What caused the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95? What happened to Taiwan after Sino-Japanese War? How did the First Sino-Japanese War start? Why did China enter the Korean conflict? Why did the Nanking Massacre happen? How did the Second Sino-Japanese War start? What did the Sino-Jap...
Why did the Sino-Japanese War happen? How long did the First Opium War last? Why was the Second Sino-Japanese War a failure? Why did the Chinese Empire last so long? Why did the Chinese Civil War last so long? Why were the Chinese and Mongols fighting?
While it took China 38 years to reach the first 1,000 kilometers of operational urban rail transit, the second 1,000 kilometers was achieved in less than five years. Measured by the annual growth rate of the total length, China is also significantly ahead of the rest of the world with ...
The Ming, however, got into the business of expansion, and, just like everything else at the time, China did it bigger and better than anyone else: They built afleet of 300 ships, with flagships twice the length of anything Europe could manage at the time, with a crew of 1600 people...
Frankly, I’d feel better if she carried religiously, but change comes slowly. Before we met she was agnostic on guns. Gently, gradually, I’m converting her to the Church of the Everyday Carry without seeming overly preachy of the gospel. ...
by Beijing. But the people on top never dared to insist that China would now be asserting the same rights as the Imperial powers that had broken open the traditional system with the Opium Wars and other interventions. And they did not dare, because they were not integrated with the society...
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the realm of tempi: people are not playing as fast as they used to play years ago. They have to be reasonable, middle-of-the-road, instantly intelligible, never disturbing. I find this somewhat distressing. Pianists are not willing to take the risks they once did. Pianists once went to ...
I also begin the process of unveiling the psychological roots of our dilemma. Being a depth psychotherapist as well as a student of culture across all time periods informed my conclusions, shaped them, and took me to visions of possible futures that I did not expect. For all we have done ...
Societies cannot progress if certain sections of people are left out simply because they happen to be from the “wrong” class, caste, ethnic group, race or sex. If the virus of color and race-based discrimination has damaged the social setup of many countries in the West, the bacteria of...