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EPISODE · Sep 9, 2022 · 9 MIN
[The China Project] The young woman’s suicide that shocked Shanghai
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A century ago today, Xi Shangzhen, the first woman employee of a progressive Shanghai newspaper, committed suicide. The case transcended individual tragedy after details of her life were seized upon by the media to debate the social and economic upheaval of the times.Click here to read the article by James Carter.Narrated by John Darwin Van Fleet.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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A century ago the suicide of Xi Shangzhen, the first woman employee of a progressive Shanghai newspaper, transcended individual tragedy after details of her life were seized upon by the media to debate the social and economic upheaval of the times.
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