What did Mao do to deserve his reputation to be remembered as a top leader of China? From the time the CCP defeated Chiang Kai-shek…
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Shanxi – Part 12
Beijing. Our tour ends in Beijing. By fast train, the journey is 3 hours from Taiyuan, Shanxi. For snack/ street food and historical stores that…
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The Hidden Power of Yongzheng
Silas H.L. Wu wrote two excellent books back in the 1970s, published by Harvard University Press, on two topics not duplicated in any books since…
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Raphael
This book was published in 2020 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Raphael. He died on Good Friday on 6 April 1520…
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Refuge in Shanghai’s Shadows
Shanghai Remembered is a compilation of 25 recollections of Jewish refugees in wartime Shanghai from 1938 to 1948. They had fled to Shanghai from Nazi…
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Zhou En Lai A Life – Part 5
Emphasis on Education The early life of Zhou En Lai shows the importance the ordinary Chinese as well as the Chinese government placed on education,…
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Shanxi – Part 11
If you have seen the Victoria Falls from the Zimbabwe side, which we did in the year 2000, you will not find the Hukou Waterfall…
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Caucasus – Part 4
The three temptations of Jesus Georgia has a hill where one can see the significant events in the life of Jesus embedded on stone pillars…
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The Conference of the Birds
The Conference of the Birds is a famous Sufi allegorical poem. Sufism is the spiritual aspect of mystical Islam. This poem dates back to the…
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Inside the Life of Madame Mao
Madame Mao by Ross Terrill is the only English-language biography of Jiang Qing, the last wife of Chairman Mao. First published in 1984, the one…
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