Shorn Of Their Homes - Chinese refugees are grateful for the food - of a necessity doled out sparingly - which they receive at the relief centres in Shanghai Now, in some parts, even water is a precious possession. This is a scene outside the French concession, Rue des Deuz Republiques in Shanghai where water is distributed from the French mains as there is no water in the Jacquinot Refugee Zone. January 25, 1938. (Photo by Topical Press).