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    Into the Shanghai Trenches: A Psychogeography of Sin in Old Shanghai

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    By Paul French Shanghai’s sin districts that catered to foreigners were many and varied. They appeared moments after the city …

    Yellow Peril: Sinophobia and the Great War, A Q&A with Dr. Anne Witchard

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    By Paul French In the wake of new Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s “Third Plenum” — the first policy-focused general meeting …