Don't talk about Shanghai people.

Author: Wang Qian
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: The book contains many harsh and disrespectful remarks about the people of Shanghai. I don’t want to make any explanations or justifications, as that would be redundant. I am merely the author of this small book and certainly don’t dare to hope for something as grand as the people of Shanghai erecting a monument in my honor. What I mean is: my writing attitude is sincere. Regarding the city mentioned in the book, modern, avant-garde, emotional, expressive, delicate, clear, mature, reserved—all the nouns and adjectives one can think of like these, you can freely attribute them to it. It has become a place of harmony because it embraces all contradictions. And the people of Shanghai, in such a broad context, have grown into a unique Chinese ethnic group. The book contains many harsh and disrespectful remarks about the people of Shanghai. I don’t want to make any explanations or justifications, as that would be redundant. I am merely the author of this small book and certainly don’t dare to hope for something as grand as the people of Shanghai erecting a monument in my honor. What I mean is: my writing attitude is sincere.