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The friendship between the Chinese and the Jewish communities stretches back decades and was never more evident than during the Second World War, when refugees, fleeing from the Nazis and barred from most other countries, were openly welcomed by the Chinese in Shanghai.

The city had a long association with Jews who’d fled from persecution in the Middle East and created a thriving and wealthy community there. Its members helped fund the 20,000 or so Jews who arrived, but many still l