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Limehouse Chinatown: The Opium Wars Brought Home

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Patrick Wright considers the fabled loft of Dr Fu Manchu in Limehouse at the time of the 'Yellow Peril' scare, when the dominant Western culture of the Victorian age suddenly appeared vulnerable to the exoticism of the Orient.

Part of Radio 3's Focus on China season.

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Tue 17 Jun 200823:00
BBC Radio 3

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