History UsefulNotes / Shanghai

-->-- '''Aldous Huxley''' on Shanghai

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* ''LightNovel/GirlyAirForce'' begins with a civilian evacuation from Shanghai just off the Chinese coast. The protagonist, Narutani Kei, is a Japanese citizen who was living in Changshu before the war, a city about 65 miles northwest of Shanghai. The final two episodes of the anime involve a major operation to recapture Shanghai from the enemy [[InscrutableAliens Zai]] and heavily feature Pudong International Airport.

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* Much of Franchise/{{Tintin}}'s adventure "The Blue Lotus" takes place in Shanghai.
* ComicBook/CortoMaltese goes through Shanghai on his way from UsefulNotes/HongKong in "Corto Maltese in Siberia".

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Shanghai (上海, lit. "[[LostInTranslation Over/Above/On]] [the] Sea") is a young city by Chinese standards. Until the 1840s it was a quiet fishing town, but when British forces seized it in the course of the First Opium War in 1840, they realized its potential as a trade emporium, given its location near the mouth of the Yangzi River. At the conclusion of both wars, Foreign powers were conceded 'settlements' in and around the country's more marginal coastal and river areas. Shanghai was one of these places. The 'International Settlement' was formed in 1863 with the merger of the British and American territories, while the ''Concession Française'' remained independent. UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan gained its own concession in 1895, with the conclusion of the Sino-Japanese war in their favour. The old town, meanwhile, remained under Shanghai-nese jurisdiction.

* ''Film/WildRose'' (1934) is among other things an interesting record of how Shanghai looked during TheThirties.

[[caption-width-right:336:This is not a [[ContemptibleCover Baen cover]] for a science-fiction novel. This is the [[FreakierThanFiction actual view from Pudong]].]]

* ''Fist of Fury'' (精武门) -- the film with Creator/BruceLee, and its remake ''Film/FistOfLegend'' (精武英雄) with Jet Li.

* ''Film/{{Her}}'' [[CaliforniaDoubling uses the cityscape]] to depict a future Los Angeles.

* In ''VideoGame/ShinSakuraWars'', there is a Combat Revue based in Shanghai.

* A mission in ''VideoGame/SplinterCellDoubleAgent'' occurs in the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jin_Mao_Tower Jin Mao Tower]] in Shanghai's Pudong District. This mission only exists in Version 1 of the game (the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, & PC version).

* In ''VideoGame/ShinSakuraWars'', one of the Combat Revues participating in the World Combat Revue World War is based in Shanghai.

* ''LightNovel/GirlyAirForce'' begins with a civilian evacuation from Shanghai just off the Chinese coast. The protagonist, Narutani Kei, is a Japanese citizen who was living in Changshu before the war, a city about 65 miles northwest of Shanghai.

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