Shanghai'd

Fact: In the 1200 AD, Jews settled in the Chinese town of Kaifeng.

Fact: In the 1920s, Iraqi Jews were some of the richest citizens in Shanghai.

Fact: In the 1920s, the 1st Chinese Communist Party Congress convened in Shanghai.

Fact: In the 1930s and 40s, Jewish refugees escaping Europe settled in Shanghai.

Fact: In July 2000, the United States stopped Israel from selling AWACS technology to China.

In July 2001, the Israelis and the Chinese collaborate on a far more daring plan.
Ex-oilfield worker/now art critic Joe Fleischer escapes criminal charges after an Indonesian oilrig explosion. When Joes ex-boss and a mysterious Chinese man question him about a paper cutting at a Shanghai art exhibition, Joe discovers an Israeli/Chinese plot hatched by early Chinese Communists and wealthy Jewish immigrants in 1934.