RAS Shanghai History Club 26 March: Paul French discusses Murders of Old China
Posted: March 25th, 2020 | 2 Comments »I’m back on Zoom again in China – this time with the Royal Asiatic Society’s Shanghai branch…
Revenge, Passion, Greed, Racism, Corruption … 12 unsolved murders.
All reinvestigated. Startling new evidence revealed a century later …
Why did a remote police station, built to combat pirates, find itself at
the centre of a murder-suicide after a constable went on the rampage?
How did Chinese gangsters avoid conviction after serving a deadly dinner
to Frenchtown’s elite? And why is the Foreign Office still withholding a
key document to solving a murder that took place in the Gobi desert in
1935?
By delving deep into 12 of China’s most fascinating murder cases, Murders of Old China delivers a fast-paced journey through China’s early 20th-century history – including its criminal underbelly.
Uncovering
previously unknown connections and exposing the lies, Paul French
queries the verdict of some of China’s most controversial cases,
interweaving true crime with China’s chaotic and complicated history of
foreign occupation and Chinese rival factions.
This Audible Original is downloadable in China and available HERE.
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(your subscription is cancellable any time after the trial).
This
event will be held on the Zoom online platform. Registered participants
will receive the connection link 24 hours before the event
If you have any problems signing up online, just send us an email at bookings@royalasiaticsociety.org.cnand we will add you to the list.
Is is possible to listen to your Zoom talk?
Cheers
there is if you are a member of the Royal Asiatic Society?
If not I’ll be doing it again on zoom in May – where are you in the world? and i’ll send details