By The Straits Times | Created at 2024-11-01 10:12:55 | Updated at 2024-11-01 12:25:33
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Some eight decades on, the Chongqing government has given these underground shelters a new lease of life.
In this episode, ST’s foreign editor Li Xueying speaks to China correspondent Aw Cheng Wei about what it is like to be in those bunkers today, and why Chongqing is approaching its wartime past different from other Chinese cities.
Highlights (click/tap above):
00:50 - Bookshops, car washes and mahjong sessions
03:00 - A real coming to terms with its history?
09:00 - Making the most of one’s past
14:10 - The Straits Times sets up shop in Chongqing
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