Midnight in Peking

A book.  About a murder of a young woman.
In Peking in 1937.

Paul French came to WAB recently and I had the chance to go on a walking tour of the legation quarter in Peking where this murder took place.
In the name of progress and with the huge increase in the mass of humanity in China it is very changed from 1937 but several places in the book are still visible if you know what you are looking for.  Paul French knows what he is looking for.  Beijing used to be called Peking among other things.  In 1949 the communist party went back to calling it Beijing.

This is Paul French talking to us at the entrance to the badlands mentioned in the book.

The entrance to the courtyard that was her home on Amour Factory Alley.  It has been closed up and the courtyard filled in, divided up into many residences.

The Fox Tower where her body was found.

The base of the tower, approximate location of discovery.

The apartment building where the dentist lived.

The Dentist's street sign today.

It was a good book and a nice tour.  

Read the book:)

Love, fondly, sincerely,

Zaijian,

Ramona