Chinese history

What People Are Really Celebrating on National Day in China

Submitted by rvance on Wed, 2008-10-01 06:05. :: | | |

This article was aggregated from The China Teaching Web
 

Today is National Day in China. On this day, 59 years ago, Mao Zedong and the Communist Party of China founded the People’s Republic of China with a ceremony at Tiananmen Square. For most Chinese people, however, this day is not about Chairman Mao nor is it about the triumph of the Communist Party. Today [...]
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Jottings from the Granite Studio

Submitted by The Granite Studio on Wed, 2006-09-20 19:12. :: | |
 
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A Qing historian reads the newspaper.  Commentary and observations on China and Chinese history.  

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