Most people are under the impression that Mao is a coarse and illiterate leader, perhaps because of his round and big Hunan facial features. That…
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Tag: Chinese History (Books)
Kuan Yin/Guanyin
When Buddhism was spread to China, it was seen as an exotic religion. The Chinese, therefore, transformed Buddhism to suit Chinese ethical practices, especially the…
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A Biography of Cao Cao
Rafe de Crespigny is an Australian sinologist, now aged 90. He specialises in the history of the Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period. His…
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Day 1 & 2 Jiangxi tour (18 – 25 April 2026)—Part 1
The Soong Sisters are the most famous sisters in Chinese history. Sadly, the three sisters became estranged because of their husbands’ political beliefs. For that…
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Chin Woo—Part 2
The myth—Most Chinese are brought up believing that the great martial arts practitioner Huo Yuan Jia founded Chin Woo. This is incorrect according to the…
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Chin Woo or Jingwu in Hanyu Pinyin—Part 1
Most Malaysians would be familiar with the Chin Woo Stadium located at a hillock opposite the iconic KL Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall. The Chin Woo…
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Sir Robert Ho Tung – Part 2
The biography by May Holdsworth (2022) is noteworthy in two aspects. Firstly, she highlighted that Ho Tung was the person who put forward the idea…
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HK University Press bookstore
If you are keen on HK history, a good, albeit small, shop to browse is the Hong Kong University Press (HKUP). It is located on…
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Hankow, Shanghai and Chinese Society in the 18th century
Hankou, also spelled Hankow, is one of the three Imperial towns (the other two are Wuchang and Hanyang) that merged to become modern-day Wuhan City,…
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Years That Changed China
1587, A Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline (1982) by Ray Huang is a winner of the American Book Award for History.…
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