Xiamen (formerly known as Amoy) became a treaty port after China’s loss in the First Opium War and the Treaty of Nanking in 1842. Gulangyu is a small island opposite the city of Xiamen. As a former foreign concession, much of the island’s architecture is Western-style due to foreign settlement. More than a dozen countries established consulates, churches, and hospitals on the island. Gulangyu was officially designated an International Settlement in 1903.
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Nice! Love how the kitten is echoing the position of the front-most cat – it’s mother?
Thanks! Don’t know if the that’s the kitten’s mother, but I suspect one of those white cats must be.
– Ethna Gillespie