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Extremely rare evidence of Nanjing Massacre filmed by US pastor in 1937
China released another Nanjing Massacre archive: A video by John G. Magee in 1937 for which he risked his life. John G.Magee ...
Monday, October 27, 2014
Hong Kong police force. Note that only the Indian officers are armed. Source: Vintage Chinese postcard.
“Indian” police officers in Shanghai. Source: Vintage Postcard.
History:-
After defeating chinese soldiers by using a combined invasion force of British/American/Russian/Japanese/And colonial Indian troops under British officers
After defeating chinese soldiers by using a combined invasion force of British/American/Russian/Japanese/And colonial Indian troops under British officers
To force Chinese to accept British exported drugs from India
An
“entry team” of officers in the Shanghai Foreign Concession, trained
and led by a British officer. The police needed serious training and
firepower to stand up to the strong criminal gangs that controlled much
of the city. Photographer is unknown, dated 1936.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
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Antique Copper Plate Published London 1670-3 for "An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperor of China..." by Johan Nieuhoff and/or "Atlas Chinensis" by
Arnoldus Montanus. Both Translated by John Ogilby. Originally two
separate works, now usually treated as one. Commonly known as "Ogilby's China" Good paper. Printed both sides of page. Text incomplete.
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