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The Hungry Ghost Festival – Part 1

Julia_M September 8, 2025 No Comments Chinese History (Books)

In Peking, 1939: Lu Hsing Yuan (HY Lowe) described how the Ghost Festival was celebrated in Peking in one of his installments in the English…

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Behind the Fall of the Gang of Four

Julia_M September 8, 2025 No Comments

Who prevented the Gang of Four from seizing power? When Mao died in 1976, it would appear to many that his wife Jiang Qing and…

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Jiangnan

Julia_M September 7, 2025 No Comments Chinese History (Books)General Gender StudiesWomen in History

South of the Yangtze evokes a mythical place in Chinese culture. The Chinese call the area Jiangnan ( literally, south of the Yangtze) river. It…

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The Dalai Lama

Julia_M August 21, 2025 No Comments Biographies (Books)Biographies of BuddhismDalai LamaHistory of TibetTibetan Buddhism (Books)

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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Yellow and two recent books on China

Julia_M August 18, 2025 No Comments 20th Century World HistoryAsian PoliticsChinese History (Books)Japanese History (Books)World History (Books)

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)

Julia_M August 18, 2025 No Comments Cultural & Ethnic StudiesGothic & Romantic Literary Criticism (Books)Historical Fiction (Books)

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)

Julia_M August 15, 2025 No Comments Cultural & Ethnic StudiesGothic & Romantic Literary Criticism (Books)Historical Fiction (Books)

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

Julia_M August 14, 2025 No Comments Great Britain History (Books)Historical Study (Books)World War II History (Books)

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)

Julia_M August 13, 2025 No Comments Cultural & Ethnic StudiesGothic & Romantic Literary Criticism (Books)Historical Fiction (Books)

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

Julia_M August 12, 2025 No Comments General China Travel GuidesTravel Writing ReferenceTravelogues & Travel Essays

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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