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Amidst the tragedy of World War I, comes a true story about China’s history that sheds a warm light on its people. This little known story tells about the prisoners of war who received special treatment in China.During World War I, thousands of German and Austrian POWs enjoyed a comfortable, aristocratic life playing football, tennis and bowling in the former imperial gardens, palaces and vast snowfields of Northeast China. This was a period in history that shed a ray of sunshine during a time of human catastrophe. Filled with precious historical photos, the book tells The Untold Story of German and Austrian Prisoners of War in China.Li Xuetong, editor of the Institute of Modern History of CASS (The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) and chief editor of Modern History Data, graduated from Nankai University and received a doctorate from Renmin University of China. He engaged in historical data collation and modern history research for more than twenty years, and has been involved in the codification of Beiyang Warlord (1912-1918), The War of Resistance against Japan and other large historical volumes. He compiled Science and Industrialization and Weng Wenhao diary (eds.), and published several research works.Gu Weiming, editor of Modern History Data at CASS, graduated from the Department of History of Peking University and then worked in Tibet. He worked for China Social Sciences Press and the Library of the Institute of Modern History. Currently, he is engaged in historical data edit and historical events research regarding displaced children during the War of Resistance.Publisher’s website: www.ChinaPODG.com/LiXuetongandGuWeiming
