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* ''Man's Fate'' by André Malraux is about the crackdown against Shanghai Communists implemented by Jiang Jieshi in 1927 with the support of the Blue Gang.
* ''Fortress Besieged'' by Qian Zhongshu.
* ''[[Empire Ofof Thethe Sun (novel)|Empire of the Sun]]'' is an autobiographical novel by [[J. G. Ballard]] relating his time in a Japanese internment camp near Shanghai. It was made into [[Empire of the Sun (film)|a film by Steven Spielberg]] in 1987.
* ''Shanghai Baby'' is a semi-autobiographical novel by Zhou Weihui, about a young Chinese woman's steamy affair with a Western expatriate.
* The Inspector Chen Cao series of novels by Qiu Xiaolong: ''Death Of A Red Heroine'', ''A Loyal Character Dancer'', ''When Red Is Black'', ''A Case Of Two Cities'', etc.
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* ''North of Beautiful'' by Justina Chen Headley partially takes place there, with the main character Terra's brother working there and Terra's love interest's orphanage is also there.
 
== [[Live -Action TV]] ==
* ''The Bund'' (上海灘) is a Hong Kong classic [[Live Action TV]] series about the lives of Triad members in pre-war Shanghai and starring a young Chow Yun-fat.
* Episode 15 of Season 4 of ''[[Smallville]]'' ("Sacred") supposedly takes place in Shanghai but [[Hollywood Atlas|makes the city look like some North American Chinatown]], which it [[Did Not Do the Research|absolutely doesn't]].