Taipei and Shanghai in the 1930s-one was the model colonial city of the Japanese empire, the other a treaty port occupied by numerous foreign powers. Yet, despite being under these very different regimes, the two cities remained closely tied in terms of popular music, with melodies flowing in both directions. What was going on?
1930 年代的台北與上海，一個是日本帝國的「模範」殖民城市，一個是多國佔據的條約口岸，在不同的政權統治下，兩岸在流行音樂界卻始終關係密切、隔空互通款曲，這是怎麼回事呢？