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Visualising China in a global war
Dr Helena F. S. Lopes is currently a Senior Research Associate in the History of Hong Kong and a Lecturer in Modern Chinese History at the University of Bristol. She holds a DPhil in History from the University of Oxford. … Continue reading
Posted in Collections
Tagged Beijing, Chongqing, diplomacy, refugees, Second World War, Shanghai, Sino-Japanese War, war, women, Wuhan, Xi'an
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On display in Chongqing
The project sometimes takes legs, and on 14 June at Chongqing Tiandi, British Deputy Consul-General Benedict Mann opened a new exhibition of project photographs, ‘Picturing China 1870-1950: Photographs from British Collections’, “1870—1950：英国收藏的中国影像”. This collaboration with the communications team in Chongqing, … Continue reading
The Song of the River
Porters would carry heavy loads and full pails up from the river into the city of Chungking, scaling long flights of steps, as in this photograph taken by Warren Swire: Steps in Taiping Men, Chungking, 1920. See also Sw19-067, below. … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibition, Image Annotation, Photograph of the day
Tagged Chongqing, Chungking, exhibition, Maugham, porter, river, song, steps, Swire, work
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Chongqing 1920 重庆老照片
Chongqing, capital of Sichuan province is in the news at present. This photograph of a crowded narrow street there was taken in 1920 by British businessman Warren Swire. Many of our photographs of the city focus on the stunning, steep … Continue reading
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Tagged Chongqing, gate, signs, street
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