Ballard and Shanghai

I am currently writing an article on Shanghai (or the transformation of Chinese cities from Communism to Post-Socialism) and while doing so I became aware of J.G. Ballard's intrinsic relationship with the city. I googled further and so the motivation for writing his "Empire of the Sun" unravelled.

Enjoy this BBC documentary which I found on Youtube about the writers experience of returning to Shanghai, after having left the city in 1946.