The British writer JG Ballard grew up in pre-war Shanghai and described it vividly in his award-winning, Spielberg-movie-adapted novel Empire Of The Sun. On my recent visit to one of China’s most dynamic cities, I went looking for what’s left of Ballard’s Shanghai.
JG Ballard’s Shanghai
JG Ballard is the author of Empire Of The Sun, a quasi-autobiographical novel about growing up in 1930s Shanghai and then living in an internment camp after the Japanese invaded during World War II. Rick McGrath discovered that Ballard’s childhood home still exists amongst the never-ending reconstruction of Shanghai and recently travelled halfway around the world to see it for himself
China’s Speciality Penis Restaurant
Olympic athletes take note – Beijing, host of the 2008 Games, now has its very own restaurant that serves only the penis and testicles of assorted animals
