October 10 was celebrated in Republican China as the National Day. Old Shanghai newspapers published special anniversary issues, telling the readers about China’s growth and development. They had spectacular covers. Here are some, for instance:


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"It has taken some 16 years for the United States to recognize the Soviet Union, but it took a much shorter time for many Americans here and elsewhere to recognize Russian girls, and then to marry them. In China, and in Shanghai in particular, there have been a considerable number of Russo-American marriages, statistics from official and unofficial ( Read more... )

This curious assessment of Russian personality traits appeared in a Shanghai newspaper almost ninety years ago:

'In all manner of things the average Russian is individualistic, and this proves true whether he is hungry or well-fed. There are other countries in the this world where the men will have their little eccentricities when their pockets ( Read more... )