The Last Kings of Shanghai is a history of the Sassoons and Kadoories, two powerful Jewish families who helped shape China

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Both the Sassoon and Kadoorie families were hugely successful in business, first in India, then in Shanghai and Hong Kong, as Jonathan Kaufman vividly recounts While Elly Kadoorie invested smartly in Hong Kong and Shanghai, Sassoon money reshaped the latter’s skyline. As war loomed, only one family made the right call Author Jonathan Kaufman vividly recounts the rise, and the missteps, of the phenomenally successful Sassoon and Kadoorie dynasties, who followed the British from India to Shanghai and Hong Kong. The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China by Jonathan Kaufman, Viking. 3.5/5 The...