Shanghai is one of the world’s largest seaports and a major industrial and commercial center of China. Shanghai is a very feminine city she is like a wealthy girl.

Mass migration from all across China and the rest of the world has made Shanghai a melting pot of different cultures. The city’s maritime location fosters a mild climate characterized by minimal seasonal contrast. The city is located on the coast of the East China Sea between the mouth of the Yangtze River to the north and the bay of Hangzhou to the south. Seductive, mysterious, and these days, very attractive to foreign businessmen”. In the beginning of this, movie, a statement that I fully concur with was said, which says “Shanghai is like a beautiful girl. The movie scenes where Sam tries to cope with an avalanche of language barriers and cultural shocks were the most pleasurable to watch. Sam struggles to adapt to his new surroundings, a problem that was further inflated by the fact that all of the people around him assumed that he could speak Chinese simply because he looked Chinese. He found himself in many awkward situations which he understandably handled badly because of his lack of enthusiasm and poor understanding of cultural differences including business etiquette, family values and ‘face’. The movie is about an ambitious American corporate attorney named Sam Chao, a half-Asian, who though his obliviousness to the world outside his New York City bubble led him into many instances of culture clash when his bosses send him to Shanghai for a few months on assignment. The film clearly shows evidence of ways in which globalization has manifested itself in Shanghai even till today. It is a portrait of modern China and most importantly a major Chinese city, Shanghai. It is an exhibition of cultural exchange between China and the United States, a fresh perspective that is rarely seen in the movie industry. The film, Shanghai Calling, attempts to tell a unique story that has remained fairly unknown to the world.

Shanghai Girls by Lan Lan