If you’re looking for one of those wonderful “take me someplace exotic and unfamiliar” books for summer, you won’t do better than “Shanghai Girls,” the latest from novelist Lisa See, who has carved a ...

This year, Chinese authorities decided to ban sexy models and children from the Shanghai Auto Show. We were kind of looking forward to seeing those skimpy costumes on our first visit to the people's ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

In Shanghai Girls, a new novel by Lisa See, sisters May and Pearl Chin glide around Shanghai in rickshaws wearing gorgeous, tightfitting silk dresses. It's 1937, just before the Japanese invaded China ...

Pearl Chin and her younger sister, May, are naive girls living in Shanghai in 1937. They care about fashion and fun more than family and tradition, posing for artists who paint portraits for the ...

In Lisa See’s latest novel, “Shanghai Girls,” 21-year-old Pearl Chin and her younger sister May live a sweet, spoiled life. Their father’s rickshaw business is so profitable his daughters have ...

At the invitation of the China Children and Teenagers' Fund (CCTF) and the Tencent Foundation, 30 Spring Bud girls from six middle schools in Miyi County of Southwest China's Sichuan Province attended ...

Even after the Exclusion Act was overturned in 1943, the legacy of paper sons continued. For my book, "Shanghai Girls," I interviewed people about the U.S. government's "confession program," which ...

Lisa See describes the lives of Chinese girls who move to Los Angeles during the World War II era in her new novel, Shanghai Girls. As Chinese... 'Shanghai Girls' Details A Chinese-American Odyssey ...

A Shanghai exhibition displays vintage photographs of the city's women of the early 20th century. Shi Xunfeng / for China Daily Is it true what they say about the city's women? And what are they ...