The Shanghai Cabaret Theory of Globalization

May 12

How an unlikely alliance of African Americans, Russians, and Filipinos in 1930s Shanghai created a new, bottom-up model for a connected world.

2 Comments

Patrick: thank you for this uplifting essay. You might enjoy the following, by my old friend Jonathan Hutt:

http://www.chinaheritagequarterly.org/features.php?issue=022&searchterm=022_monstre.inc

This was a great rec! Thanks as always Geremie :)

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