In early 20th-century China, white people were considered an invincible superior race. But the Russians, as always, messed everything up. When destitute White Guard refugees arrived in Shanghai, the colonial system based on racism started to fall apart.
Klim Rogov, a former journalist, understood that the “overthrown gods” had little chance of success, but he had nowhere to retreat: he had to rebuild his life from scratch and win back his beloved wife Nina.