This cover image released by Public Affairs shows "The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China" by James M. Zimmerman. (Public Affairs via AP) ...

In the November 1923 issue of the Atlantic Monthly, Lucy Truman Aldrich published an account of an unusual experience she had in China earlier in the year. “For the rest of my life,” Aldrich began her ...

Acclaimed Chinese film director Chen Daming is expected to direct “The Peking Express,” a book-to-film adaptation of the story of an infamous train robbery that took place 100 years ago. The ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A luxury train hurtling through bandit country. A first-class sleeper carriage carrying the bejewelled members ...

ANTWERP: Polish channel TVN has partnered with Eccholine to produce a local adaptation of the adventure-reality format Peking Express. TVN is working on a 13-episode version of the show, which sees ...

An excellent coating of intrigue and action against an Oriental background provides Peking Express with enough thriller melodramatics to satisfy action-minded audiences. An excellent coating of ...

“The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China” by James M. Zimmerman (PublicAffairs) A little-known piece of history is resurfacing 100 years ...

A little-known piece of history is resurfacing 100 years after the luxurious Peking Express train was attacked by bandits in the middle of the night and hundreds of passengers, including dozens of ...