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A short history of free speech in China
200 BC The legacy of Confucius From 200 BC to the beginning of the 20th century, Chinese statecraft was based on the ideas of Confucius, a political ......(Continue Reading) The enigmatic art of Sanxingdui: bronze trees and masks evoke the spirit worlds of a lost civilization in China
The Red Basin, which falls mostly within southwestern China's Sichuan Province, is an isolated land of plenty. Since antiquity, its fertile soil, mild ......(Continue Reading)The Coming Collapse Of China. - Review - book review
THE COMING COLLAPSE OF CHINA by Gordon G. Chang Random House, $25.95 THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION IS seeking an enemy abroad, and China has obliged. The ......(Continue Reading)The yin and yang of China's contradictions: prosperity is only a part of the big picture, and a relatively small part at that
By mid-November it was beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Regal East Asian Hotel in Shanghai. A large angel blowing her horn and an equally ......(Continue Reading)The Terra Cotta Army of Xi'an - Focus on Archaeology - historic sites, China
Rank upon rank they stand, staring straight ahead with unseeing eyes as they have for more than 2,000 years. Archers, foot soldiers, charioteers and ......(Continue Reading)
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