‘Fragile Cargo’ chronicles the quest to save China’s Forbidden City treasures from war

By Vincent Ni

A book recounts how precious works of art thousands of years old were taken to safety as Japan began its invasion of China in the 1930s — a part of China’s history largely unknown outside Asia.

(Image credit: Simon & Schuster)

A book recounts how precious works of art thousands of years old were taken to safety as Japan began its invasion of China in the 1930s — a part of China’s history largely unknown outside Asia.

(Image credit: Simon & Schuster)

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