The Wistful Mirror

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Shanghai’s harbor in 1912 was a machine of rust and salt, where the smell of coal smoke clung to the wet wool of every coat. The longtang alleys twisted like veins through the city’s industrial flesh, crowded with porters hauling crates that weighed more than the men who carried them. I was Lei Wu, thirty-four, a senior archivist whose hands smelled of ink and the metallic tang of fear. My...

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