The Historical Record for November 14, 2008: Arsenic and the Old Buddha
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Chinese history
The perils of studying the Qing
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Teaching Τibet and “The Truth”
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Hua Guofeng, 1921-2008
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100 Years of Humiliation, One Shining Moment
“100 Years of [Read More...]
More on Paleoanthropology and Chinese nationalism…
A link from reader Scott Loar relating to a [Read More...]
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Voices from China’s Past: Zhang Binglin on Manchu Assimilation
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From imperial subjects to national citizens
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45 Years of Lei Feng
On this date in 1963, Mao Zedong launched the [Read More...]
The Historical Record for March 1: Zhang Heng’s Seismometer
Zhang Heng (78-139) was quite the Han dynasty [Read More...]
Mao and the Marriage Counselor: The Hundred Flowers Movement of 1957
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Voices from China’s Past: Li Xiaojiang on women in Chinese society
Professor Li Xiaojiang, of Zhejiang University, [Read More...]
Follow-up to Skulls, Race, and Origins
I wrote about this last week, but the [Read More...]
On Skulls, Origins, and Race in China
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