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, [...]
Guangxu on NPR
November 15th, 2008 · No Comments
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The Historical Record for November 15, 2008: Chen Yucheng and…the REST of the story (after Paul Harvey)
November 15th, 2008 · No Comments
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 [...]
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