All things old China - books, anecdotes, stories, podcasts, factoids & ramblings from the author Paul French
Great news – my event his Staurday (12pm) at the M on the Bund Literary Festival – RECOVERING THE LOST STORIES OF SHANGHAI – SHOWGIRLS, GYPSIES & GANGSTERS – was sold out. But, M have reconfigured their seating and can now fit in an addition 20-30 people…tickets from their site and more details of the event here too…
And finally (no.22 for those counting), the last gang of old Shanghai, in association with That’s Shanghai magazine – The Spider Club gang who met and schemed in a house on West End Gardens off Yu Yuen Road….click here for more…
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
