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Xin Zhang, "The Global in the Local: A Century of War, Commerce, and Technology in China" (Harvard UP, 2023)

New Books in Chinese Studies

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The Accident That Killed a Lot of People

In Zhengjiang, at one point in time, people saw about 2,000 Chinese boats carrying foreign flags. Most of them are wooden junks that we have seen in old China as any other wooden boat in China. When the accident occurred, most of these people were thrown into the river Yangtze River. If you don't know how to swim, it's almost for sure that you're going to die.

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