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A state-produced TV series chronicling the May Fourth Movement and the founding of the Chinese Communist Party is an unexpected critical success. Read the article...
Though not as well remembered as Nixon’s trip or ping-pong diplomacy, the “music diplomacy” carried out by the Philadelphia Orchestra was a key aspect in...
The attitudes that shaped the Open Door Notes remain visible in the ways the two nations view one another: China bristling at affronts to its...
In 1885, a mob of about 150 people attacked random Chinese people on the streets of Rock Springs, Wyoming, killing more than two dozen and...
Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek held nine private meetings in Chongqing, brokered by an American diplomat, following the conclusion of the Second World War. The...
Contrary to media reports, Sino-foreign higher education partnerships are doing just fine. Narrated by John Darwin Van Fleet. Read the article by John Darwin Van...
In 1967, one of the great breaches of diplomatic immunity took place during this week in Beijing. Read the article by James Carter: https://thechinaproject.com/2021/08/18/burning-the-british-mission-in-beijing/ Narrated...
Prior to 1862, there had been no formal relations between China and Japan since the 1500s. When Japan sent a delegation to stay in Shanghai...
China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army, traces its founding to a 1927 rebellion designed largely as a last-ditch effort to boost morale after a purge...