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On June 4, 1928, a train carrying warlord Zhang Zuolin from Beijing to Shenyang was ripped apart by a huge explosion.
by Ned Kelly, 05 June 2023
The 1861 power grab of the woman who went on to control the Qing Dynasty.
by Ned Kelly, 02 November 2021
Never underestimate an emaciated, opium smoking Cantonese ex-sugar broker...
by Ned Kelly, 07 September 2023
The Communist Party of China turns 100 this month, founded in Shanghai in July 1921.
by Ned Kelly, 23 July 2022
Mao sent Nixon a pair of pandas.
by Ned Kelly, 14 April 2023
The total number Jews arriving at the open port of Shanghai by sea and land between November 1938 and 1941 is estimated at 20,000.
by Ned Kelly, 19 August 2022
Statistics released in 2010 show at least 273,400 were killed by the earthquake in Gansu, with Haiyuan losing 73,604 people, nearly half of the county’s entire population.
by Jonathan Zhong, 16 December 2021
The Dutch socialist who attended the First National Congress of the CPC.
by Ned Kelly, 23 July 2022
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