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The Peking Express The Bandits Who Stole A Train Stunned The West And Broke The Republic Of China James M Zimmerman

Name: The Peking Express The Bandits Who Stole A Train Stunned The West And Broke The Republic Of China James M Zimmerman
SKU: BELL-48457028
Price: 31.00 USD
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Rating: 4.1 (20 reviews)

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The Peking Express The Bandits Who Stole A Train Stunned The West And Broke The Republic Of China James M Zimmerman instant download after payment.

Publisher: PublicAffairs

File Extension: EPUB

File size: 16.38 MB

Pages: 352

Author: James M Zimmerman

ISBN: 9781541701700, 1541701704

Language: English

Year: 2023

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The Peking Express The Bandits Who Stole A Train Stunned The West And Broke The Republic Of China James M Zimmerman by James M Zimmerman 9781541701700, 1541701704 instant download after payment.

A Murder on the Orient Express–style adventure, set in China’s republican era

In May 1923, when Shanghai publisher & reporter John Benjamin Powell bought a first-class ticket for the Peking Express, he pictured an idyllic overnight journey on a brand-new train of unprecedented luxury—exactly what the advertisements promised. Seeing his fellow passengers, including mysterious Italian lawyer Giuseppe Musso, a confidante of Mussolini & lawyer for the opium trade, and American heiress Lucy Aldrich, sister-in-law of John D. Rockefeller Jr., he knew it would be an unforgettable trip.

Charismatic bandit leader & populist rabble rouser Sun Mei-yao had also taken notice of the new train from Shanghai to Peking. On the night of Powell’s trip of a lifetime, Sun launched his plan to make a brazen political statement: he & a thousand fellow bandits descended on the train, capturing dozens of hostages.

Aided by local proxy authorities, the humiliated Peking government soon furiously gave chase. At the bandits’ mountain stronghold, a five-week siege began.

Brilliantly written, with new & original research, The Peking Express tells the incredible true story of a clash that shocked the world—becoming so celebrated it inspired several Hollywood movies—and set the course for China’s two-decade civil war.

James M. Zimmerman is a Beijing-based lawyer who has lived & worked in China for over 25 years. He is among China's leading foreign lawyers and represents companies & individuals confronted with the political & legal complexities of doing business in Mainland China. He is the author of the China Law Deskbook, published by the American Bar Association, & is frequently featured as a political commentator on US-China relations in various print & broadcast media around the globe. He is the former four-term Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China.