Blog Tag - Midnight in Peking

Walking Tours, Online Tours & Maps Galore: Chinese History Events this Week
History never sleeps in the capital, and while most tour groups are taking a break for the time being, Bespoke Travel Company is bringing back one of...
Back to Black: Paul French Returns with "Destination Peking" and "Peking Noir"
Since the 2012 publication of the bestselling Midnight in Peking, Paul French has been linked to Beijing, or at least some historical iteration of it...
New Infamous Peking Murder of 1937 Conclusions "It's a Great Story, But He is Wrong" claims Graeme Shepard
Our fair capital makes Beijingers feel relatively safe. If we decide to disregard the ferocious traffic, of course. In contrast to that, back in the...
DP Midnight in Peking Author Paul French Readies New Book and Beijing Walking Tour
Seven years after publishing his bestselling book Midnight in Peking, British author Paul French is readying his follow-up narrative novel City of...
New Tour Reveals New Clues to 1930s Beijing Expat Enclave Murder Mystery
It's Peking of the 1930s. The 19-year-old adopted daughter of a British diplomat is found disemboweled at the base of what is now the Dongbianmen...
Midnight Strikes Again in Peking: Headless, Limbless Body Found in Zhushikou
Like a scene out of Paul French's Midnight in Peking, police discovered a headless, limbless body in Zhushikou (south of Qianmen) at 4 am on...
True Beijing Murder Mystery Wins Top US Prize
The riveting true-story of a 1930s murder of a young British expat in Beijing has walked away with America’s most prestigious literary award for...
Bad to the Bone: Paul French Delves into Beijing’s Sordid History
Sure, we all have a memorable story about the back streets of Sanlitun (many of us from just last weekend), but these pale in comparison to the...
Art Attack: Open-Air Silent Cinema with Live Music, The Monster Below and Zhou Jirong at Red Gate Gallery
This week, the ramp-up to the fall continues with a new exhibit opening at Red Gate Gallery, original play The Monster Below at Penghao Theater, and...