The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China Later in Life "Only the most powerful and

"Only the most powerful and honorable semidioses get chosen

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The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China Later in Life "Only the most powerful and"In vivid detail examines the little known history of two extraordinary dynasties." The Boston Globe "Not just a brilliant, well researched, and highly readable book about China's past, it also reveals the contingencies and ironic twists of fate in China's modern history." LA Review of Books An epic, multigenerational story of two rival dynasties who flourished in Shanghai and Hong Kong as twentieth century China surged into the modern era, from the