“The Peterel had her own small ‘Pearl Harbour’ in December 1941. A British ‘Pearl Harbour’….. and it was here, on the this river. She was hit by the Japanese and sunk and the passers-by on the Bund, could watch the whole thing.”
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Rückblende: Kriegsschiffe in der Shanghai-Geschichte.
„Die Peterel hat im Dezember 1941 ihr eigenes […]
“Our people have the Peace Hotel fully under control, including the sensitive areas. The technique is installed. During installation a temporary problem arose in the network. It was immediately perceived and dealt with. The connection with the headquarters and various outposts is secure and functions perfectly. We are ready for off.”
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Rückblende: Das Peace Hotel in […]
“Now I need one,” decided Robert, finally lighting a Marlboro and blowing the smoke in the direction of the window through which the Uetliberg watched over us. In fact it was several airline kilometers away from us but, under the influence of the föhn wind that morning, it appeared to be much nearer. It was […]
E-Wa laughed, took me by the hand and pointed with the index finger of the other at the luxuriant growth of the bamboo bushes on either side of the path, where we, so it seemed to me, were aimlessly wandering about. Instead of answering she posed another question. “Did you know that the bamboo is […]
“However, now, after the mass of data from this beautiful morning has run through my poor head and we are at a standstill on the Waidaibu Bridge, it is the end. In real time. Therefore, all the best, folks.”
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Rückblende: Waibadu Bridge in der Shanghai-Geschichte.
Aber jetzt, nachdem die ganze Datenmenge dieses schönen Morgens durch meinen […]
“E-Wa thought she had a good suggestion. We could, just for a change, drive to Hongkew to find out whether, in this hybrid “our” Shanghai, the huge market was still there. It was, at one time, the largest market in the whole of Shanghai and it would certainly interest me. Thus, this visit was […]
That’s Zurich West. Tom Wildt’s office at the “New Trans Pacific” is just round the corner. But it’s empty. Tom will never come back.
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Rückblende: “Züri West” in der Shanghai-Geschichte.
Das ist Züri-West. Toms Büro im “New Trans Pacific” befindet sich gleich um die Ecke. Doch es ist leer. Tom wird nie wieder an seinem Schreibtisch […]
“As a result of these skew-whiff thought processes a story, which I had read somewhere, came to mind. A group of IBM bods, armed to the teeth with their powerful laptops, struggle over the Himalayas. Their aim; to reach an isolated Buddhist monastery, where the monks were responsible for counting the names of hundred of […]
“I did not wish to hear any more from E-Wa about this nerve-wracking situation. I wanted to hear more about Babs. Actually, no, I did not want to hear anything more at all. I just wanted to get away. Away from this filthy basement, crammed full with unseen, mysterious, electronic apparatus, this miserable hole, under […]
It happened at midnight. I had a strange feeling that the whole Peace Hotel was detaching itself from its foundations, hurling itself, accelerating as from an underground rocket launcher, away from Nanjing Road and flying through time and space.
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Rückblende: Fliegendes Hotel in der Shanghai-Geschichte?
Es passierte um Mitternacht. Ich hatte das komische Gefühl, das ganze […]