Almost two years before Wong Kar-wai’s period drama “Blossoms” brought Shanghainese back into the public spotlight, 23-year-old Hu Shiyang began writing her debut novel in the same dialect. Titled ...
ZURICH, November 7, 2024 – In the third Gen A Input at the STATE OF ASIA 2024 conference, Gen A 2024 Fellow Clélia Jeandin explores how Shanghainese has evolved from a dying dialect to a cultural ...
A hit Chinese television series set in a gritty but glamourous 1990s Shanghai has sparked a wave of nostalgia for the city's boom days and renewed interest in its culture and declining dialect. The ...
A hit Chinese television series set in gritty but glamorous 1990s Shanghai has sparked a wave of nostalgia for the megacity's boom years, and reignited interest in its declining dialect. The Barron's ...