Historical Portrait of the Muslim Chinese
The Hui are one of the most important and peculiar of China's minorities because of their unique place inside China's socio-historical space.
Unlike some other...
China Humbled by Foreigners
After 1794, the British employed opium to turn millions of Chinese into addicts as a means of forcing the Chinese Emperor to grant them...
Emperor Hongwu Biography
Emperor Hongwu (or Zhu Yuanzhang) lived as a farmer, wandering monk and rebel leader and eventually become the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu...
The Chinese Cultural Revolution
The Chinese Cultural Revolution was a time of instability in China. Red Guards spread chaos across the country and political infighting was endemic.
The Chinese...
Qin Dynasty History
The Qin Dynasty was the first to unify China and Qin Shi Huang was China's first emperor. The history of the Qin Dynasty is...
Pu Yi – The Last Emperor of China
While on her deathbed the Empress Dowager Cixi chose the infant boy Pu Yi to be China's next emperor. In December 1908 he ascended...
White Russians in Shanghai
After the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 thousands of ant-Communist Russians were stateless and homeless. They all flocked to Shanghai, China and a new life.
There...
The 1911 Revolution and the Last Emperor of China
After nearly a century of foreign intervention, nationalist forces seized control of China from the Emperor and the Qing Dynasty.
After years of foreign intervention...
Muslims in Eastern China: Mosques a Sign of Islams Place
Chinese followers of Islam have a long history. The influence of early Muslims in south-eastern provinces is recalled at a number of historical sites.
Within...
The Ninja: Formulation of an Assassin
An investigation into the origins of the ancient ninja give clues to how and why this highly trained assassin came to be.
The ninja figures...