In 1870, when Peking, now known as Beijing, was mostly closed to foreigners, Thomas Child was one of approximately one hundred who lived in the Chinese capital. Sent to China as a gas...
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The transformation of the Pudong area from undeveloped marshland to the home of China’s iconic skyline is celebrated as dramatic visual evidence of China’s breakneck development. On the other side of the...
On the occasion of President Xi Jinping’s visit to the United Kingdom and his resistance to be lectured on democracy, here’s an article about the Macartney Embassy, the first diplomatic...
December 13 marked the beginning of the Nanking Massacre (南京大屠杀 / 南京大屠殺) or the Rape of Nanking, a six-week period of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese soldiers against the civilian population...