New Zealand writer seeks inspiration in Shanghai
18:23 UTC+8, 2023-11-21
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Melinda Szymanik found herself walking around almost every day during her two-month stay in Shanghai, taking more than 1,000 photos and making a lot of notes.
18:23 UTC+8, 2023-11-21
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Shot by Yu Wenhao. Edited by Zhong Youyang. Reported by Yao Minji. Subtitles by Yao Minji.
Melinda Szymanik, a writer from New Zealand, arrived in Shanghai, planning to write her novel with the city as a background. Eight weeks later, she found herself walking around almost every day, taking more than 1,000 photos and making a lot of notes.
"Shanghai is just fantastic!" she said. "It's a city of contrasts, of dualities. I love the excitement and dazzle of the new, and the weight of history and style in the old."
Szymanik is one of seven foreign writers on a two-month Shanghai Writing Program.
Source: SHINE
Editor: Chen Jie
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