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Graeme Sheppard
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Dead, drunk or driven insane: British consuls in pre-1949 China
From 1843 to 1949, the typical British consul’s time in China was beset by social isolation, mental illness, alcoholism and disease, often in ‘alien, remote, and hazardous surroundings’
3 Jul 2019 - 5:18PM
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Chinese history