Why even TV shows set in the 1990s lean into aesthetics from nearly a century earlier
How much is a night’s stay at a hotel nearly a century old worth? At the Peace Hotel, newly trendy after featuring in renowned director Wong Kar-wai’s hit TV drama Blossoms Shanghai, the answer is as high as 18,888 yuan.
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Lu Zhao (赵璐) is a bilingual and multimedia journalist, researcher, translator, and consultant. She has a focus on digital culture, human interest, and social issues. Her work has appeared in RADII, USA Today, UPI, The China Project, Pandaily, Chicago Reporter, and other publications.
