Sunday’s haul
Sunday was a rich harvest. 4 books on Malayan and Malaysian history. Kinokuniya KLCC is an excellent bookstore. Better than all Asian cities except for…
Sunday was a rich harvest. 4 books on Malayan and Malaysian history. Kinokuniya KLCC is an excellent bookstore. Better than all Asian cities except for…
View More Sunday’s haulRecently, at the 2023 G20 Summit in New Delhi, both the President of India and Modi the PM of India used the term Bharat to…
View More The Great BharatWhen Tsao Chan left Nanking and moved to Peking after his adopted father Tsao Fu was removed as the Textile Commissioner for Nanking by the…
View More A Glimpse into Luxury: Tsao Chan’s RecollectionThe Kang Hsi Emperor is famous for his six Southern Tours, in 1684, 1689, 1699, 1703, 1705 and 1707. On the last four of these…
View More Ts’ao Yin and the Kang-Hsi Emperor: Bondservant and MasterThe Yuan Ming Yuan (Garden of Perfect Brightness) started construction on 1707, in the 46th year of the Kangxi reign. It was built for his…
View More The Lost Imperial GardenThis is a wonderfully written book on the relationship between Kang-Hsi and his bondservant Tsao Yin. The text is interspersed with Memorials between the two,…
View More Ts’ao Yin and the Kang-Hsi EmperorThe Han Emperors struggled between a policy of waging war against the Hsiung Nu or passive defense with diplomacy. [ p 27 The Pattern of…
View More The Han Emperors’ Dilemma: War, Taxes, and a Brave PleaThe only place to buy The Star and NST is Ramasamy provision shop at Brinchang. It is run by an Indian lady who also owns…
View More Cameron Highlands 2023 – Hidden GemsThis year 2023 we decided to visit Penang to see the Miao Hui festival (Temple gathering) on 28 Jan and the Hokkein New year celebrated…
View More The temples’ rolesWinston defends the actions of his people to extreme inexactitude. One extreme example is when he was asked whether the Government was condoning slavery of…
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