Here's a link to a review of my book on Mu Shiying by Maura Cunningham, published on the LA Review of Books blog site:
Shanghai Art Deco Weekend: A Talk on the Paramount Ballroom of the 1930s
I usually give talks on the jazz age cabaret and ballroom culture of 1920s-30s Shanghai, but this was a rare chance to focus on Shanghai's most famous ballroom from that era: the Paramount.
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