2008-11-30

Light reading: the failed US invasion in Beijing

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I hope the more industrious bloggers can translate this into English. Anyway, most of the points made in the post are somewhat true, though ...
2008-11-28

The myth of the "Earthquake Line" in China

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There is an article widely cross-posted around the internet about a 'm ysterious earthquake line ' running from the estuary of Tum...
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2008-11-26

A new country in the making

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Greenland Takes a Step Towards Autonomy the largest island in the worl d (Quiz: which are #2 and #3?) the lowest population density in the w...

ZT: how the places in Taiwan got their names 从台湾地名看其社会历史的变迁

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I will leave the funs of locating the places discussed in this article to you. But if you need help, please post in the comment section and ...
2008-11-25

Light viewing: Chinese Calligrapgy, too.

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We have seen the science magazine Max Planck Forschung taking Chinese calligraphy unscrupulousl y. The texts say,  " We have offered a ...
2008-11-24

Wang Lixiong's Tibet Roadmap

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Wang Lixiong, the Chinese writer who married a Tibetan artist, has written an essay about Tibet , ( English translation in progress here) a...
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2008-11-21

Picture maps: Ireland, France and Italy, and Corea

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Koreans made this map, allegedly in response to some Japanese derision that they are rabbits. This is a propaganda map by a Japanes...
2008-11-19

ZT: 战国时期魏国疆域变迁考 Wei - the Prussia of China 2500 years ago

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One of the biggest puzzles in reading the Chinese history before the Qin dynasty is the geographic locations. In early Spring-Autumn period,...