Compare and contrast Shanghai during the Maoist period (1949-1976) with Shanghai since Reform and Opening (1979-present.) Suggestions for things to focus on (you don’t have to talk about all of these): changes in political atmosphere, lifestyle/standard of living, education, architecture and infrastructure, migration. Please choose specific examples from Qiu Xiaolong, /Rob Schmitz, /Nien Cheng /and Shu Haolun’s film Quote directly from texts, citing by author, title page number in parentheses following the quotation. Give

Compare and contrast Shanghai during the Maoist period (1949-1976) with Shanghai since Reform and Opening (1979-present.)  Suggestions for things to focus on (you don’t have to talk about all of these): changes in political atmosphere, lifestyle/standard of living, education, architecture and infrastructure, migration. Please choose specific examples from Qiu Xiaolong, /Rob Schmitz, /Nien Cheng /and Shu Haolun’s film Quote directly from texts, citing by author, title page number in parentheses following the quotation.  Give full publication information in the bibliography.  For the film, it’s OK to quote from memory.