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On 29th Octobre 2025, I had the honor to receive the special price award from French online daily “Le Petit Journal”.

Five awards were given on that day: Entrepreneurship, Culture, Social and welfare, most voted price and special price. I was nominated for the special price, rewarding my involvement in the French community for many years as well as the blog Shanghailander.net that has been running for nearly 20 years.

The award was given to me by the French Consul General in Shanghai, Mr Johann Valadou. The award ceremony tool place at Villa Basset, the French Consul General residence in Shanghai.

Full article from lepetitjournal.com (in French) can be found at: https://lepetitjournal.com/shanghai/trophees-des-francais-de-chine-shanghai-decouvrez-les-5-laureats-2025-425810

Shanghailander and my long term passion for Old Shanghai have been rewarded in the past with an award from the Shanghai 3rd culture festival in 2024 as well as an honorary diploma from the French “Société d’histoire des Français de Chine” in 2017.

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On Friday 21st April 2017, I had the honor to give a presentation about Shanghai history for the French Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, organised together with the French Shanghai historical society. The presentation was attended approximately 50 people.

At the end of the presentation, I was rewarded with the honorary diploma from the French Shanghai historical society, for my contribution to awareness of Shanghai history and culture. The diploma (picture below) was given to me by Mr David Maurizot, the secretary of the association who, a few years later, became president.

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