

Mark Elvin & G. William Skinner, The Chinese City Between Two Worlds.

Source: Flickr Fin_de_Siecle.
A rare view of Chaohui Guildhall 潮惠会馆 (known to the westerners as Swatow Opium Guild), founded in 1839 by the natives of Chaoyang and Huizhou…
Qiaojia Road. Drawing by Lily Ng, from the Drawing Shanghai group. Reference: https://toniski.livejournal.com/ For over a year now, a…
I don't know the exact location of this gated alley photographed in 1909 by Thomas C. Chamberlin, but carved ornaments in the corners under…