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Paul
French is the author of a number of books on
China's history, development, and society, including most recently Midnight
in Peking, the re-creation
of the previously unsolved murder of a young English woman in Beijing in 1937.
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Articles by
Paul French
North Korea's all-female Moranbong band perform in Pyongyang on May 11, 2016. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)
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