By Paul French Shanghai’s sin districts that catered to foreigners were many and varied. They appeared moments after the city …
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Yellow Peril: Sinophobia and the Great War, A Q&A with Dr. Anne Witchard
By Paul French Anne Witchard’s England’s Yellow Peril: Sinophobia and the Great War is the final volume in the Penguin …
The Book the China Crowd Missed – Lawrence Osborne’s The Ballad of a Small Player
By Paul French Every so often, a novel that captures the essence and flavors of the modern China experience is …
Obsessing Over JG Ballard and His Terrible City
All images by James H. Bollen. By Paul French James H. Bollen is a British photographer, author, and translator based …
A Short Look at the Long Literary History of Spies in Asia
By Paul French One of the most noteworthy books set to hit the U.S. market next week is Olivia Milburn …
Remembering Jack London’s Oriental War
By Paul French “I am disgusted! I’ll never go to a war between Orientals again. The vexations and delay are …
Sherlock Holmes and the Curious Case of Several Million Chinese Fans
Image from ChinaSmack. By Paul French After a hiatus of a couple of decades China’s love affair with England’s greatest …
Writing about China and Eponymous Adjectives
By Paul French In the wake of new Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s “Third Plenum” — the first policy-focused general meeting …