Jottings from the Granite Studio

A Qing historian reads the newspaper…

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Why Hua Guofeng matters…no, seriously.

August 25th, 2008 · 4 Comments

I wanted to write this last week, but never found the time. I actually wanted to write it two weeks ago, but Xinhua waited before making Hua’s death ‘official’ to release the news.  There were, after all, medal counts to consider. And in the end, isn’t that fitting? Hua gets a couple of lines and [...]

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21st Asian History Carnival

August 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Peony has done an excellent job compiling this month’s Asian History Carnival at Tang Dynasty Times.  Be sure to check out Part I (already up) with Part II due next month. 

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