Murders of Old China: Paul French discusses his new book with RASBJ on March 20, 19:00 Friday

WHAT: RASBJ online discussion featuring award-winning author Paul French, who’ll talk about his new audiobook “Murders of Old China” followed by Q&A.
WHEN: March 20, Friday, 19:00-20:00 China time

WHERE: Online via Zoom.

HOW MUCH: Free for RASBJ members worldwide. RMB 50 for non-members; please pay no later than 16:00 Mar 20, China time. If you aren’t an RASBJ member but wish to join this talk, please befriend RASBJ Treasurer John Olbrich on Wechat at johnobeijing and send your name and email address plus RMB 50; you’ll receive the passcode via Wechat (NOTE: RMB 50 is payment for this talk only.)

HOW TO BECOME AN RASBJ MEMBER. if you’re a non-member and wish to become a member — then you can enjoy all future Zoom talks free– please befriend on Wechat our Treasurer John Olbrich at johnobeijing and send him your name, nationality, mobile number and email address plus the annual subscription amount (RMB 300 for those resident in China, RMB 200 for those resident overseas, and RMB 100 for students).

HOW TO JOIN THE MAR 20 EVENT: After payment, you’ll receive login details via Wechat. Download the Zoom mobile app or desktop client (some computers may allow you to join through your browser without downloading): https://zoom.us/download. Sign up, enter the details you’ve received and join the talk no later than 19:00, Mar 20 Friday

HOW TO ACCESS THE AUDIOBOOK: This Audible Original is downloadable in China and available HERE Audible subscribers can use a credit. Non-subscribers can sign up with Audible and get this book free, along with a one-month free trial period (your subscription is cancellable any time after the trial).

MORE ABOUT “MURDERS OF OLD CHINA”:

Revenge, Passion, Greed, Racism, Corruption….12 unsolved murders. All reinvestigated.

Startling new evidence revealed a century later…  Why did a remote police station, built to combat pirates, find itself at the centre of a murder-suicide after a constable went on the rampage? How did Chinese gangsters avoid conviction after serving a deadly dinner to Frenchtown’s elite? And why is the Foreign Office still withholding a key document to solving a murder that took place in the Gobi desert in 1935?

By delving deep into 12 of China’s most fascinating murder cases, Murders of Old China delivers a fast-paced journey through China’s early 20th-century history – including its criminal underbelly.

Uncovering previously unknown connections and exposing the lies, Paul French queries the verdict of some of China’s most controversial cases, interweaving true crime with China’s chaotic and complicated history of foreign occupation and Chinese rival factions.

MORE ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Paul French is the author of the two best-selling books, Midnight in Peking and City of Devils, both in development for TV. His recent collection of essays Destination Shanghai is to be followed next year by Destination Peking. His script Strangers on the Praia, about the Jewish refugees who sought sanctuary in Macao during WW2, is currently being developed and he has a 6-part narrative drama, Peking Noir, that will be on BBC Radio this winter featuring jewel heists, heroin smuggling and China biggest ever bank robbery in 1937