Submitted by lizchater on Thu, 09/22/2011 - 22:30 Found this submitted online. http://www.bris.ac.uk/history/customs/ancestors/1872chroniclechina.pdf Book traversal links for 1872 The Chronicle & Directory for China, Japan and Philippines ‹ 1845..51 Anglo-Chinese Calendar for the year Up 1884 Principle Residents › Log in or register to post comments Thanks Liz, that's a good Thanks Liz, that's a good resource. If anyone knows of other years' copies available online, please let us know in the comments below. Regards, David Log in or register to post comments Directories, etc Same source as Liz, but there's a quite a bit more here, though not all the material is complete as it focuses mainly on Shanghai: https://www.bris.ac.uk/history/customs/ancestors/directories.html Log in or register to post comments Men of Shanghai and North China Directory Part 2 Interestingto note that the entry for Duo Yung, probably the most powerful figure ever in Chinese organised crime, carries the scrawled Chinese character annotation"Siu Ching Bong" , thus correctly identifying him as a Green Gang operative! Log in or register to post comments
Thanks Liz, that's a good Thanks Liz, that's a good resource. If anyone knows of other years' copies available online, please let us know in the comments below. Regards, David Log in or register to post comments
Directories, etc Same source as Liz, but there's a quite a bit more here, though not all the material is complete as it focuses mainly on Shanghai: https://www.bris.ac.uk/history/customs/ancestors/directories.html Log in or register to post comments
Men of Shanghai and North China Directory Part 2 Interestingto note that the entry for Duo Yung, probably the most powerful figure ever in Chinese organised crime, carries the scrawled Chinese character annotation"Siu Ching Bong" , thus correctly identifying him as a Green Gang operative! Log in or register to post comments
Thanks Liz, that's a good
Thanks Liz, that's a good resource.
If anyone knows of other years' copies available online, please let us know in the comments below.
Regards, David
Directories, etc
Same source as Liz, but there's a quite a bit more here, though not all the material is complete as it focuses mainly on Shanghai:
https://www.bris.ac.uk/history/customs/ancestors/directories.html
Men of Shanghai and North China Directory Part 2
Interestingto note that the entry for Duo Yung, probably the most powerful figure ever in Chinese organised crime, carries the scrawled Chinese character annotation"Siu Ching Bong" , thus correctly identifying him as a Green Gang operative!