花崗齋雜記

Jottings from the Granite Studio provides commentary, analysis, and opinion on China and Chinese history. It is written by Jeremiah Jenne, a PhD Candidate at a large public research university in Northern California. Currently, Jeremiah is in Beijing teaching history, doing archival research, and working on his dissertation.

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Guangxu on NPR

NPR ran a story yesterday on the 100th anniversary of the death of the Guangxu Emperor.  The report features interviews with historian Joseph Esherick, Zhu Chenru, deputy director of the National Committee for the Compilation of Qing history, and Jin Yuzhang, who is Guangxu’s nephew’s nephew, the oldest male in his generation, and, as such, would [...]

November 15th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Chinese History | Comments are closed

The Historical Record for November 15, 2008: Chen Yucheng and…the REST of the story (after Paul Harvey)

Good morning fellow Beijingers, you know what Chinese history is, in a minute…you’re going to here the REST of the story.

150 years ago today, in the province of Anhui, the Taiping general Chen Yucheng launched a daring attack at the key strategic point of Sanhe Zhen.

Earlier that year Chen had caused full-fledged panic in the Qing [...]

November 15th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Chinese History, The Historical Record | Comments are closed