ChinaRhyming
Paul FrenchRecreating Old China
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ChinaRhyming (Long Reads) - FH Schiff in the French Concession
Friedrich “FH” Schiff
I've had reason to mention the Austrian artist in Shanghai Friedrich "FH" Schiff many times in my work, most recently about his illustrations for a book with Ellen Thorbecke - Peking Studies (1934). Schiff (1908-19...
August 3 2026 - ChinaRhyming - From the Western Hills to Pyongyang and beyond... & Some Dates for Your Diary
Visiting Bussière Garden, Western Hills, Beijing…
A short video from a recent visit to Bussière Garden (Jardin Bussière) in the Western Hills just outside Beijing last March with the Royal Asiatic Society Beijing. Just before exploring...
ChinaRhyming (Long Reads) - June 17 - Chinese Resistance to Japanese Encroachment Policies - Shanghai 1935
With a bit more time as it’s summer I thought perhaps I’d start to occasionally post some of the longer pieces from my blog, Chinarhyming.com, for my Substack audience too… I’ll start with an interesting small nugget of Shanghai and Chinese...
July 13 2026 - Summer Festivals, Sales and Reads
Summer Sale - China Revisited 5-Book Bundle
A summer sale on old travellers’ tales of southern China, Hong Kong and Macao - Blacksmith Book’s China Revisited Series Book Bundle - now HK$320 for all five titles… save 20% travel classics...
June 1 2026 - ChinaRhyming - M-Fest Heads to France
M Fest
So, if you loved M Fests in Shanghai (M on the Bund), Beijing (Capital M) and the literary events in Hong Kong (M on the Fringe) then the M Festival this late July (25/26) in Nanteuil-en-Vallée, Charente, France is for you.
The...
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Return to the City of Darkness - Kowloon Walled City (BBC Radio 3) is now on BBCSounds. My new book The Last Emperor of China: Twilight of the Forbidden City (Elliot & Thompson/St Martin’s Press) out 27/8/26
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