Shanghai'd - Brossura

Dinlocker, Ralph

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1434307239 ISBN 13: 9781434307231

Casa editrice: AuthorHouse, 2007

Riassunto

Fact: In the 1200 AD, Jews settled in the Chinese town of Kaifeng.Fact: In the 1920's, Iraqi Jews were some of the richest citizens in Shanghai.Fact: In the 1920's, the 1st Chinese Communist Party Congress convened in Shanghai.Fact: In the 1930's and '40's, Jewish refugees escaping Europe settled in Shanghai.Fact: In July 2000, the United States stopped Israel from selling AWACS technology to China. In July 2001, the Israelis and the Chinese collaborate on a far more daring plan. Ex-oilfield worker/now art critic Joe Fleischer escapes criminal charges after an Indonesian oilrig explosion. When Joe's ex-boss and a mysterious Chinese man question him about a paper cutting at a Shanghai art exhibition, Joe discovers an Israeli/Chinese plot hatched by early Chinese Communists and wealthy Jewish immigrants in 1934.

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L'autore

In 1974, the author left New York City to sell his paintings on the West Coast of the United States. In 1976, with a Pong championship to his credit, he accepted a job in Iran where he met his wife.After the Revolution, the author, his wife and the Shah all left Iran for Egypt. Two of them got jobs...the other one died. The author has since lived in and written about Iran, Egypt, Indonesia, Haiti and Shanghai. His novels are 'The Missionary Position', about Angela Benedetto's adventures in Irian Jaya, 'My Enemy, My Friend', about a love affair during the Iranian Revolution 'Shanghai'd' about a Chinese/Israeli plot originating in 1930's Shanghai, 'Maiden Shanghai', about Shanghai's Green Gang's covert aid to China's Xinjiang Seperatists and Something Came Up about a young man's search for self. He has written published articles for Channel East Magazine, West-East Magazine, Media Magazine, Asian Hotel and Catering Magazine, www.zingasia.com, www.chinaOnline.com and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He now writes while out-dodging drivers who don't signal and waiting on telephone trees when he wants to communicate.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: AuthorHouse
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1434307239
• ISBN 13: 9781434307231
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 360
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile