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"The History of China Lost in the West: The Republic of China 1926-1949 Recorded by the Illustrated London News" is a new work in the "History of China Lost in the West" series by Professor Shen Hong. It contains nearly 3,000 precious photos + 1 million words + on-site reports by special reporters. It presents the original appearance of the Republic of China recorded by the "Illustrated London News". "Flying over the turbulent Northeast", "Japanese military operations in Shanghai" - this volume mainly records the Japanese invasion and military operations against China from 1920 to 1934. In addition, there are records of social life and folk customs at that time.

"The History of China Lost in the West: The Republic of China 1926-1949 Recorded by the Illustrated London News" is a new work in the "History of China Lost in the West" series by Professor Shen Hong. It contains nearly 3,000 precious photos + 1 million words + on-site reports by special reporters. It presents the original appearance of the Republic of China recorded by the "Illustrated London News". "Japanese Surrender" and "In a Country with Continuous Civil War: The Spread of Communism in China" - This volume mainly talks about the victory of the Anti-Japanese War and the victory of the People's Liberation War led by the Communist Party. As well as records of post-war people's style, culture, scenery, economy and other social conditions.

"The History of China Lost in the West: The Republic of China 1926-1949 Recorded by the Illustrated London News" is a new work in the "History of China Lost in the West" series by Professor Shen Hong. It contains nearly 3,000 precious photos + 1 million words + on-site reports by special reporters. It presents the original appearance of the Republic of China recorded by the "Illustrated London News". "China at War" - The Japanese invasion of China intensified, war broke out across the land of China, and the people lived in dire straits and suffered, showing the hardship of people's lives and the cruelty of war.

"The History of China Lost in the West: The Republic of China 1926-1949 Recorded by the Illustrated London News" is a new work in the "History of China Lost in the West" series by Professor Shen Hong. It contains nearly 3,000 precious photos + 1 million words + on-site reports by special reporters. It presents the original appearance of the Republic of China recorded by the "Illustrated London News". The book is divided into four volumes in chronological order: 1926-1929, 1930-1934, 1935-1938, and 1939-1949, which reproduces the historical memory of the Republic of China in the past twenty years.

The British "Illustrated London News", founded in 1842, was the world's first weekly magazine with pictures as its main content. He used delicate and vivid dense-line woodcuts and lithographs to reproduce major events around the world as fast as the technical conditions of that era could achieve. The Pictorial paid close attention to the Chinese Empire from the beginning and sent a large number of painters and reporters. From 1857 to 1901 alone, it sent back thousands of sketches and hundreds of thousands of words of written reports about China to the United Kingdom. Most of them are on-site eyewitness reports and are first-hand original data; their views and opinions on historical events are often inconsistent with those in Chinese historical materials, which provides us with an objective reference for studying history; some of the events and details of Chinese social life they report are often blind spots in Chinese historical materials; the systematicness and continuity of their reports are also beyond the reach of many other Chinese and Western historical materials.

The manuscript contains a total of 134 color lithographs published in the French "Le Petit Daily" and "Le Petit Parisien" from 1891 to 1911. The content covers the 1891 lesson plan, the Sino-Japanese War of 1895, Li Hongzhang's visit to Europe in 1896, the Boxer Rebellion, the Eight-Power Allied Forces' invasion of China, the 1905 Russo-Japanese War, the funerals of Empress Dowager Cixi and Guangxu in 1908, Yuan Shikai's military training at the small station in 1909, and Yuan Shikai's braid cutting and taking office as interim president in 1911. It covers many secrets and old news, and the historical materials are precious. This batch of color lithographs, which has never been seen in authoritative collection institutions in China, not only makes up for the shortcomings in the history of early Chinese imaging and modern Chinese printing and publishing history, but more importantly, while tracing that thought-provoking history, it is also possible to examine the profound impact of that period of history on the development of China through a Western perspective. These precious picture materials are first-hand original materials and their origin is France. Their records and views on historical events of this period are often neglected fragments in Chinese historical materials. Some of the events and details of Chinese social life they report are often blind spots in Chinese historical materials; and the systematicness and continuity of their reports are also beyond the reach of many other Chinese and Western historical materials. This provides an objective reference for us to study history. The eyes of others, the Western perspective, and the freeze-frame of history supplement our memories of the Republic of China. Based on the original manuscript, Teacher Shen Hong added 16 new explanations and background introductions to related events, providing a more detailed interpretation of the historical background.