{"id":2863,"date":"2026-08-10T15:52:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T15:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ra.oberginetest.co.uk\/?page_id=2863"},"modified":"2026-10-16T10:48:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T10:48:24","slug":"volume1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eskenazi.co.uk\/ra1935\/the-publication\/volume1\/","title":{"rendered":"Volume I (Introductory Essays)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][gsf_space desktop=&#8221;64&#8243; tablet=&#8221;64&#8243; tablet_portrait=&#8221;64&#8243; mobile_landscape=&#8221;64&#8243; mobile=&#8221;64&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;all-white&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1790593684208{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0px;\">Contributors to Volume 1<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;all-white&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;]<i>Foreword\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/i>Rebecca Salter<\/p>\n<p><i>Preface &#8211;\u00a0<\/i>Daniel Eskenazi<\/p>\n<p><i>Introductory Note<\/i>\u00a0&#8211; Regina Krahl<\/p>\n<p><i>The Exhibition in Historic Context: Political Origins, Impact and Consequences &#8211; <\/i>Antony Best<\/p>\n<p><i>The Story of the Exhibition<\/i> &#8211; Regina Krahl<\/p>\n<p><i>The Promoters: Members of the British Executive Committee<\/i> &#8211; Stacey Pierson<\/p>\n<p><i>The Chinese Preparatory Committee<\/i> &#8211; Guo Hui<\/p>\n<p><i>The Chinese Loans<\/i>\u00a0&#8211; Xu Wanling<\/p>\n<p><i>The Other Lenders<\/i>\u00a0&#8211; Dominic Jellinek<\/p>\n<p><i>The Exhibition\u2019s Resonance in China<\/i> &#8211; Guo Hui<\/p>\n<p><em>T<\/em><i>he Chinese Art Sensation: The Reception, Social and Cultural Impact of the Exhibition through the Lens of the UK Print<\/i>\u00a0<i>Media<\/i>\u00a0&#8211; Sarah Wong[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;3165&#8243; 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