This is an anthology of writings by Chinese who travelled in their own country and wrote of their travels and the sights they saw. The…
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Month: April 2025
Quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat – Part 1
The current war in Gaza , the tariffs war and other political dramas remind me of the saying that those who do not know history…
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The Pity of It All Explained
A Jew, to use Satre’s definition, is a person considered by others as a Jew, irrespective of his religious or ethnic allegiance. The Pity of…
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Du Fu [ Tu Fu ]
Du Fu (Chinese: 杜甫; pinyin: Dù Fǔ; Wade–Giles: Tu Fu (712–770), is considered primus inter pares of the three greatest poets in the Tang dynasty.…
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The Tiananmen Protests figures – Part 1
How many died when the military went in to clear protesters who refused to obey a martial law curfew? A recent book stated 478 dead…
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