The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China
by James Zimmerman
Tuesday, June 27th at 7:30 pm via Zoom
The Peking Express is an exciting and fast-paced story about China’s great train robbery of 1923 and full of banditry, political intrigue, heroism, and a reflection of the excesses of the Warlord Era in early 20th century China. The crisis — covered extensively in newspapers worldwide — lasted six weeks while the bandits moved the hostages across the Shandong countryside with the Chinese army in pursuit.
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