Did Shanghai have a nickname during the 1930s?

A now quite unknown nickname for Shanghai is 海上 (Hai Shang), which has exactly the same literal meaning as Shang Hai. Shanghai during the 30s was nicknamed "Nevernight City" (不夜城, meaning sleepless city). In Chinese, Shanghai's abbreviations are Hù and Shēn. read more

Zhabei District in Shanghai and saw plenty of stories about Jewish people's life in 1930s. As I see it , Jewish people basically kept their own traditional life style, they built Jewish-tyle house, and Jewish Church. read more

Huating (华 亭) was another early name for Shanghai. In AD 751, during the mid-Tang dynasty, Huating County was established by the Governor of Wu Commandery Zhao Juzhen at modern-day Songjiang, the first county-level administration within modern-day Shanghai. Today, Huating appears as the name of a four-star hotel in the city. read more