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*[http://www.academia.edu/1522560/The_Raj_on_Nanjing_Road_Sikh_Policemen_in_Treaty-Port_Shanghai "The Raj on Nanjing Road: Sikh Policemen in Treaty-Port Shanghai"] by Isabella Jackson ''Modern Asian Studies'' March 2013, pp 1 – 33
*[http://www.academia.edu/1522560/The_Raj_on_Nanjing_Road_Sikh_Policemen_in_Treaty-Port_Shanghai "The Raj on Nanjing Road: Sikh Policemen in Treaty-Port Shanghai"] by Isabella Jackson ''Modern Asian Studies'' March 2013, pp 1 – 33
*[http://avezink.livejournal.com/24214.html Doctor Smolnikoff's memoir: My Sikhs] : Translated extracts from Victor Smolnikoff 's memoir of the 1940s in Shanghai (written in the 1970s in Russia). He worked as a doctor until 1954 in Shanghai, when he and his family were repatriated to the Soviet Union. avezink.livejournal.com. Most Sikhs were in the employ of the Shanghai Municipal Police.
*[http://avezink.livejournal.com/24214.html Doctor Smolnikoff's memoir: My Sikhs] : Translated extracts from Victor Smolnikoff 's memoir of the 1940s in Shanghai (written in the 1970s in Russia). He worked as a doctor until 1954 in Shanghai, when he and his family were repatriated to the Soviet Union. avezink.livejournal.com. Most Sikhs were in the employ of the Shanghai Municipal Police.
*[http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123631167597549481 "From 'Hunting Opium and Other Scents' to '400 Million Customers'"] by Hugo Restall March 6, 2009 ''The Wall Street Journal''. Expat writers in the first half of the 20th century. Hugo Restall was then editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160602212006/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123631167597549481 "From 'Hunting Opium and Other Scents' to '400 Million Customers'"] by Hugo Restall March 6, 2009 ''The Wall Street Journal'', now an archived page. Expat writers in the first half of the 20th century. Hugo Restall was then editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review.
*Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dba67SLBQzM Old Shanghai 1930s] YouTube video.


===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===

Revision as of 01:02, 21 December 2016

Shanghai
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Pudong Waterfront, Shanghai
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Presidency:
Coordinates: 31.202462°N, 121.49743°E
Altitude: 4 m (13 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Shanghai
State/Province: Shanghai Metropolitan Area
Country: China
Transport links

Shanghai, the largest centre of commerce and finance in China, is situated at the mouth of the Yangtse River. First opened as a treaty port following the 1st China War, it became a multinational business hub by the 1930s.

History

Capture of Shanghai 1842
Battle of Shanghai 1860

Records

  • Shanghai Ancestors from China Coast Family History, Chinese Customs Project, University of Bristol has various information, including a number of useful databases, on its website which may assist in the search for European ancestors. These databases include a searchable named index of Chinese probates, cemetery information and directory extracts. Also includes an alphabetical database of names for Shanghai Municipal Police.

External links

Historical books online

References