BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Shanghai BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20000101T000000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:CST TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260709T075647Z - 81284@iZuf69e0i0z4ibdboqb33jZ DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230107T050000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230107T070000 CREATED:20260709T075647Z DESCRIPTION:Book Talk: The Last Kings Of Shanghai 读书会：《从上海到香港，最后的金融大帝》\nShanghai has an amazing and unique modern history! Have you heard about the book T he Last Kings Of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Build Mo dern China by Johnathan Kaufman? If not\, it's ok\, Damon will tell you al l about it and everyone who joins will get a printup of the book! Did you know that some very prominent Jewish families used to call Shanghai home? Did you that they\, along with big Chinese figures whom you surely know wo rked together to build the city? _x000D_ _x000D_ Have you ever been to Vic tors Café at the historical Fairmont Hotel Overlooking the Bund? Do you k now who Victor was and how he shaped the landscape of Shanghai? The Last K ings Of Shanghai is an incredibly well-researched and surprisingly easy-to -read account of hugely important but lesser-known players in early 20th-c entury of Shanghai. It follows a Jewish dynasty family who took refuge her e from Baghdad and lived among the greats in modern Chinese history during a turbulent yet renaissance-like time in our fair city of Shanghai._x000D _ _x000D_ Come discuss this amazing piece of history and receive your own hard or digital copy of the book. Let's travel together back to old Shangh ai in the 1920-40s. Let’s learn about how life was in the golden days of Shanghai and how the Sassoon and other families controlled the city befor e foreign economic lords were driven out. Let's learn about a fascinating book and have a deep discussion!_x000D_ _x000D_ 上海拥有惊人而独 特的现代史!你听说过考夫曼写的《从上海到香港，最后 的金融大帝》这本书吗？如果没有，没关系，Damon会告诉 你所有的事情，每个加入的人都会得到这本书的打印本 ！你知道吗？一些非常有名的犹太家庭曾经把上海作为 家。你知道他们和你肯定了解的中国大人物一起合作建 造了这座城市吗？_x000D_ _x000D_ 你有没有去过历史悠久的 外滩费尔蒙酒店的 Victor Café？你知道 Victor 是谁吗？他 是如何塑造上海的景观的?《从上海到香港，最后的金融 大帝》是一本调研非常充分的书，书中对20世纪初上海非 常重要但不太为人所知的玩家的描述令人惊讶地容易阅 读。它讲述了一个犹太王朝的家庭，他们从巴格达来到 这里避难，在我们美丽的上海经历了动荡而又类似文艺 复兴的时代，与中国现代史上的伟人们生活在一起。_x000 D_ _x000D_ [...] DTSTAMP:20260709T075647Z LOCATION:China\,\, Shanghai SUMMARY:Book Talk: The Last Kings Of Shanghai 读书会：《从上海到香港，最后的金融大帝》 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR