Shanghai Baby is a novel written by Chinese author Wei Hui.

A graduate of Fudan University, Coco has written a successful collection of short stories, The Shriek of the Butterfly, which, unusually for China, have sexually frank themes written from a woman's point of view.

His mother left him in the care of his grandmother when he was a small boy, after his father mysteriously died.

Coco soon meets another man – a large, blond German named Mark who is living and working in Shanghai.

Coco continues her relationship with Mark, even after meeting his wife and child at a company-sponsored event.

In 2007, the novel was made into a film Shanghai Baby [it] directed by Berengar Pfahl [de] and starring Chinese actress Bai Ling in the lead role of Coco.