Shanghai

[mamisy]

Someone tell me what this town is like.

[imron]

Last I heard, it had grown into quite a big city.

[anonymoose]

It's not bad, but a bit crowded.

[md1101]

it has lots of large concrete buildings... and a fairly efficient transport system considering how many people it has.

[WoAiJolinTsai]

alot of Chinese people

[Loriquero]

I have a real questions about mandarin in Shanghai

media influence: (radio, television, movies) moves in the mandarin mood? or every media speaks on Shanghainese?

[anonymoose]

media influence: (radio, television, movies) moves in the mandarin mood? or every media speaks on Shanghainese?

Whilst it is possible to find the occasional television programme in Shanghainese, these are very few and far between. I have never heard of a movie in Shanghainese.

[charles]

every media speaks on Shanghainese?

No, most in the mandarin mood.

[xiaos]

i 'm a student from shanghai fudan university.shanghai is a big city now .it nealy has a population of 20,000,000.i feel it is a little crowded but there are a lot of opportunities and challanges. i think every one will like this internationalized city ,especially in shanghai you can enjoy many delicious snacks such as xiaolong,zongzi~

[Loriquero]

nice to know that ^^

thx

[skylee]

I have never heard of a movie in Shanghainese.

I've seen one -> 海上花 Flowers of Shanghai

PS - It's been years since I saw this film and as far as I can remember it was in Shanghainese (maybe Tony Leung had some lines in Cantonese). Please correct me if I am wrong.

[wushijiao]

The movie "My Post-modern Aunt/ 姨妈的后现代的生活" had a little bits of Shanghainese (maybe 3-5%). Although it had some interesting scenes, including some pretty good acting, overall, not too great of a movie, in my opinion.

http://movie.iamcool.net/tw/moovi_detail.php?movieID=3308

But anyway, the radio broadcasts, TV shows, and TV commercials are all in Putonghua, except for one or two local TV shows.