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Patriotic Warlords, Big Eared Gangsters & Dancing All Night: China Between the Wars

Posted: March 11th, 2010 | No Comments »

A roadblock of events this coming week. I’m on the road round the China festivals with Jonathan Fenby talking about China between the wars and current reassessments of the Republican period – if you’re in Peking or Suzhou pop along why don’t you.

Beijing International Literary Festival 2010

Patriotic Warlords, Big Eared Gangsters & Dancing All Night: China Between the Wars

Paul French (Carl Crow – A Tough Old China Hand and Through the Looking Glass) and Jonathan Fenby (The Penguin History of Modern China) hark back to pre-PRC times to look at and reassess the heady days of China in the 1930’s.

Date: Saturday 13th March

Time: 12.30pm

Venue: The Beijing Bookworm – Building 4, Nan Sanlitun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing

Price: RMB50

More Details and Tickets: http://www.beijingbookworm.com/literaryfestival.php

And then again at the:

Suzhou International Literary Festival 2010

Date: Tuesday 16th March

Time: 7.30pm

Venue: The Suzhou Bookworm – Gunxiufang 77, Shiquan Road, Suzhou

Price: RMB30

More Details and Tickets: http://www.suzhoubookworm.com/literaryfestival.php

Bolero night club - 1941



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