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This alarming (or rather, alarmist) article was published in Tianjin’s anti-Communist newspaper Resurrection of Asia (Vozrozhdenie Azii):



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“Harbin Russians keep streaming into Shanghai like a wide river. From our own experience we remember how hard it is for a newcomer here. Shanghai is a huge and labyrinthine city. Street names are all foreign and odd-sounding. The language is strange - that includes not only the English, but also the Russian. The fiscal system involves triple and ( Read more... )

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The fatuous radio announcement by Molotov in Moscow was at 12:15, which corresponded to 17:15 in Shanghai, according to the time zones back then.

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Excerpts from the China diaries of I. I. and A. N. Serebrennikoff.

1932 год, 12 апреля. На днях в Шанхае застрелились из одного револьвера двое русских эмигрантов, молодых людей, бывших егерей. Мотив самоубийства: «Надоело жить!» Да, долгая жизнь на чужбине начинает изматывать. Проходят лучшие годы, теряется здоровье, а просвета все не видать. ( Read more... )

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