last kings of Shanghai: the rival Jewish dynasties that helped create modern China

Story of two rival dynasties that flourished in Shanghai and Hong kong as twentieth-century China surged into the modern era. The Sassoons and the Kadoories stood astride Chinese business and politics for more than 175 years, profiting from the Opium Wars; surviving Japanese occupation; courting Chiang Kai-shek; and nearly losing everything as the Communists swept into power.