Tag: Jonathan Hutt

Emily Hahn

Post author By Karen Kao
Post date 2020-06-15

Emily Hahn is what you might call an adventuress. She liked to be called Mickey. She had a deep-seated desire for opium and a pet gibbon named Mr. Mills. Hahn held a degree in mining engineering and a lot of street smarts. Her first book was a satirical look at the way men court women, […]

Tags Emily Hahn, Jonathan Hutt, Lynn Pan, Taras Grescoe

Shanghai

Shanghai Mind

Post author By Karen Kao
Post date 2018-08-08

To shanghai is to Force (someone) to join a ship lacking a full crew by drugging them or using other underhand means. The word dates back to late 19th century Shanghai and, indeed, all the tropes are there. The drugs, the crime, the indentured service. When we think of the residents of Shanghai, we see […]

Tags Alex Gobin, Andrew David Field, Arthur Ransome, Emily Hahn, Jane Wang, Jonathan Hutt, Juli Min, Lynn Pan, Paul French, Shao Xunmei, The Shanghai Literary Review

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