A new investigation (in Chinese) of the provenance of the villa at former 191 Route Dupleix establishes that the original landlord was R. B. Mauchan, Superintendant Engineer at Kiangnan Dock & Engineering Works. The house, whose address is now 201 Anfu Road 安福路201号, was abundantly photographed in 1946, when it served as the residence of Shanghai ( Read more... )

“Over the past 30 years, how many tales have we been told about the miracles of authoritarian modernization? How many times have “experienced diplomats” waving realpolitik banners whispered in our ears, ‘Don't pressure this dictator about human rights, you will scare him away. He is ready for economic reforms, and that’s more important, you have to ( Read more... )

https://www.rp-net.ru/book/archival_materials/ivelskiy.phpThis is a very simply but vividly written memoir of a poor émigré's sojourn in China, from his arrival in 1924 to his departure in 1950. During this time he lived in Harbin, Tianjin and Shanghai, always scraping the bottom, working as a dockworker, a bodyguard and a truck driver. He ( Read more... )

Here is how China will deal with the extra-terri-tori-ality, according to Sapajou in 1929:


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