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Lu Xun (simplified Chinese: 鲁迅; traditional Chinese: 魯迅; pinyin: Lǔ Xùn) or Lu Hsün (Wade-Giles), wa... Continue reading

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This is the cover page for the Lu Xun photographs, I am illiterate in Chinese and need help in the translation of this page. Continue reading

This is a compilation of phtoographs of Lu Xun - I purchased in a mall about 2007. The back cover has a printed in the year 1974 on it. Continue reading

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I don't know the origin of these cards Might be or might not be post office issue. Still a mystery to me. If you know something-please contact me Continue reading

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A postcard set purchased about 2006. I don't know when it was printed. Continue reading

Du Fu, a very famous poet, lived in the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Just as its name implies, the Thatched Cottage of Du Fu was his home more than a thousand years ago. Du Fu was born in Gongyi City, Henan Province in 712. In 746, he took the official examination in Chang'an (now known as Xian) and continued to live there for more than ten years after the failure. But, in order to get away from the An-Shi Rebellion breaking out in 758, Du Fu fled to Chengdu in 759. With the help of friends, the thatched cottage was built... Continue reading

If you love horses or just enjoy great art, then Xu Beihong foots the bill. Again, I came across thi... Continue reading

Méi was born in Taizhou, Jiangsu in 1894 into a family of Peking opera and Kunqu performers. He made... Continue reading

NANNING - Michael Axel, a baker from Israel, moonlights as a police assistant in scenic Yangshuo county to help local police solve disputes involving foreigners. "Yangshuo is a quiet and beautiful county where I live with my Chinese wife. I feel I should do my part in making it a better place for foreign visitors," Axel said. Axel and another 15 foreigners are members of the Yangshuo Policing International Volunteers Group, which was set up in February 2011 in south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Yangshuo, located in northeast Guangxi, is known for its breathtaking scenery and diverse cultural appeal,... Continue reading

VietNamNet Bridge – To realize its ambition of controlling the entire East Sea, Chinese newspapers have published articles to excite public opinion, slander countries in the region, especially Vietnam. China – a hungry dragon in the East Sea China's greedy U-shaped line in the East Sea. Dr. Tran Cong Truc, former head of the Government Border Committee, analyzed China’s plot to monopolize the East Sea in his newly-published book entitled “Vietnam’s Imprints in the East Sea.” Below is an extract from the book. To implement its marine strategy and its ambition to totally control the East Sea, China has applied... Continue reading

An April report by China’s national broadcaster CCTV detailed the manufacturing process followed by 16 companies that sell preserved fruit. It made the meat-packing methods described by Upton Sinclair in “The Jungle” a century ago seem pale by comparison. Enlarge This Image \ Qilai Shen/European Pressphoto Agency Shoppers look at packs of fresh milk at a supermarket in Shanghai in April 2011 For Op-Ed, follow @nytopinion and to hear from the editorial page editor, Andrew Rosenthal, follow @andyrNYT. Rotten peaches pickled in outdoor pools surrounded by garbage are spiked with sodium metabisulfite to keep the fruit looking fresh and with... Continue reading

A lot of ink has been spilled of late discussing the global impact of China’s slowing economic growth. But there has been little discussion however about how African economies will be affected. Now, ratings agency Standard and Poor’s has stepped into the gap with a report published this week. It says, in short, that the China slow down may be bad for metal exporters, but opportunities should present themselves for African manufacturers. The export of metals, agricultural commodities and petro-chemicals has been the backbone of most of sub-Saharan Africa’s more successful economies over the past decade, and China has been... Continue reading

Posted Friday, August 17th, 2012 at 5:45 am A new study says China has the largest number of tobacco users in the world. And analysts say efforts to curb the habit are being hindered by the country's state-owned tobacco enterprises. The British-based medical journal Lancet said Friday in a report on global smoking rates that around 300 million people, about 28 percent of the population, use tobacco products in China, despite new restrictions on public smoking. The study's lead author, Dr. Gary Giovino, says China's government-owned cigarette companies, an important source of revenue, are even encouraging the deadly habit with... Continue reading

The string of islands known as Senkaku islands in Japanese, and Diaoyu in Chinese (2010 file photo) The chain of uninhabited islands at the center of a territorial dispute between China and Japan sits on top of what are thought to be vast oil deposits, and are surrounded by rich fishing grounds. But the islands, known as Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese, have a long history of straining relations and inspiring nationalist resentment between the two Asian neighbors, long before the issue of oil resources in the area came up. China says the islands have been considered part... Continue reading

Police carry away the body of Zhou Kehua, the fugitive serial killer and armed robber, from the spot he was shot dead, in Chongqing Municipality, August 14, 2012. Read more: http://world.time.com/2012/08/15/chinas-most-wanted-how-the-cops-got-a-murderous-serial-bank-robber/#ixzz23mPoGBJX Before Zhou Kehua became one of China‘s most wanted fugitives, he enjoyed reading and collecting detective novels. When he was short of cash as a teenager, he would sometimes sit on the roadside and rent his novels out, an acquaintance told the Chongqing Morning Post. But as an adult Zhou took a more direct and violent route to raising funds: robbing people at gunpoint, then shooting them and leaving... Continue reading

The US accused China of militarizing the region, when Washington is the one doing the militarizing by John Glaser, August 16, 2012 Recent US statements criticizing China for militarizing the South China Sea area have been bitterly rejected by Chinese authorities, who view Washington as doing the militarizing and trying to provoke China. Source: BBC Tensions between various Asian countries have been on the rise over territorial disputes and Washington keeps sticking its nose in where it doesn’t belong in an attempt to undercut its global competitor, China. “Judging from the outrage coming from China at being singled out, after... Continue reading

Unlike their predecessors Mao Tse-tung and Zhou Enlai, China's present leaders remain behind closed doors during their annual summer retreat to Beidaihe. A short stretch of the beach at Beidaihe, the enclave to which the Chinese leadership decamps during the summer, is open to the public. The area is also popular with foreign visitors. (Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times / August 14, 2012) By Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times August 16, 2012, 6:05 p.m. BEIDAIHE, China — Celebrity sightings used to be part of the fun in Beidaihe, the summertime retreat of the Chinese Communist Party. "In the old days,... Continue reading