In his book, “The Last Kings of Shanghai,” author Jonathan Kaufman takes us back in time to early 20th century Shanghai, exploring the complicated legacies of two families that still, he argues, shape the city today: the Sassoons and the Kadoories. Host Marco Werman speaks with Kaufman.
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