Shanghai Beach·1843
by Bian Junjun
About This Novel
Shanghai, before 1843, was just an unknown city among many small counties in China. After the Opium War, it was discovered, and Westerners used ships and artillery to blast it into a new city that connected the east and west. Since then, Shanghai has become a bridgehead for Western civilization to enter China and a window for the ancient Chinese nation to face the world. However, is the rise of this city a humiliation? Is it progress? In 1843, the missionary John Medus founded the Mohai Library, and modern printing technology was introduced to China. Shanghai became the base for the spread of modern Western learning to the east. In 1845, the first concession in modern Chinese history, the British Concession, appeared on the Shanghai Bund. In 1847, the British Liru Bank entered the Shanghai concession. Since then, Shanghai has gradually become the financial center of Asia; 1854 In 1998, the Knife Society revolted, and Shanghai Customs was stolen by foreign powers. This became the beginning of foreign control of China's customs agencies... In 1843, Shanghai opened as a port, and the former beachfront became China's most Western and modern capital. Eastern and Western civilizations met and stirred up here, and the waves created by the collision changed the development history of this city and affected the entire modern history of China. It is a city that has witnessed the ups and downs of modern China!
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