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*William E Fairbairn was with the Shanghai Municipal Police for over 30 years from 1907 where he developed a system of Self Defence. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_E._Fairbairn William E. Fairbairn] Wikipedia. [https://www.myselfdefensetraining.com/history-of-self-defense-fairbairns-defendu/ "History of Self Defense: Fairbairn's DEFENDU"] September 21, 2015 myselfdefensetraining.com.
: W E Fairbairn's first book ''Defendu. Scientific Self-Defence'' was published in Shanghai in 1926 and is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001192954, along with a number of his other titles, as is a biography ''The legend of W.E. Fairbairn : gentleman & warrior : the Shanghai years'' research by Peter Robins & Nicholas Tyler ; compiled & edited by Paul R. Child 2004 UIN: BLL01013468205. One volume, first published 1931, is available online, refer below.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160602212006/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123631167597549481 "From 'Hunting Opium and Other Scents' to '400 Million Customers'"] by Hugo Restall March 6, 2009 ''The Wall Street Journal'', now an archived page. Expat writers in the first half of the 20th century. Hugo Restall was then editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review. Personal memoirs mentioned which are available at the British Library include ''Hunting Opium and Other Scents'' by Maurice Springfield (British assistant police commissioner) UIN: BLL01003468563 ([https://books.google.com.au/books?id=dXZFAAAAMAAJ Searchable, but not viewable Google Books]) ; ''Shanghai Saga'' by John Pal (an officer of Chinese Customs) UIN: BLL01002750919 ([https://books.google.com.au/books?id=LnAJAQAAIAAJ Searchable, but not viewable Google Books]) ; ''Stone - paper - scissors : Shanghai, 1921-1945 : an autobiography'' by the Stead sisters (daughters of a British real-estate man) UIN: BLL01008149019 . ''I Didn't Make a Million'' by Whitey Smith first published 1956 in Manila, republished with the additional title wording ''How Jazz Came to China''. Details of the book, including extracts.<ref>[http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2017/5/19/the-story-and-the-songs-of-jazz-bandleader-whitey-smith-the-man-who-taught-china-to-dance-in-shanghai-1920s-1930s "Jazz Bandleader Whitey Smith, “The Man Who Taught China to Dance” in Shanghai, 1920s-1930s"] shanghaisojourns.net. [https://issuu.com/filipinasheritagelibrary/docs/rhc-013574 A few sample pages] including front cover and Introduction. issuu.com/filipinasheritagelibrary.</ref>
: See [[Hong Kong]] for more details of ''The Breach in the Wall: A Memoir of Old China'' by Enid Saunders Candlin (born in Shanghai, daughter of a tea merchant) 1973 UIN: BLL01000594031
*[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/26/top-10-books-about-old-shanghai "Top 10 books about Old Shanghai"] by Paul French 26 September 2018 ''The Guardian''. Old in this article refers to the 1930s onwards.
