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Life in Shanghai played out against a backdrop of shifting political maneuvers until World War II burned off the patina that had made ''Old Shanghai'' a world unto itself. In this personal history we follow one man through JapanOCOs conquest of Shanghai in 1937 to the Chinese civil war and Communist takeover, MaoOCOs desperate attempts to modernize a medieval country and Deng XiaopingOCOs opening the economy but not social freedoms. The protagonist lees burgeoning corruption and makes it to the United States to see for himself what the tales of freedom and democracy might offer."

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Old Shanghai and the Clash of Revolution
  • Author : X. L. Woo
  • Release : 01 October 2024
  • Publisher : Algora Publishing
  • ISBN : 9780875869988
  • Genre : Biography & Autobiography
  • Total Page : 217 pages
  • Language : English
  • PDF File Size : 12,8 Mb

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