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In 1908, Qing customs officials boarded the Japanese steamship Tatsu Maru to seize weapons allegedly earmarked for revolutionaries. The ship’s captain objected. The drawn-out diplomatic...
Much has been made about the Beijing Olympics organizing committee setting up a “closed loop” for the Games. What’s it really like? Our reporter reports...
An extraordinary book by an extraordinary historian. Read the article by James Carter: https://thechinaproject.com/2022/01/26/the-death-of-woman-wang-and-the-life-jonathan-spence/ Narrated by John Darwin Van Fleet. China Stories are published twice...
Keanu Reeves will appear at the annual benefit concert for Tibet House US, a New York-based nonprofit organization founded at the request of the Dalai...
At its height, the Ming dynasty had more than a thousand ocean-going vessels, including large “treasure ships” equipped with luxury cabins and weaponry. At the...
The rise of MiHoYo’s ‘Genshin Impact’ should make people reconsider the viability of China’s culture factory. Read the article by Chang Che: https://thechinaproject.com/2022/01/20/are-video-games-chinas-next-cultural-export/ Narrated by...
On January 15, 1935, a warlord’s palace in the remote mountains of Guizhou was the setting for a meeting that, over the course of three...
As American universities reevaluate the role of Western classical education, Latin and Greek courses are proliferating in China, where students see the Classics as a...
Fried chicken and collectible mystery dolls — what could go wrong with a collaboration between KFC and Pop Mart? A lot, as it turns out...