Gangs of Old Shanghai: The Kan Gang/Unione Corse

A who's who of old time organized crime.

by Paul French, 29 September 2019

Author Paul French on Shanghai's Laowai Gangsters & Beijing's Sordid Past

We chat with French about the new book, his collection of rare China photos and the laowai of decades past.

by Noelle Mateer, 07 March 2018

Strangers on the Praia: Refugees and Resistance in Wartime Macao

Paul French weaves together the stories of those Jewish refugees who moved on from wartime Shanghai to seek a possible route to freedom via the Portuguese colony.

by Paul French, 04 August 2020

Carry on Kidnapping: A New Paul French Podcast

Northern China, 1932, a chaotic time when poverty, war and desperation led to an epidemic of kidnappings.

by Ned Kelly, 19 September 2022

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