City Afloat: Rethinking the “Other” Side of Canton, 1757-1949
Summary by The Metropole
1 Articles
1 Articles
All
Left
Center
Right
City Afloat: Rethinking the “Other” Side of Canton, 1757-1949
Editor’s note: This is the sixth post in our theme for April 2025, The City Aquatic. For additional entries in the series, see here. By Qingyun Lin There is no spectacle in the world more wonderful to a stranger’s eyes than the river population of the Celestial Empire.[1]—Osmond Tiffany (1823-1895) In May 1844, Osmond Tiffany—a young man from a prominent Baltimore merchant family—set sail for China aboard the barque Pioneer from the east coast …
Coverage Details
Total News Sources1
Leaning Left0Leaning Right0Center0Last UpdatedBias DistributionNo sources with tracked biases.
Bias Distribution
- There is no tracked Bias information for the sources covering this story.
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium