1942: During the World War II, second day of the Battle of Edson’s Ridge in the Guadalcanal campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeated attacks by the Imperial Japanese Army with heavy losses for the Japanese forces http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Edson’s_Ridge
1945: British troops arrive in Vietnam to disarm the Japanese
2000: In Xiamen , trials in the biggest corruption scandal in Communist China’s history opens with senior officials facing the death penalty for a multi-billion dollar smuggling scam
Wounds that fester: Histories of Chinese Islamophobia
The Great Northwestern Muslim Rebellion was complex, messy and extremely violent. It began with a series of local feuds that mostly were not about religion but which escalated when Qing officials took the side of Han disputants against the Muslims and garrisons across the two provinces mutinied, producing a domino effect. Rumour, banditry and socioeconomic distress did the rest: by the end of the rebellion, the populations of Shaanxi and Gansu had fallen by half, with millions dead or having fled to make new lives elsewhere https://theasiadialogue.com/2019/08/02/wounds-that-fester-histories-of-chinese-islamophobia/
12 JUNE 2019
Oldest evidence of marijuana use discovered in 2500-year-old cemetery in peaks of western China
From Mao to Tiananmen, Hu Yaobang is an icon of China’s reform – and a reminder of how little has changed
If the Chinese saying, “a person’s merits or demerits can only be judged rightly after death”, carries any truth then the late former Communist Party leader Hu Yaobang should be known as one of the country’s most reform-minded top officials.
Singapore’s Relations with China before Decolonization
Singapore’s relations with China can be traced back to this precolonial period. Archeological excavations at Fort Canning Hill and along the Singapore River of sites associated with the fourteenth century Singaporean kingdom of Temasek — later known as Singapura — have uncovered “Chinese glass beads and vessels, as well as the fragment of a rare porcelain pillow and a unique compass bowl,” suggesting “an exceptionally close relationship with China http://ippreview.com/index.php/Home/Blog/single/id/875.html
12 JANUARY 2018
British Foreign Office was told to size up the risk of Chinese takeover of Hong Kong ahead of 1997, archives show
The use of cavalry in Chinese warfare was a significant development which was largely responsible for the abandonment of chariots, that vehicle being much slower and more cumbersome to manoeuvre in battle conditions. The greater speed and mobility of cavalry not only changed battlefield dynamics and troop deployments but also necessitated a far greater investment in fixed defences than previously. An enemy which could attack at any time, on any terrain, and without warning became a disconcerting feature of Chinese warfare from the 4th century BCE onwards https://www.ancient.eu/article/1142/cavalry-in-ancient-chinese-warfare/
Chinese historical fiction Ling Jiefang known as Eryuehe passes away in Beijing at the age of 73
Fei Mu was a director whose life coincided with huge upheavals in the history of China. A man of deep intellect and a love of his country, he would spearhead many innovations in Chinese cinema and endure untold difficulties only to die as a refugee at the age of 44 https://gbtimes.com/fei-mu-director-of-chinas-greatest-film
2 JUNE 2018
The US-China trade war: can Trump learn from history and resolve it?
‘The week that changed the world’: How China prepared for Nixon
As is the case with China then and now, once the objectives were set, various mechanisms of state power began working to ensure the success of the trip, including the propaganda machine, the security apparatus and efforts to mobilise the masses
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-44399773
Anna Chennault, Behind-the-Scenes Force in Washington, Dies at 94
Anna Chennault, a Chinese-born Republican fund-raiser and anti-Communist lobbyist who dabbled in foreign intrigue after the death of her husband, the renowned leader of the Flying Tigers in China and Burma in World War II, died on Friday at her home in Washington. She was 94 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/obituaries/anna-chennault-dead.html?smid=fb-share
2 APRIL 2018
Archaeologists confident they have found body of fabled Chinese warlord Cao Cao
Few people today have even heard of the Battle of Talas River. Yet this little-known skirmish between the army of Imperial Tang China and the Abbasid Arabs had important consequences, not just for China and Central Asia, but for the entire world
Historic photos of China by Jack Birns (1947-1949)
Seen through the lens of hindsight, Birns’ photographs give us a sense not only of what China was like more than fifty years ago, but also of why the warfare, weariness, and desperation of the time proved such fertile soil for communist revolution http://monovisions.com/vintage-historic-photos-of-china-by-jack-birns-1947-1949/
4 NOVEMBER 2017
Hunt for Ming dynasty admiral Zheng He’s lost treasure ship heats up in Indian Ocean
1942: During the World War II, second day of the Battle of Edson’s Ridge in the Guadalcanal campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeated attacks by the Imperial Japanese Army with heavy losses for the Japanese forces http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Edson’s_Ridge
1945: British troops arrive in Vietnam to disarm the Japanese
1942: During the World War II, second day of the Battle of Edson’s Ridge in the Guadalcanal campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeated attacks by the Imperial Japanese Army with heavy losses for the Japanese forces http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Edson’s_Ridge
2000: In Xiamen , trials in the biggest corruption scandal in Communist China’s history opens with senior officials facing the death penalty for a multi-billion dollar smuggling scam
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