Sex and Politics in the Orient: An Interview with James Farrer Jun 23, 2008
    • Jun 16, 2008 Punks on Stage in Shanghai: Re-TROS at Moganshan Lu STD Party Jun 16, 2008
    • Jun 7, 2008 Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: The Rogue Transmission, Boys Climbing Ropes, and Joyside at Windows Underground Jun 7, 2008
    • Jun 1, 2008 Windows Underground: A New Bastion for the Rock Scene in Shanghai Jun 1, 2008
    • Jun 1, 2008 Happy Children’s Day, Shanghai Jun 1, 2008
  • May 2008
    • May 21, 2008 A Message to China: Stop Eating Shark Fin Soup! 鱼翅汤背后的成本:鲨鱼可能消失 May 21, 2008
    • May 19, 2008 Nightlife in China: A Special Issue of _China An International Journal_ May 19, 2008
    • May 18, 2008 Earthquake Rocks Sichuan, but Shanghai Parties On May 18, 2008
    • May 17, 2008 Six Shanghai Walks: One Down, Five to Go May 17, 2008
    • May 13, 2008 Shanghai in May: A Renewed Love Affair with the City May 13, 2008
    • May 3, 2008 A Virtual Tour of the Paramount Ballroom, 1930s Shanghai's Finest Dance Palace May 3, 2008
  • April 2008
    • Apr 28, 2008 Holy Hollywood! Welcoming John Cusack to Shanghai Apr 28, 2008
    • Apr 28, 2008 Tintin in the Land of Snow: Tibet, China, and the West Apr 28, 2008
    • Apr 21, 2008 Dartmouth in Beijing Presents: Preserving the Hutongs of Beijing Apr 21, 2008
    • Apr 20, 2008 CIEE Workshop On Improving Teaching, Learning, and Intercultural Understanding Apr 20, 2008
    • Apr 11, 2008 SUBS in Shanghai : Great band but the venue needs work Apr 11, 2008
    • Apr 10, 2008 Sparrow Village: A Film about China's Miao Minority People Apr 10, 2008
    • Apr 6, 2008 Tianzifang: A Close Look at Shanghai’s “Creative Art Park” Apr 6, 2008
    • Apr 4, 2008 China's Jimi Hendrix? The Guitar Work of Zhou Chao 周朝 Apr 4, 2008
    • Apr 2, 2008 Shanghai Spring has Finally Arrived Apr 2, 2008
  • March 2008
    • Mar 29, 2008 A Week in Shanghai with Dr. Nightlife and Dr. Sex Life Mar 29, 2008
  • February 2008
    • Feb 19, 2008 Goodbye Sydney, Farewell UNSW Feb 19, 2008
    • Feb 10, 2008 Chinese New Year Resolutions Feb 10, 2008
  • January 2008
    • Jan 30, 2008 Chasing the Shanghai Winter Blues Jan 30, 2008
  • December 2007
    • Dec 20, 2007 Nile Perch and Blue Jeans: Videographing inequalities in globalized labor in China and Africa Dec 20, 2007
  • November 2007
    • Nov 11, 2007 Another Week of Rock, Art, and Beauty in Beijing Nov 11, 2007
    • Nov 6, 2007 Beautiful Ugliness: The Aesthetics of Jia Zhangke's Film _Still Life_ Nov 6, 2007
    • Nov 3, 2007 The Ullens Center and Chinese New Wave Art from the 1980s Nov 3, 2007
  • October 2007
    • Oct 6, 2007 Beijing Punk Band Snapline Oct 6, 2007
    • Oct 5, 2007 The Best of Old and New Beijing: Historical Sites and Live Music Oct 5, 2007
  • September 2007
    • Sep 18, 2007 Kaiser Kuo Gives a Smoking Talk to Dartmouth FSPers Sep 18, 2007
    • Sep 18, 2007 Dartmouth Does the Great Wall: Simatai to Jinshanling Sep 18, 2007
    • Sep 11, 2007 Hang the Police, We're Here to Rock! The Beijing Pop Festival, Sept 10 and 11 2007 Sep 11, 2007
  • August 2007
    • Aug 15, 2007 An Interview with Greg Girard, Shanghai-based Photographer and Author of Phantom Shanghai Aug 15, 2007
    • Aug 14, 2007 Nightlife in Beijing vs. Shanghai: A Student's Perspective Aug 14, 2007
    • Aug 13, 2007 Another Rockin’ Week in Beijing Aug 13, 2007
    • Aug 8, 2007 Water Ripple: A Bluesy Chinese Rock Band Aug 8, 2007
    • Aug 6, 2007 PUNK VS METAL: A Showdown @ D22 and 13 Club Aug 6, 2007
    • Aug 4, 2007 Chinese Punks and The Ramones Tribute Concert @ Mao Livehouse in Beijing Aug 4, 2007
  • July 2007
    • Jul 31, 2007 A Chinese Rock Odyssey: On tour in Hunan and Wuhan with Beijing punk band SUBS and Veteran Rocker Cui Jian Jul 31, 2007
    • Jul 24, 2007 Courtesans, Hostesses, and Dancers in Old and New Shanghai Jul 24, 2007
    • Jul 24, 2007 Republican Beijing: The City and Its Histories Jul 24, 2007
    • Jul 23, 2007 Project Dementia Goes to Shanghai: An Interview with Wu Jun and a Night @ 4Live Jul 23, 2007
    • Jul 23, 2007 A Mad Whirlwind Weekend in Shanghai: The CET summer field trip July 21-22 Jul 23, 2007
    • Jul 23, 2007 Full Tilt: An Online Journal of East Asian Literature and Poetry in Translation Jul 23, 2007
    • Jul 21, 2007 Shanghai Baby Redux Jul 21, 2007
    • Jul 20, 2007 Project Dementia Week 3: A Tsunami@2K, Jamming@Sugar Jar, Acoustic Glam@D22, and the usual Excess@PPG Jul 20, 2007
    • Jul 15, 2007 Welcome to Project Dementia: Week 3 in Beijing Jul 15, 2007
    • Jul 10, 2007 BEIJING ROCKS!!! The CH-INDIE Fest at Dos Kolegas Jul 10, 2007
    • Jul 6, 2007 A Rocking Week in Beijing: 13 Club and Kaiser Jul 6, 2007
    • Jul 2, 2007 Rock It! A Crash Course in the Chinese Indie Music Scene Jul 2, 2007
    • Jul 2, 2007 Sex in China: The Times They Are a Changin' Jul 2, 2007
  • June 2007
    • Jun 27, 2007 人在中国现在能读我的博客!People in China can now read my blog! Jun 27, 2007
    • Jun 27, 2007 Beijing or Bust: Documenting China's "Returnees" Jun 27, 2007
    • Jun 25, 2007 Trippin’ at the Hip-Hoppinest Club in Beijing: Propaganda Jun 25, 2007
    • Jun 25, 2007 Freedom, Beijing Style Jun 25, 2007
    • Jun 25, 2007 Muse: Shanghai's Toniest Nightclub? Jun 25, 2007
    • Jun 22, 2007 A Stroll through the Shanghai Night Jun 22, 2007
    • Jun 21, 2007 All of Shanghai Under one Roof Jun 21, 2007
    • Jun 17, 2007 Shanghai: A Day in the Life Jun 17, 2007
    • Jun 7, 2007 Battle of the Sexes: Shanghai Baby vs. Foreign Babes in Beijing Jun 7, 2007
    • Jun 6, 2007 A Dialogue on Fairer Globalization with Devin Stewart Jun 6, 2007
    • Jun 2, 2007 Public Manners in China and the Case of a Korean Blogger Jun 2, 2007
  • May 2007
    • May 28, 2007 China and Genocide in Darfur vs. America in Iraq May 28, 2007
    • May 27, 2007 Sustainable Development and the "Eco-City" of Dongtan near Shanghai May 27, 2007
    • May 27, 2007 Responsible Globalization in Asia and the World May 27, 2007
    • May 27, 2007 Strange Cities: A Multimedia Site on Old Shanghai May 27, 2007
    • May 18, 2007 An Interview with Peter Hessler May 18, 2007
    • May 16, 2007 David Spindler and the Great Wall May 16, 2007
    • May 15, 2007 The Great Wall of China: Article and Film May 15, 2007
  • April 2007
    • Apr 27, 2007 Final Remarks on the Usage and Abusage of "Laowai" Apr 27, 2007
    • Apr 22, 2007 Thinking About Ethnicity and Race in China Apr 22, 2007
    • Apr 20, 2007 Frederic Wakeman, _Policing Shanghai_/ A Review Apr 20, 2007
    • Apr 18, 2007 Resurrecting Old Shanghai: The Peace Hotel Apr 18, 2007
    • Apr 15, 2007 What Wm. T. de Bary Has Taught Me Apr 15, 2007
    • Apr 15, 2007 On the True Meaning of Laowai Apr 15, 2007
    • Apr 12, 2007 Mainland Chinese Historians, US Academia, and Cold War Politics Apr 12, 2007
    • Apr 8, 2007 Unblocking Blocked Blogs in China (or India, Pakistan, Nepal..) Apr 8, 2007
    • Apr 7, 2007 A Short Walk on a Great Wall: David Spindler Strikes Again Apr 7, 2007
    • Apr 4, 2007 Are Chinese underrepresented in Western academia? Apr 4, 2007
    • Apr 2, 2007 On Translations of Popular Chinese Literature Apr 2, 2007
  • March 2007
    • Mar 22, 2007 Chinese Doublethink: The New Media Rules Mar 22, 2007
    • Mar 19, 2007 Democracy in China? Mar 19, 2007
    • Mar 17, 2007 Great Wall Exhibit in Sydney/Melbourne Mar 17, 2007
    • Mar 12, 2007 More Thoughts on Sex and Shanghai Mar 12, 2007
    • Mar 9, 2007 Sex and Shanghai Mar 9, 2007
    • Mar 6, 2007 On Chinglish Mar 6, 2007
  • February 2007
    • Feb 22, 2007 Shanghai's Art Deco Riches Revealed Feb 22, 2007
    • Feb 11, 2007 Shanghai: digital map to provide 3D view of downtown Feb 11, 2007
  • January 2007
    • Jan 20, 2007 Comet McNaught--Another Great Siting Jan 20, 2007
    • Jan 19, 2007 Gentrification worries Shanghai preservationists Jan 19, 2007
    • Jan 19, 2007 First Siting of Comet McNaught Jan 19, 2007
    • Jan 16, 2007 Shanghai's mad dash: University Admission Jan 16, 2007
    • Jan 16, 2007 Education key to Shanghai life Jan 16, 2007
    • Jan 15, 2007 Three Days at Uluru Jan 15, 2007
    • Jan 14, 2007 China's problems multiply with its population Jan 14, 2007
    • Jan 14, 2007 Genghis Khan -- A Chinese Hero??? Jan 14, 2007
    • Jan 14, 2007 Shanghai Scandal Jan 14, 2007
    • Jan 14, 2007 Monument to all that jazz: Shanghai's Peace Hotel, a piece of Old Europe in new China Jan 14, 2007
    • Jan 14, 2007 Shanghai Risen, Shanghai Falling Down Jan 14, 2007
    • Jan 14, 2007 Resurgence And Spread Of Syphilis In China Is A Rapidly Increasing Epidemic Jan 14, 2007
    • Jan 5, 2007 Beijing’s Olympic-sized traffic problem Jan 5, 2007
    • Jan 2, 2007 Shanghai to have 400 km urban rail lines in 2010 Jan 2, 2007
  • December 2006
    • Dec 27, 2006 Global warming likely to wreck havoc in China Dec 27, 2006
    • Dec 5, 2006 Beijing vs. Shanghai Dec 5, 2006

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