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All Saints Church
Begin the tour on Middle Fuxing Rd (formerly rue Lafayette), first passing the red-brick
Italianate
All Saints Church
(1925) and then the
Park Apartments
(1926) and smaller
private villas fronted by large palm trees, which date to the same era.
Former Residence of Liu Haisu
On Middle Fuxing Rd at No 512 is the
Former Residence of Liu Haisu
(1896-1994), a
20th-century artist who revolutionised traditional Chinese art by introducing Western
painting styles.
Dubail Apartment Building
The
Dubail Apartment Building
(1931) was the one-time home of US journalist and
communist sympathiser Agnes Smedley (1892-1950). Smedley reported extensively on
