Shanghai After Dark: How Asia's Nightlife Capital Reinvents Itself

I. HISTORICAL CONTEXT1. Jazz Age Foundations:- 1920s dance hall culture- French Concession legacy- 1949-1978 cultural suppression2. Reform Era Revival:- First private clubs (1980s)- Disco wave of the 1990s- WTO entry transformationsII. CURRENT LAND

Neon Renaissance: How Shanghai's Entertainment Clubs Are Redefining Urban Nightlife

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