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china

Cover of Mahjong: A Chinese Game and the Making of Modern American Culture
Non­fic­tion
Mahjong: A Chi­nese Game and the Mak­ing of Mod­ern Amer­i­can Culture
Annelise Heinz
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Non­fic­tion
The Last Kings of Shang­hai: The Rival Jew­ish Dynas­ties That Helped Cre­ate Mod­ern China
Jonathan Kauf­man
Essay

Writ­ing Out of Our Minds

Rachel DeWoskin
June 10, 2020
Cover of The Tenth Muse
Fic­tion
The Tenth Muse
Cather­ine Chung
Cover of The Song of the Jade Lily
Fic­tion
The Song of the Jade Lily
Kirsty Man­ning
Cover of Someday We Will Fly
Chil­dren’s
Some­day We Will Fly
Rachel DeWoskin
Essay

‘Writ­ing Their Ways Toward Hope’: Sur­viv­ing World War II in Shanghai

Rachel DeWoskin
July 8, 2019
Interview

An Inter­view with Spencer Wise

Emi­ly Sulzman
August 22, 2018
Cover of Etrog: How a Chinese Fruit Became a Jewish Symbol
Non­fic­tion
Etrog: How a Chi­nese Fruit Became a Jew­ish Symbol
David Z. Moster
Cover of The Emperor of Shoes
Fic­tion
The Emper­or of Shoes
Spencer Wise
Cover of Shanghai Sukkah
Chil­dren’s
Shang­hai Sukkah
Heidi Smith Hyde; Jing Jing Tsong, illus.
Essay

Par­ent-Child Book Club: Shang­hai Jews

What trends in adult lit­er­a­ture often sees its reflec­tion in children’s pub­li­ca­tions — and now, more than ever, the oth­er way around. In review­ing the 2014 – 2015 JBC…
JBC Staff
August 21, 2014
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Fic­tion
Night in Shanghai
Nicole Mon­es
Cover of Shanghai Escape
Chil­dren’s
Shang­hai Escape
Kathy Kac­er
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Non­fic­tion
Exo­dus to Shang­hai: Sto­ries of Escape from the Third Reich
Steve Hochstadt
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Non­fic­tion
Jew­ish Way­far­ers in Mod­ern Chi­na: Tragedy and Splendor
Matthias Messmer
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