. Unlike their essentially silenced sisters, aunts and nieces, male members of the imperial clan had much more visible roles in national life . The main title for a Chinese emperor’s son is wang, whi…
. ‘One of life’s delights’ - a non-gambling columnist reflects on the sheer joy of mahjong . Contrary to popular belief, mahjong is not an ancient game, with the first manual for playing it appearing…
. The rulers of China’s last imperial dynasty were not Han Chinese but Manchu and citizens were expected to wear their hair accordingly . For women, the erbatou Manchu hairstyle became more elaborate…
. During an unstable period in the Western Han dynasty a bizarre mass movement emerged . Its scared and confused populace was comforted by an unlikely saviour. Sound familiar? Goddess Queen Mother of…
. Despite the significant age gap, Emperor Chenghua’s favourite consort was his former nanny, Wan Zhen’er Emperor Chenghua of the Ming dynasty. Photo: Handout We recently heard that the husband of on…
. Historians calculate there have been almost 300 serious epidemics in China, some of which devastated populations and altered the course of history The front page of French newspaper Le Petit Parisi…
. Mark Twain’s sympathetic writing about the Boxer rebels in China, which neglected the murder and violence the movement unleashed on Chinese Christians and foreigners, makes satire problematic read…
. A 279BC summit between the powerful state of Qin and the weakened state of Zhao was an exercise in unscrupulous politics . Insults were traded and demands went unmet, but all that Zhao was forced t…
The Biden administration’s new mantra falls one step short. Newly confirmed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a welcome ceremony at the State Department in Washington on Jan. 27. …
“You face a two-front war where we don’t have a two-front military,” said one former Trump official. Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) and Russian President Vladimir Putin smile during the welcom…
. The diplomat said the former US president’s actions highlighted the need for a strong response to attacks on China’s interests . The West is very good at putting labels on us but we only hit back w…
. A collaboration between Chinese and American think tanks has found both sides could overreact to perceived cyberthreats . Study warns the scale of the problem is underestimated with no effective me…
. Blinken asserted that ‘fundamental freedoms’ were being undermined in the city . His comments were latest sign of bipartisan anger in Washington over Beijing’s actions in Hong Kong US Secretary of …
. Cooperation should not be ‘one side drawing up a laundry list of demands for the other side’, foreign vice-minister Le Yucheng says . There is a ‘negative tendency in the US’ to be tough on China, …
. Ex-senator Chris Dodd and ex-deputy secretaries of state Richard Armitage and James Steinberg, who are ‘personally close’ to the president, have been selected . The US has announced new guidelines…
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