found: Global History Collaborative [website], viewed February 14, 2024(Xavier Paulès; Maître de conférences EHESS (CECMC); associate professor at EHESS since 2010; teaching assistant at several other universities 2000-2009; research topics: contemporary China urban history, opium history, gambling history; research fields: Canton, Guangdong; Bachelor's in economics and in history, 1995 and master's in history 1996, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan; PhD in modern Chinese history 2005, Lyon 2 University; French National Civil Service, French language teacher at Zhongshan University (Guangzhou) and assistant to the Cultural Attaché at the French Consulate in Guangzhou, 1998-2000; language proficiency: French (native), English (fluent), Chinese (very good))