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H.G.W. Woodhead – Opinionated and Prolific
Paul French, the author of this guest blog, lived and worked in Shanghai for many years. French’s 2018 book ‘City of Devils’ was his much-anticipated second literary non-fiction book and was a Kirkus Book of the Year. Devils followed ‘Midnight … Continue reading
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Tagged author, journalism, journalist, Tianjin, Tientsin, Woodhead
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‘So this is fame’! Margot Fonteyn in China
Today sees the unveiling by the blog’s colleague Ronald Hutton of an English Heritage Blue Plaque at the flat in London’s Covent Garden where Margot Fonteyn lived when Prima Ballerina of Sadler’s Wells Ballet. The blog knows her better as Peggy Hookham, … Continue reading
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Tagged dance, Heritage, Shanghai, Tianjin
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Graduation!
The University of Bristol this week held its first graduation cemeremony in China. Two hundred students attended the ceremony in Beijing, and it is planned that this event will be held every two years. To mark the occasion here is … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglo-Chinese, Bovell, College, education, graduate, scholar, Tianjin, University
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Piazza Regina Elina, Italian Concession, Tientsin
Between 1860 and 1945, the Chinese port city of Tientsin (Tianjin) was the site of up to nine foreign-controlled concessions, as well as, temporarily, a multi-national military government (1900-02), and a series of evolving municipal administrations. This photograph (Gr01-100) on … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, concrete, design, Grove, memorial, parking, Tianjin, villa;fountain
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