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Shanghai's Peace Hotel: Where the modern era starts

2024-01-25

Directed by Tang Dafei. Shot by Tang Dafei, Zhou Shengjie. Edited by Tang Dafei. Subtitles by Emma Leaning, Yang Yang.

Michelle Qiao, author of "Shanghai Nanjing Road," will guide you to explore a unique Shanghai through reading its architectures with her new series: Qiao Shanghai.

The first episode features Peace Hotel, or the No. 20 building on the Bund, where stories will be told of Sir. Ellice Victor Sassoon, who funded the building of the hotel, and Edgar Snow, whose days in the city when he was young were inevitably linked with the hotel.

Also, Michelle will take you to the hotel's grand Sassoon Residence and the famous nine themed suites.

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