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Stories Set in Shanghai
The Paris of the East: concession glamour, wartime internment, spy neon and Pudong towers — Shanghai condenses China's century into one skyline. These ten span 1920 to today; also explore Interwar Shanghai (1920–1941).
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Browse 24 books, 97 movies and 14 games set in Shanghai.
Skyfall
When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong agents around the world are exposed and MI6 headquarters is attacked. While M faces challenges to her authority and position from Gareth Mallory the new Chairman of the…
Wish Dragon
Determined teen Din is longing to reconnect with his childhood best friend when he meets a wish-granting dragon who shows him the magic of possibilities.
Kung Fu Hustle
It's the 1940s and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them kung fu masters and hidden…
Looper
In the futuristic action thriller Looper time travel will be invented but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone they will send their target 30 years into the…
Mission: Impossible III
Retired from active duty and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian an international broker of arms and information who is as cunning as he…
Miraculous World: Shanghai – The Legend of Ladydragon
On school break Marinette heads to Shanghai to meet Adrien. But after arriving Marinette loses all her stuff including the Miraculous that allows her to turn into Ladybug!
Penguins of Madagascar
Skipper Kowalski Rico and Private join forces with undercover organization The North Wind to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying the world as we know it.
Empire of the Sun
Jamie Graham a privileged English boy is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor who looks out for him while they are in the camp…
Fist of Fury
Chen Chen returns to his former school in Shanghai when he learns that his beloved instructor has been murdered. While investigating the man's death Chen discovers that a rival Japanese school is operating a drug…
Ip Man 2
Having defeated the best fighters of the Imperial Japanese army in occupied Shanghai Ip Man and his family settle in post-war Hong Kong. Struggling to make a living Master Ip opens a kung fu school to bring his…
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