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This pioneering work examines prostitution in Shanghai from the late nineteenth century to the present. Drawn mostly from the daughters and wives of the working poor and declassé elites, prostitutes in Shanghai were near the bottom of class and gender hierarchies. Yet they were central figures in Shanghai urban life, entering the historical record whenever others wanted to appreciate, castigate, count, regulate, cure, pathologize, warn about, rescue, eliminate, or deploy them as a symbol in a larger social panorama. Over the past century, prostitution has been understood in many ways: as a source of urbanized pleasures, a profession full of unscrupulous and greedy schemers, a changing site of work for women, a source of moral danger and physical disease, a marker of national decay, and a s
Lianying was a Chinese courtesan who was killed by Yan Ruisheng and his accomplices on 9 June 1920 near Shanghai in the Republic of China. Twenty-year-old Lianying
Wang Lianying was a Chinese courtesan who was killed by Yan Ruisheng and his accomplices on 9 June 1920 near Shanghai in the Republic of China. Twenty-year-old Lianying had worked in Shanghai, known as the "Brothel of Asia", since 1916, gaining the title "Prime Minister of Flower Country" in 1917. Yan, meanwhile, was a university-educated youth deeply in debt due to expensive habits and frequent g
Wang Lianying was a Chinese courtesan who was killed by Yan Ruisheng and his accomplices on 9 June 1920 near Shanghai in the Republic of China. Twenty-year-old Lianying had worked in Shanghai, known as the "Brothel of Asia", since 1916, gaining the title "Prime Minister of Flower Country" in 1917. Yan, meanwhile, was a university-educated youth deeply in debt due to expensive habits and frequent gambling.
Seeking to escape his debt, Yan decided to rob Lianying, who was known to adorn herself with expensive jewellery. After several days gaining her trust, Yan convinced her to join him on a drive through the Shanghai countryside. On the trip, the pair – accompanied by Wu Chunfang and Fang Rishan – stopped in a wheat field. The three men drugged Lianying with chloroform, strangled her, and dumped her body in an isolated place. Lianying's…
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