I Can't help but be noticing the very familiar faces of Mao, Lenin and Stalin, Etc. On the Wall....... Somehow; for those who REALLY knows China; why isn't there a Portrait of:- 04-Star (U.S. General) Joseph Warren STILWELL:- (Vinegar Joe)....On the Wall...... That said!.....His Bookshelves of Sino & Western Books are also very Impressive, Too...... I wonder if his:- 'Minions' R interested in the Legendary Private Publications of:- The Author:- Michael Brynner Summerskill. "China on the Western Front: Britain's Chinese Work-Force in the First World War." (1982). Would love to be a Member of:- "The China Club". But; I suspect U have to earn your Place like the Membership of the 'Diogenes Club'. Wow; and I though I was a Proficient; Scholar.....
Shallow, what he knew about Chinese culture are mostly wrong... The costume in Shanghai Tang are not Chinese, they are Manchurian!! The paintings in China Club are not Chinese, it's Jewish-Soviet-Communists!!
Rather Late than Never; What about the Book:- "Port of Last Resort:" The Diaspora Communities of Shanghai - Softcover Pub. Date:- 2003. Auth. Ristaino, Marcia Reynders.
Thank you Dave. You are a testament to the excitement, colour and gift of self expression... and you lived it so well!
I Can't help but be noticing the very familiar faces of Mao, Lenin and Stalin, Etc. On the Wall.......
Somehow; for those who REALLY knows China; why isn't there a Portrait of:-
04-Star (U.S. General) Joseph Warren STILWELL:- (Vinegar Joe)....On the Wall......
That said!.....His Bookshelves of Sino & Western Books are also very Impressive, Too......
I wonder if his:- 'Minions' R interested in the Legendary Private Publications of:-
The Author:- Michael Brynner Summerskill.
"China on the Western Front: Britain's Chinese Work-Force in the First World War." (1982).
Would love to be a Member of:- "The China Club". But; I suspect U have to earn your Place like the Membership of the 'Diogenes Club'.
Wow; and I though I was a Proficient; Scholar.....
Shallow, what he knew about Chinese culture are mostly wrong...
The costume in Shanghai Tang are not Chinese, they are Manchurian!!
The paintings in China Club are not Chinese, it's Jewish-Soviet-Communists!!
those are oil paintings. Google Chinese oil paintings or use wikipedia
Rather Late than Never;
What about the Book:-
"Port of Last Resort:"
The Diaspora Communities of Shanghai - Softcover
Pub. Date:- 2003.
Auth. Ristaino, Marcia Reynders.