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Page 13
... British flag waves over a portion of the Chinese Empire for the first time ! Chusan fell into the hands of the English on Sunday , the 5th of July , and one more settlement in the Far East was added to the British Crown . " On June 9 ...
... British flag waves over a portion of the Chinese Empire for the first time ! Chusan fell into the hands of the English on Sunday , the 5th of July , and one more settlement in the Far East was added to the British Crown . " On June 9 ...
Page 18
... British settlement and the Chinese walled city grew to a French concession of just under four miles . The Suzhou Creek separated the British from the American zone , established over today's Hongkou district through leases secured by ...
... British settlement and the Chinese walled city grew to a French concession of just under four miles . The Suzhou Creek separated the British from the American zone , established over today's Hongkou district through leases secured by ...
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... British Consulate , which once stood solidly in the middle of a velvety English lawn , on a site acquired by the first British Consul , Sir Rutherford Alcock , in 1848. The first consulate had burned down in 1870 , and had had to be ...
... British Consulate , which once stood solidly in the middle of a velvety English lawn , on a site acquired by the first British Consul , Sir Rutherford Alcock , in 1848. The first consulate had burned down in 1870 , and had had to be ...
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American Avenue Joffre became British Buddhist building Bund called Canton Cantonese century Chenghuang Miao Chiang China Chinese city Chinese quarter Club Communist comprador consul cosmopolitan crowd Du Yuesheng English European film Fourth Movement French Concession Fuzhou Road Gate Hall Hongkong and Shanghai Hongkou honour Hotel Huang Huangpu Park Huangpu River imperial International Settlement Jade Buddha Japanese Jiujiang lived London Longhua Lu Xun merchants missionaries Municipal Council Nanking native Ningbo Number old Shanghai once opium Pan Ling Peking Pudong Qiu Haitang Renmin residents restaurants revolutionary rich Road East Ruan Lingyu Russian Sassoon House scholar Shanghai Bank Shanghailanders Shanghainese shops singsong girls Small Swords Society Soong St John's stands stick Sun Yat-sen Suzhou Creek Taiping taste Temple Tibet Road Today today's town trade Waibaidu Bridge wall waterfront Western whore Wusong Xujiahui Yangzi young Yu Qiaqing Yu Yuan Yuesheng Zhang Gardens Zhongshan