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Chinese blogs have begun to alert the public to the impending demolition of the historic neighborhoods on Canton (Guangdong) Road 广东路: https://hot.online.sh.cn/content/2020-03/02/content_9511012.htm


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Some time ago I wrote about the beautiful China Mutual Life Insurance building for the Russian readers, and today I chanced upon a good photo of the two statues that once graced the portico above the entrance of the building, at the corner of Sichuan and Guandgong Roads. They were the work of the Italian sculptor Paolo Triscornia di Ferdinando ( ( Read more... )