Shanghai regained some of its zest after the war, as seen in the everyday bustle of a bar or basketball game.

战后上海仍保留着它所独有的风味，这在日间繁忙的小馆子和篮球赛中依稀可见。

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Turmoil and chaos of war, they all went to Taipei, but in the huge Shanghai met them, never met in Taipei.

兵荒马乱中，他们都去了台北，但能在偌大的上海相遇的他们，在台北却从未谋面。

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There's an old story reported by an American journalist in Shanghai after the end of World War II. Ravaged by hyperinflation, locals had turned to using tins of sardines as an alternative currency.

有一个老故事，二战刚结束，一名美国记者在上海看到，恶性通货膨胀肆虐，人们使用罐装沙丁鱼作为替代货币。

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These were used by the imperial powers in pre-war Shanghai to keep the ethnic Chinese down, and their use in Hong Kong is of course a British invention.

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Mr. Hudec arrived in Shanghai at the end of World War I "in a city that wanted to change, and he wanted to change with it, " Ms. Warr says.

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In Shanghai, the Jewish community quickly rebuilt itself after the war, but the city would never be the same.

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