Category Archives: District of Shanghai

Chairman Mao and Living in Shanghai

Posted on June 3, 2015 by The Pearl

I’m not sure I like Mao Zedong.  This was reinforced by reading Jung Chang’s book Mao: The Unknown Story, in which she describes how ruthless he was, both towards his fellow communists in the pursuit of power and towards his own family. … Continue reading →

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Ballet at The Shanghai Grand Theatre

Posted on June 2, 2015 by The Pearl

Time for a bit of western culture.  We had been told a couple of months ago that an American Ballet Company  – The Richmond Ballet Company of Virginia would be in Shanghai at the end of May.  As the time drew … Continue reading →

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The Jiading Museums

Posted on June 1, 2015 by The Pearl

The Jiading Chinese Imperial Examination System Museum Jiading, a water town subsumed by Greater Shanghai, is an odd place to find a museum about the Chinese Civil Service Examination, but we found one in the midst of a Confucian Temple, 30km from … Continue reading →

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Orchids at The Shanghai Botanic Garden

Posted on May 31, 2015 by The Pearl

The Cymbidium Room In the middle of the Shanghai Botanical Gardens is a curious place named The Cymbidium Room.  It is curious as it contains more than a room – in fact it is a garden within a garden, with … Continue reading →

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Being all European for a Change

Posted on May 30, 2015 by The Pearl

On the Saturday of the May Day weekend Richard was having to work at home most of the day, so towards the end of the afternoon, when he had decided that enough was enough we went out of the apartment … Continue reading →

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Lolita Fashion

Posted on May 29, 2015 by The Pearl

I had come across a number of youngsters dressed in extraordinary clothing – mainly at weekends it has to be said – as I wandered around Shanghai.  First of all it was the girls that struck me first and my first reaction … Continue reading →

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May Day and Chinese Wine

Posted on May 28, 2015 by The Pearl

The weekend before we left for our holiday in the UK was a long one, as May 1st on the Friday is a national holiday in China.  The weekend before, Chinese national flags had been hung from the lampposts in … Continue reading →

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Silk King

Posted on May 27, 2015 by The Pearl

A couple of weekends before we left for the UK I went in search of some Chinese silk to be made into blouses.  I had brought a couple of one-sized silk blouses out with me to Shanghai as a general cover-up … Continue reading →

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Dog Days: Black and Otherwise

Posted on May 4, 2015 by The Pearl

There are days when mustering up the confidence to go out solo into the big city alludes me.  Today is one such day.  I really want to go out to The Shanghai Botanic Gardens to see the mass plantings of … Continue reading →

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