Robert Clive Takes Arcot
August 31st, 1751
August 31st, 1751
1930s Shanghai was notoriously populated by characters of dubious political and moral allegiances. Bernard Wasserstein shows how the Japanese used their contacts among the city’s low-life to assist in their invasion and occupation.
Robert Bruce asks if China has refound Confucius.
Paul Murphy on the Raj pioneers who set in train thoughts of conservation in independent India.
Michael Leech on Eastern Art Deco
Michael Rand Hoare probes the truth behind a little-known massacre which is reverberating in Taiwanese politics today.
Annette Bingham on the historic nature of Philippines food.
Charles Boxer examines the impact of 1688 on Anglo-Dutch relationship with nations east of Suez.
Annette Bingham reports on an environmental project in Sri Lanka.
Keith Nurse examines a collection of Indian art at the Powis Castle in Wales.