The current 14th Dalai Lama reached the age of 90 this 6 July 2025. He is also known as Kundun. In the Tibetan language, “Kundun”…
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Month: August 2025
Yellow and two recent books on China
These 2 recent books were bought by me to understand how far China has progressed since 1949. China Resurrected (2025) is a political history from…
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A Retrospective Study: The Three Kingdoms (Part 11)
A Retrospective Study of The Three Kingdoms, part 11, sent 5-1-2011. LWH, Sat 16 Aug 2025 Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011, 22:04 Subject: Re: San…
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A Retrospective Study: The Three Kingdoms (Part 10)
A Retrospective Study: The Three Kingdoms (Part 10) LWH, 14 Aug 2025, 10.30 pm From: minang 64 <minang64@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 22:01:47 Subject:…
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Behind the Glory
Britain at Bay, by Alan Allport (2020), is a sweeping first volume covering Britain’s early years in World War II (1938–1941). It is a magisterial…
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A Retrospective Study: The Three Kingdoms (Part 9)
LWH, 13 Aug 2025. On Tue, 4 Jan 2011, 19:30, Leong Wai Hong, <lwh@skrine.com> wrote: San Guo covers the period 168-280 AD. It has 120…
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The Yellow River
The Yellow River changed course drastically in 1855 during the Qing Dynasty’s Xianfeng reign. From Kaifeng, it used to flow southeast (from 1194 to 1855)…
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A Retrospective Study: The Three Kingdoms (Part 8)
Written on 4 Jan 2011 and reproduced below. Lwh, Tuesday, 12 August 2025 Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 06:12:13 Subject: Re: San Guo (part 8)…
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A Retrospective Study: The Three Kingdoms (Part 7)
Written on 31 Dec 2010, reproduced below. LWH, Sunday 10 pm, 10 August 2025 Re: San Guo (part 7) Sent: Dec 31, 2010 11:33 AM…
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Imperial China – Part 1
The stability of the Chinese civilisation pre-1900 compared to the instability of European civilisation in the same period is striking. In Europe, there were constant…
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