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Brush and Shutter: Early Photography in China Gift Guide such as UnlovableEdited by Jeffrey W. Cody and Frances Terpak Photography was introduced to China in the 1840s through the West's engagement in the Opium Wars and the subsequent reforms of Chinese statesmen. As a result, traditional modes of expression were dramatically transformed. Uncovered here is a captivating visual history of China during photography's first century, from the late Qing period to Republican Shanghai and wartime Chongqing. Chinese export painters