Dr. Christine Cornet is a university professor and historian on China. Her research focuses on the history of Shanghai and the French Concession before the communists came to power. She uses old photographs that are compared to archives to write history differently. She is the author of several books published by Scheibli édition, Actes-Sud and Ellipses. After being the Book Attachée in Beijing from 2006 to 2010, she now works as Attachée for the sector Debates, Ideas, and Books at the Institut français en Inde (French Institute in India).
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