Document Type
Oral History
Publication Date
4-26-1989
Use Restrictions
Sidney Shapiro was born in New York in 1915. He served in the U.S. Army and became a lawyer. In 1947, Shapiro arrived in Shanghai , having learned Chinese as preparation for doing translation for the military. He married a Chinese woman in 1948, and they left Shanghai later that year to settle permanently in Beijing. Shapiro was granted Chinese citizenship in 1963. He has written extensively on China, notably An American in China: Thirty Years in the People’s Republic, and translated Chinese fiction into English.
Recommended Citation
Hochstadt, Steve, "Shapiro, Sidney oral history interview" (1989). Shanghai Jewish Oral History Collection. 28.
https://scarab.bates.edu/shanghai_oh/28
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Scope and Content Note
Copyright Steve Hochstadt. This transcript is provided for individual research purposes only; for all other uses, including publication, reproduction and quotation beyond fair use, permission must be obtained in writing from: Steve Hochstadt, c/o The Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bates College, 70 Campus Avenue, Lewiston, Maine 04240-6018.