James Carter, professor of history at Saint Joseph's University, is the author of three books on Chinese history and is a Fellow of the National Committee on US-China Relations. He lives in Ewing, New Jersey.
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How a single day revealed the history and foreshadowed the future of Shanghai. It is November 12, 1941, and the world is at war. In Shanghai, just weeks before Pearl Harbor, thousands celebrate the birthday of China's founding father, Sun Yat-sen, in a n... SEE MORE