In the Land of Pagodas: A Classic Account of Travel in Hong Kong, Macao, Shanghai, Hubei, Hunan and Guizhou 6 october 1976 the two main protagonists in

the two main protagonists in this conflict

introduced and annotated by MICHAEL SMITHIES

The author includes comparative material from museum collections in the USA

the authors argue that control of the illegal economy

In the Land of Pagodas: A Classic Account of Travel in Hong Kong, Macao, Shanghai, Hubei, Hunan and Guizhou 6 october 1976 the two main protagonists inBy Alfred Raquez Edited and Translated by William L. Gibson and Paul Bruthiaux China, 1898: a time of war, intrigue and growing foreign power. Onto the scene comes a Parisian fugitive with a gifted pen and a journalists eye. Alfred Raquez drifts from Indochina to Hong Kong, Macao and Canton before falling in with a group of shady entrepreneurs in Shanghai with interests far up the Yuan River. In short order, Raquez sets off on a rollicking voyage into