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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Yongzheng
There are no English biographies on Emperor Yongzheng as far as I know. To the uninitiated, he is an unimpressive emperor compared to his father,…
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Shangxi – Part 9
The best book on the spread of Buddhism to China from India is still the old 1964 published, Buddhism in China: A Historical Survey by…
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Shangxi – Part 8
Chinese Houses [2004] by Ronald G Knapp is an excellent book to dip into after a tour of Shanxi. In his book, which has won…
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Shangxi – Part 7
Wang Family Compound. Day 5 of the tour. The Wang Family Compound, also known as the Wang Family Mansion, is the largest of Shanxi’s courtyard…
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Shanxi – Part 6
Zhangbi Ancient Castle. Day 5 of Tour. Hamas’s idea of having tunnels as a defense system in Gaza was already in use in China in…
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Shanxi – Part 5
Day 4 sees us on a 90-minute drive from Taiyuan to a well-preserved ancient city, founded in the Zhou dynasty, called Pingyao Ancient City. Pingyao…
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