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George Morrison’s An Australian in China

George Morrison, before he became the London Times’ megalomaniacal correspondent in 1897, was an adventurer and explorer. His arrival in China is documented in this book.

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Linda Jaivin’s A Most Immoral Woman

Based on her findings about the love affair between The Times of London correspondent George Morrison and Mae Ruth Perkins, daughter of a millonaire, the author presents picture of China at the beginning of the twentieth century when Japan and Russia were both forces closing in.

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Houseboat days

Book excerpt: Houseboat Days by J.O.P. Bland, with an introduction by Paul French.

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George Morrison’s vanished Beijing library

The finest collection of China books in the world The online journal China Heritage Quarterly has a new issue out. The theme is the studio: “zhai, shuzhai, shufang—the scholar-writer’s place of creative engagement with the written word, or artistic practice. … Continue reading

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