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PASSAGE TO CHINA PAST

It’s easy to see what first brought the burgeoning Shanghai elite to Moganshan in the late 19th century. The hillside retreat is a balm for those scorched by the city’s blistering summers, blanketed in bamboo forests and scored with winding paths. At the height of its popularity in the early 20th century, more than 300 foreigners, alongside

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