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New book chronicles the lives of Hungarians in old Shanghai

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Shanghai's cinephiles once secretly loved Hollywood. Now Chinese films dominate its silver screens

Shanghai s cinephiles once secretly loved Hollywood. Now Chinese films dominate its silver screens
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People in Wuhan, China, watch a movie last July on the first day of the reopening of cinemas after the coronavirus outbreak. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
Young couples in cashmere coats and surgical masks stood recently in neon light outside the Cathay Theater, its art deco facade a remnant of the Shanghai of nearly a century ago, when a wave of cinemas arose amid a city run by gangsters and colonialists.
If you were an expat back then, it was a romantic time of intrigue in a town carved into French, British and American sectors. If you were Chinese, you were a second-class citizen in your own land. There were few more defining symbols of who was on top than in Shanghai s movie houses, where the indelible notions of the West high society and capitalism played out in black and white. ....

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