The Jesuits at the Chinese Court
In the spring of 1601 a mechanical clock was carried into the Forbidden City at Beijing, and for the first time in the history…
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Secret War in Shanghai
In July 1940 a young woman calling herself Princess Sumaire stepped off a boat from India and took a suite at the Cathay Hotel…
19 min read
Rana Mitter and China’s Forgotten War
For most British and American readers, the Second World War in Asia used to be a story about Pearl Harbor, Burma and the atomic…
15 min read