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Title: The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties
That Helped Create Modern China
Author: Jonathan Kaufman
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Book Descriptions: 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
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalistShanghai, 1936. The Cathay
Hotel, located on the city's famous waterfront, is one of the
most glamorous in the world. Built by Victor
Sassoon--billionaire playboy and scion of the Sassoon
dynasty--the hotel hosts a who's who of global celebrities: Noel
Coward has written a draft of Private Lives in his suite and
Charlie Chaplin has entertained his wife-to-be. And a few miles
away, Mao and the nascent Communist Party have been plotting
revolution.By the 1930s, the Sassoons had been doing business in
China for a century, rivaled in wealth and influence by only one
other dynasty--the Kadoories. These two Jewish families, both
originally from Baghdad, stood astride Chinese business and
politics for more than 175 years, profiting from the Opium Wars;
surviving Japanese occupation; courting Chiang Kai-shek; and
losing nearly everything as the Communists swept into power. In
The Last Kings of Shanghai, Jonathan Kaufman tells the
remarkable history of how these families participated in an
economic boom that opened China to the world, but remained blind
to the country's deep inequality and to the political turmoil at
their doorsteps. In a story stretching from Baghdad to Hong Kong
to Shanghai to London, Kaufman enters the lives and minds of
these ambitious men and women to forge a tale of opium
smuggling, family rivalry, political intrigue, and survival.The
book lays bare the moral compromises of the Kadoories and the
Sassoons--and their exceptional foresight, success, and
generosity. At the height of World War II, they joined together
to rescue and protect eighteen thousand Jewish refugees fleeing
Nazism. Though their stay in China started out as a business
opportunity, the country became a home they were reluctant to
leave, even on the eve of revolution. The lavish buildings they
built and the booming businesses they nurtured continue to
define Shanghai and Hong Kong to this day. As the United States
confronts China's rise, and China grapples with the pressures of
breakneck modernization and global power, the long-hidden
odysseys of the Sassoons and the Kadoories hold a key to
understanding the present moment.
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