DiscoverThe China History PodcastThe unlikely tale of Chinese slave, soldier and tycoon Jiang Zonghan
The unlikely tale of Chinese slave, soldier and tycoon Jiang Zonghan

The unlikely tale of Chinese slave, soldier and tycoon Jiang Zonghan

Update: 2024-08-11
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Here's a reading of an article recently published in the South China Morning Post, written by travel writer David Leffman. On his most recent trip to Yunnan to work on his upcoming book on the 1875 Margary Affair, David had a chance encounter with a taxi driver who was a sixth-generation descendent of Jiang Zonghan, someone closely related to the little-known but rather consequential event that took place in February 1875 along the Yunnan-Myanmar border. Here's a link to the article. https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3272812/who-built-first-bridge-over-yangtze-river-unlikely-tale-chinese-slave-soldier-and-tycoon-jiang

Website: https://www.davidleffman.com/


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The unlikely tale of Chinese slave, soldier and tycoon Jiang Zonghan

The unlikely tale of Chinese slave, soldier and tycoon Jiang Zonghan

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