cropped-Nanking road Shanghai around 1930's
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FILM

The Enduring Allure of Old Shanghai

Why even TV shows set in the 1990s lean into aesthetics from nearly a century earlier

How much is a night’s stay at a hotel nearly a century old worth? At the Peace Hotel, newly trendy after featuring in renowned director Wong Kar-wai’s hit TV drama Blossoms Shanghai, the answer is as high as 18,888 yuan.

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