Ralph Dinlocker

Shanghai'd Ralph Dinlocker

Fact: In the 1200 AD, Jews settled in the Chinese town of Kaifeng. Fact: In the 1920's, Iraqi Jews were some of the richest citizens in Shanghai. Fact: In the 1920's, the 1st Chinese Communist Party Congress convened in Shanghai. Fact: In the 1930's and '40's, Jewish refugees escaping Europe settled in Shanghai. Fact: In July 2000, the United States stopped Israel from selling AWACS technology to China. In July 2001, the Israelis and the Chinese collaborate on a far more daring plan. Ex-oilfield worker/now art critic Joe Fleischer escapes criminal charges after an Indonesian oilrig explosion. When Joe's ex-boss and a mysterious Chinese man question him about a paper cutting at a Shanghai art exhibition, Joe discovers an Israeli/Chinese plot hatched by early Chinese Communists and wealthy Jewish immigrants in 1934.