An unusual museum in China is dedicated to Vinegar Joe
Xi Jinping has a soft spot for the second-world-war general
A curious tourist attraction sits on a hillside overlooking the Jialing river in the south-western city of Chongqing. It features American weapons and military paraphernalia. Some rooms are decorated with American flags. A speech by President Franklin Roosevelt is engraved in stone in the courtyard. This is the Stilwell Museum, a site dedicated to the memory of Joseph Stilwell. The feather-ruffling American general served in China during the second world war.
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This article appeared in the China section of the print edition under the headline “The cherished GI”
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