Huangpu is a district of pigeon fanciers and the skies over Shanghai have seen birds racing back to their coops for the best part of a century. Words and pictures by Jonathan Browning.
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Philip Yung, a former film critic, makes his directorial debut with the Hong Kong-based drama Glamorous Youth. The film depicts social turbulence and the desire for an ideal life amongst the city's youth set against the backdrop of the 1997 handover.
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