Last night I attended a screening of an independent documentary film. Held at the Apartment, a bar-restaurant on Yongfu Road in Shanghai, the event was organized by the Royal Asiatic Society's Shanghai branch. The film is called The Poseidon Project. It tells the story of a British submarine that sank off the coast of Shandong Province near the town of Weihaiwei in 1931, and the efforts of an American journalist and scuba diver based in Beijing named Stephen Schwankert to learn about the fate of the submarine and its occupants. The locally based British filmmaking team of Arthur and Luther Jones produced and directed the film. The film is 82 minutes long.
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I listen to podcasts frequently, especially when I am traveling or commuting back and forth to work. Since I joined a business school as Associate Dean, my listening habits have changed somewhat. Here are my current top picks:
Read MoreTwo new BBC radio shows: on Chinese Pop Music and Shanghai History
Recently I was asked to participate in two radio programs produced by the BBC. The first program focuses on the history of Shanghai and the connections between the contemporary city and its colonial-era legacy. Naturally this is a subject that is right up my alley, so I was happy to be a part of the show.
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