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Shanghai Handbook: Shikumen

Updated: 2010-10-20 12:00
(chinadaily.com.cn)

For over half a century, Xu Aili has been living in a Shikumen house in an alley branching off the posh Huaihai Road.

Unlike the fast paced world a few yards away, the alley still looks the same as it was built decades ago, telling the stories of old Shanghai.

Camera & video: Wang Wei

Script: Huang Lan

 
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