AstraZeneca, Shanghai, and the fall of the Qing Dynasty

By Guest | May 23rd, 2021 | Architecture, AstraZeneca, Brunner Mond, Concession Era, ICI, Kuling, People, Tang Shao-yi, Valentine St Killery | 0 Comment

by Duncan Hewitt // You may – just possibly – have heard the name AstraZeneca recently…But did you know about its Shanghai connection? One of the pharmaceutical company’s forerunners had a close association with China in the first half of the 20th century, leaving an architectural legacy in Shanghai – where it ...