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JEWS IN SHANGHAI | Remembering Jewish Musicians in Shanghai

15 September 2016

One day not long after Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum opened, an old visitor came in. He was very old, but he looked energetic and graceful. He was very excited after entering the exhibition hall, and examined almost every display board and even every photo together with its caption.
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JEWS IN SHANGHAI | New Lives Welcomed: Over 500 Jewish Babies Born in Shanghai

15 September 2016

Life was certainly hard for most Jewish refugees in Shanghai, but hard life had not prevented new lives from being born there. During WWII, it is estimated that over 500 Jewish babies had been born in this oriental city. Later, these babies were called Shanghai Babies.
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JEWS IN SHANGHAI | Michael Blumenthal: The Best Known Jewish Refugee in Shanghai

15 September 2016

My first contact with Michael Blumenthal was made through an e-mail with a few inquiries. I sent the email almost mid-night. I had not expected to get any reply soon, and I even had no idea where he was.
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JEWS IN SHANGHAI | Three Generations of a Family Fulfilling a Promise to Keep Books for a Jewish Refugee

15 September 2016

During WWII, Lin Daozhi was headmaster of a church school in the Restricted Sector for Stateless Refugees. Mr. Lin was a very kind and generous man. During that period, he received a number of kids from poor families, including Jewish kids, on the gratuitous basis.
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JEWS IN SHANGHAI | Refugee Musician in Shanghai and the Legendary Song: Rose, Rose, I Love You

15 September 2016

Two musician brothers from Cologne, Germany, taught many Chinese students when they took refuge in Shanghai. They’ve also recorded 30 albums in China, including the legendary “Rose, Rose, I Love You”, a famous Mandarin pop song which is also known outside China as "Shanghai Rose" and "China Rose."
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JEWS IN SHANGHAI | Instead of Fussing about the Escape, Refugees Tried to Make a Living

15 September 2016

Shanghai, especially the International Settlement and the French Concession, used to be a haven for refugees. Soon after the establishment of concessions in 1843, due to the widespread unrest caused by the Taiping Heavenly State ...
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JEWS IN SHANGHAI | Four Shanghai Babies Reunited at the Rockefeller Center

15 September 2016

In September 2013, the Jewish Refugees and Shanghai exhibition telling the life stories of 16 former Jewish refugees in Shanghai was open at the Rockefeller Center of New York.
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JEWS IN SHANGHAI | A Jewish Artist Looking for His Shanghai Amah

14 September 2016

Peter Max, a famous American painter, was born in 1937, and one year later he was brought by his parents to Shanghai as a refugee to escape the fomenting Nazi movement.
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INFOGRAPHIC | 2015 Statistical Bulletin of Education, People's Republic of China

12 July 2016

This is one of the data journalism projects of Shanghai International Studies University (SISU). With our visualized English translation, we invite you to learn more about the 2015 Statistical Bulletin of Education of China.
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CHINA STORY | My Hometown: Yili, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

27 June 2016

Doubtless, we will have a completely different world in the next decade. The most important thing is that we should progress rather than retrogress.
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