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Paul French on Jessfield Park, Shanghai: A Brief, and Probably Mostly Apocryphal, History

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Guest

In the first of our new series of guest blogs Paul French, writer and prolific blogger, reflects on on the history of what was formerly one of Shanghai’s largest parks. Most recently the author of a new Penguin China Special, Betrayal … Continue reading →

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Burning bright in the forests of the night

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Jamie Carstairs

This tiger sculpture was in the Aw Boon Haw Gardens amusement park (Tiger Balm Gardens) in Happy Valley, Hong Kong. The Tiger Balm Gardens were a sort of Chinese Disneyland theme park, but somehow even more gaudy, ostentatious, sometimes bizarre, … Continue reading →

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