A Little Contemporary Shanghai History

Travel writer (not sure if he likes that handle but anyway…) Jonathan Chatwin (author of Long Prace Street) has a very interesting podcast retracing Deng Xiaoping’s Southern Tour. Those intrerested in Shanghai and its development, contradictions and oddities (I’m being kind here re heritage, preservation and cadre-profiteering bulldozing) might like to check out episode 6 where Jonathan chats Shanghai with Dr Jenny Lin. Jenny Lin is Associate Professor of Critical Studies in University of Southern California’s Roski School of Art and Design. She is author of Above sea: Contemporary art, urban culture and the fashioning of global Shanghai and episode 7 where Chatwin talks with Historic Shanghai’s Patrick Cranley.

The Southern Tour Podcast