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Her Lotus Year – Shanghai Armed Robberies, 1924

Posted: October 26th, 2024 | No Comments »

When Wallis sojourned in Shanghai in 1924 it wasn’t quite yet the “City of Sin” it would be a decade later, nor the “Chicago on the Huangpu” it would descend into during the Gudao – Solitary Island – period, but it wasn’t exactly crime and excitement free either…..

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