The Guangxu Emperor (14 August 1871 – 14 November 1908), was the tenth Emperor of the Qing dynasty, and the ninth Qing emperor to rule over China proper. His reign lasted from 1875 to 1908, but in practice he ruled,… Read More ›
Qing Dynasty
December 13, 1678 – Yongzheng, 4th Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, was born in Yonghe Palace, Forbidden City, China
The Yongzheng Emperor (13 December 1678 – 8 October 1735), born Yinzhen, was the fourth Emperor of the Qing dynasty, and the third Qing emperor to rule over China proper, reigned from 1722 to 1735. A hard-working ruler, the Yongzheng… Read More ›
Chinese Kung Fu and Confucianism are not ‘Killer Apps’
A Chinese ‘tai chi’ master was defeated by a free-combat fighter in just 10 seconds in a race held in Chengdu last week. In my Dec 2016 article “No Chinese ‘Kung Fu’ in Hong Kong riot”, I was one of… Read More ›
Chinese school’s ridiculous claim of family relationship with US Nobel Prize winner
Soon after US Scientist Eric Betzig won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2014), Bangbu No. 1 Secondary School in Anhui Province, China celebrated the event and posted a conspicuous announcement of congratulation on its son-in-law winning the Nobel Prize. How… Read More ›
China: Is the absence of an emperor proof of the existence of a republic?
On 12 February 1912, the Xinhai Revolution, or the Hsin-hai Revolution, also known as the Revolution of 1911 or the Chinese Revolution, culminated with the overthrow of the Empress Dowager Longyu and the infant Emperor Puyi that marked the end… Read More ›
Revanchist China seeks to falsely regain “lost” territory
In a speech at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC, on February 22, Japanese Prime MinisterShinzo Abe informed the audience of officials, experts, and journalists that Japan is “back” and will not stand down in its ongoing sovereignty… Read More ›
Four new weapons that China says frighten the US and Japan
Chinese media says that looking back at the year 2012, China put a sudden end to its prolonged old practice of hiding its lustre, maintaining a dull image and keeping a low profile with regard to it military strength. China… Read More ›
China unearths ancient palace ruins near terracotta warriors
China has unearthed the ruins of an ancient palace near the tomb of the country’s first emperor that was already famed for its terracotta soldiers, state media said on Saturday. The discovery is the latest at the mausoleum, which dates… Read More ›
The mystery of the core of the CCP Dynasty
The CCP Dynasty is already unique but the power of a fully retired core is even more unique. How can a man without any powerful post have dominant power in such a vast country as China? It certainly seems a… Read More ›
Chinese nationalists covet Japan’s Okinawa
In the over a century when China was weak and bullied by foreign powers, it claims to have lost quite large parts of its territories, including Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Korea, Hong Kong and Macao, and 3 million square kilometres to… Read More ›
Ai Weiwei barred from Chinese court in tax case
The Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was denied his day in court on Wednesday after dozens of police officers barricaded first his home in Beijing and then the court house itself. Mr Ai, 54, claims that Beijing’s tax bureau breached Chinese… Read More ›
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s swansong on democracy
For years, Premier Wen has talked about political reform and democracy, but seems to have little effect. However, he quoted the poem of Lin Zexu, a well-known patriot and talented official of the Qing Dynasty, to express his resolution to… Read More ›
