Into the Shanghai Trenches: A Psychogeography of Sin in Old Shanghai
By Paul French Shanghaiβs sin districts that catered to foreigners were many and varied. They appeared moments after the city became a treaty port in the 1840s and survived through to the 1950s....
View ArticleYellow Peril: Sinophobia and the Great War, A Q&A with Dr. Anne Witchard
By Paul French Anne Witchardβs Englandβs Yellow Peril: Sinophobia and the Great War is the final volume in the Penguin China World War One series of short books that have highlighted the various...
View ArticleThe Book the China Crowd Missed β Lawrence Osborneβs The Ballad of a Small...
By Paul French Every so often, a novel that captures the essence and flavors of the modern China experience is published β yet seemingly totally escapes the attentions of the devoted China reading...
View ArticleObsessing Over JG Ballard and His Terrible City
All images by James H. Bollen.Β By Paul French James H. Bollen is a British photographer, author, and translator based in Shanghai. Since arriving in the city half a dozen years ago, he has been...
View ArticleA 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 and Christopher Payneβs English translation of bestselling Chinese espionage author Mai Jiaβs...
View ArticleRemembering Jack Londonβs Oriental War
By Paul French βI am disgusted! Iβll never go to a war between Orientals again. The vexations and delay are too great.β Β Β Β βΒ Jack London Heβd sailed his broken down sloop Razzle Dazzle as an oyster...
View ArticleSherlock Holmes and the Curious Case of Several Million Chinese Fans
Image from ChinaSmack. By Paul French After a hiatus of a couple of decades Chinaβs love affair with Englandβs greatest consulting detective is apparently back on. The BBCβs hit show Sherlock is a...
View ArticleWriting about China and Eponymous Adjectives
By Paul French In the wake of new Chinese leader Xi Jinpingβs βThird Plenumβ β the first policy-focused general meeting heβs presided over since being anointed a year ago β the term βOrwellianβ is once...
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