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Topical Budget 815-1: A City of Chaos (1927)
 

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Title: "A CITY OF CHAOS. Shanghai - a mad jumble of homeless refugees seeking protection behind the barricades of the foreign 'safety-zone'."

Refugees, laden with possessions, walk past heavily sandbagged barriers.