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April 23, 1937, the international touristy, led by mayor of Tientsin Zhang Zizhong, departed for Japan. Tourism is usually considered to be nor more than private leisure. However, recently scholars noticed its meanings in the history of cultural interactions and consumptions. Especially in the modern history, a couple of important political and economic activities were perform in the form of tourism. Regarding the tourism in early modern China, you may refer to our research finding: Lu Shao-li, "Taiwanese tourism and the construction of geographic image in the Japanese occupation period", in Huang Ko-wu ed. When Images Speak: Visual Representation and Cultural Mapping in Modern China.
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