We often imagine the great colonial yards as glorious prowess, told in the history books with pride and emphasis. The reality is much darker. Behind the technical feat represented by the Yunnan railway is hidden one of the most terrible human tragedies of French expansion in Asia. Twelve thousand dead for [...] More
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We often imagine the great colonial yards as glorious prowess, told in the history books with pride and emphasis. The reality is much darker. Behind the technical feat represented by the Yunnan railway is hidden one of the most terrible human tragedies of French expansion in Asia. Twelve thousand dead for [...] More