French Concession

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This story is set in 1931, or Year 20 of the Republic, the twentieth year after the revolution that overthrew the Ch’ing Dynasty and created the Republic of China. It takes place in the foreign concessions established by Britain, France, and the United States in the mid-nineteenth century, extraterritorial jurisdictions in the heart of Shanghai. The British and American settlements were soon combined to form what was known as the International Settlement, whereas the French Concession remained independent. Both concessions were returned to the Chinese government during or shortly after the Second World War.

Spelling of Chinese names throughout mostly accords with the Wade-Giles system in use at the time, except where certain conventional names or spellings (such as the Whampoa) are more widely used.

WEISS HSUEH/HSUEH WEI-SHIH, a French-Chinese photojournalist who becomes an unofficial detective for the Political Section of the French Concession Police

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