A century ago the suicide of Xi Shangzhen, the first woman employee of a progressive Shanghai newspaper, transcended individual tragedy after details of her life were seized upon by the media to debate the social and economic upheaval of the times.

[The China Project] The young woman’s suicide that shocked Shanghai

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[The China Project] The young woman’s suicide that shocked Shanghai