Editing Shadows over Shanghai (section)

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Important Reference Sites:

[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/外滩.jpg The Bund]

[http://streetsofshanghai.pbworks.com/ Streets of Shanghai]

[http://www.earnshaw.com/shanghai-ed-india/tales/tales.htm Tales of Old Shanghai]

[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/shanghai_1933.jpg Map of Shanghai]

The campaign is set in early March, 1937, just five months before the eruption of the brutal Second Sino-Japanese War.

This war was in fact an ongoing encroachment that had started long before March '37, and Japan had overrun all of Manchuria and many other Chinese areas. In this time the tension is slowly building towards breaking point, especially in Shanghai where the first horrific major battle will be fought.

The writing is on the wall for those willing to see, and all of Shanghai is tense and there's an extra edge to the deals and the brawls in the back streets, there's an extra edge to the dealing between the various nationalities, groups and cliques, and there's an extra desperation to the all night partying on the Bund. The hammer is about to fall, and everyone knows it will fall. But no one knows quite just when.

The average temperatures are 13ºc during the day, dropping to 4ºc at night; comfortable weather for jackets and coats but a bit chilly for shirtsleeves. The humidity is average for this weather, and there's only half as much rainfall as will be the case in just two months time. So, in summary, cool and dry with occasional showers and the odd rainstorm (there are an average of 9 wet days in March).