All things old China - books, anecdotes, stories, podcasts, factoids & ramblings from the author Paul French
Today’s gang of old Shanghai, in association with That’s Shanghai magazine, is the Lojnikoff Gang, run by Paul Lojnikoff and made up mostly of current and former boxers. They were one of the only Shanghai laowai gangs to thrive in the war as collaborators and briefly operate in the post-1945 city….click here for more
Today’s gang of old Shanghai in association with That’s Shanghai – The Hovans gang run by Eugene Pick (pictured) out of his “wifes” lodging/brothel in Hongkou – click here for more….
books have arrived – officially launch date is 15/3…
Today’s gang of old Shanghai, in conjunction with That’s Shanghai, is the Tipsy Cafe gang based down on Wayside (Huoshan Lu) knocking out Hongkew Hooch and Jingbao Juice…click here for more….
Jack Riley, a key character in City of Devils, gathered his ‘friends’ around him – and built an empire in Shanghai from slot machines – click here for more…
I’ll be at the British Chamber of Commerce in Beijing talking about Midnight, Devils and putting old China into books, documentaries, films, radio and TV and probably some other old China nostalgia…28/3/18 (I think you have to be a member)… click here to book/details
Today’s gang of old Shanghai, in association with That’s Shanghai, is the Broadway Mansions gang – basically a 24 hour high stakes card game that, due to the amount of money on the table needed heavy security from an opportunist thinking to get rich quick…. if nothing else these boys took the prize for best HQ!
Presenter and Author: Peter J. Hack
Please join us at the Royal Asiatic Society Library to hear Peter Hack’s slide presentation of his 2017 book The Art Deco Departments Stores of Shanghai (10.00am) followed by a walk on Nanjing Lu to see the departments stores discussed in his book (11.00am). The morning ends with an optional lunch nearby (location tbd).
Peter had a 33-year career in the Department of Education in Sydney before leaving the Public Service in May 2016. He now spends time researching modern Chinese history and the overseas Chinese in Australia. Peter is a life member of the Chinese Museum in Melbourne and the Chinese Australian Historical Society, and he is now also a member of the Royal Asiatic Society of China. He is a regular visitor to Shanghai and spoke at the World Congress on Art Deco in Shanghai in 2015.
This is a RAS Members only event and is limited to 10 people.
Dress Code: The RAS Library is located within a private club – please follow the club’s dress code: dressy casual (no sneakers, jeans, t-shirts, etc.)