North China Herald is an English-language weekly newspaper published in Shanghai from 1850 to 1940. This is a full-text searchable database that features the history of foreign presence in China during the period. Apart from news and information reflecting the social, cultural and political life of the foreign settlements, this database also provides translations of Chinese official notifications and news, trade statistics, stock prices, essays on Chinese culture and language, law reports from foreign courts in the settlements, company reports, maps, cartoons, photographs, and lots of other related topics.