A band of intrepid Britishers has revived the Shanghai branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (RAS), 150 years after its establishment. The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland was founded in London in 1823 “for the encouragement of science, literature and the arts in relation to Asia.” The early focus of the […]
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Resurrecting an Old Shanghai Institution: the RAS
February 3rd, 2008 · 3 Comments
Tags: 19th century shanghai · architecture · research · social history · the bund