The storied history of theEmpress of Asiaand her sister shipEmpress of Russiaincludes a valuable wartime role few people know much about, until now. In his new book,Harry Livingstone’s Forgotten Men: Canadians and the Chinese Labour Corps,authorDan Blackshows how these great ships were desperat...
As though ashamed to enter upon a second unprovoked and unjust war alone, she invited France, Russia, and America to join her. France was quite ready to do so in the hope of strengthening her position in Indo-China, and with nothing more than the murder of a missionary in Kuangsi as ...
The River Empress provides access to the highlights of European art, architecture, and culture through its 16-day European Jewels itineraries. The ship entered service in 2001 and was refurbished in 2005.
the Sea EmpressˈSeaˌEmpress, the anoil tanker (=a ship that carries large quantities of oil)that was damaged near the coast of Wales in 1996, so that oil poured into the sea, causing great harm to the environment→compareExxon Valdez, the,Torrey Canyon, the...
In August, anEight-Nation Alliance, consisting of troops from Germany, Japan, Russia, Britain, France, the United States, Italy, and Austria-Hungary stormed Beijing. While relieving the foreigners and Chinese Christians, the forces looted the capital, forcing Cixi to flee southeast to Xi’an. ...
Russia was a rotted husk. She studied SARS and MERS and then successfully predicted the onset of GORS. Climate change was a growing maelstrom worth visiting every couple months, and with a perpetually reasoned tone, she warned her careless species to watch out for even more serious hazards. ...