Thursday, December 9, 2010

Silas Hardoon: Opium dealer, rent collector and once the richest man in Asia

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The life of Silas Hardoon has amazed Shanghai for a hundred years. Opium dealer, rent collector, speculator, alchemist, miser and philanthropist, Hardoon was once the richest man in Asia.

He was the only foreigner to have appeared as a character in Chinese opera.

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Source: http://www.cnngo.com/shanghai/play/historic-shanghai/silas-and-liza-fragments-shanghai-jewish-history-053405

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