A number of richly illustrated articles by the pre-eminent Shanghai historian Xue Liyong 薛理勇 are collected on the
上海交大建筑遗产保护国际研究中心 blog. Among them, there are histories of
some villas in the French Concession and various
commercial buildings in the International Settlement, as well as explorations of
pre-treaty port sites.
Rare view of the gate of Shanghai Magistrate’s Yamen 上海县衙门, during the anti-Qing uprising in 1911.