In the late 1940s, the then bustling and cosmopolitan Shanghai rejoiced at having survived World WarⅡrelatively unscathed. But when the red tide of communism flooded through China, it marked the end for the city: foreign and Chinese entrepreneurs alike were swept out through its gates and their assets seized by the state.
三○年代末期，十里洋場、盛極一時的上海，僥倖躲過了二次大戰的烽火，卻在紅色共產席捲中國時慘遭滅頂，不論華商、外商，一律被掃地出門、財產充公。