Beijing University scholars in a painting by Shen Jiawei (1988)
May 4th demonstration (1919)
“An Amusing Illustration of a Citizen’s Duties” (Liangyou huabao; June 30, 1927); Gallery of enlarged panels
Queue cutting after the 1911 Revolution
Dr. Norman Bethune in 1939; photo by Wu Yinxian (China Reconstructs May, 1972)
Chen Bulei, journalist and Chiang Kai-shek’s personal ghost writer, in 1948, shortly before his suicide
Chiang Kai-shek, Chen Bulei (to Chiang’s right), and other KMT officials in Yunan in 1942
Chen Lian, Chen Bulei’s daughter
Tomb of Qiu Jin in Hangzhou, ca. 1913
Memorial stele for Qiu Jin at Xuanting kou, Shaoxing
“The New Year of Victory,” a picture representing the racial policy of the harmony of the five races in Manchuguo.
“Racial Composition of Manchukuo,” a 1939 chart used figures dressed in national costume to illustrate the size of ethnic populations.
The historical Zheng Pingru 郑萍如 upon whom the fictional Wang Jiazhi is based in Lust Caution (色戒)
Nana Hsu’s doodles, including sketch of “Modern Girl”, baroque rendering of “Nana Hsu”, and various other phrases, including “I stand in the sunshine” (wo zhan zai riguang), as well as her reading notes. (Ye 1947: 94-95)
Front cover of textbook, with Nana Hsu’s name and doodles, including the mysterious script in the lower left.
Page of Nana Hsu’s textbook with Hong Kong Address: No 28. Fort Street 2nd Fl., Kings Road District, along with the signature “Xu jian” (Ye 1947:105).
Page of study questions for Lesson 4, with Nana Hsu’s notes and doodles (Ye 1947: 26).