Rescued by their mother, Qiu Lilian, the children fled China at a young age and achieved great success abroad. Tragically, both their mother and father, Zhou Xinfang, met a cruel fate at the hands of the Cultural Revolution. Fourth daughter: Cai Ci — her mother Qiu Lilian secretly arranged her escape She was unaware of ...
Peking Opera master Zhou Xinfang and his wife Qiu Lilian endured tragic ordeals and death brought upon them by the sordid Cultural Revolution. Qiu Lilian was from a wealthy family in Shanghai and was the leading socialite in that social circle. She had a premonition that a catastrophe would befall mainland China sooner or later. ...
There was a rich man named Chen Guorui in Wangjiang County, Shuzhou (now known as Wangjiang, Anhui). He started working by smelting iron ore and eventually became extremely wealthy. He wanted to find an auspicious burial place for his mother. After the news spread, feng shui masters came one after another, offering to divine an ...
Wang Jia was a native of Hejian Zhangwu (now Hejian County, Hebei). In the last years of the Sui Dynasty, Wang Jia served in the army in Qizhou. One year, he was sent to escort more than 70 exiled prisoners and their leader, Li Shen, to the capital. Prisoners share expressions of remorse According to ...
Gao Yaojie, the first person in China to speak out against the HIV epidemic, passed away in New York City on December 10, 2023, at the age of 95. Zhao Lanjian, a former Chinese media personality, commented that Gao Yaojie single-handedly promoted China’s social development and is a hero of the Chinese people. Gao Yaojie ...
Peking Opera performer Ma Lianliang and his family lived in a courtyard opposite the National Cultural Palace in Xicheng on Fuxingmen Street. It was often said that he was a filial son. He bought this luxurious house after he became famous to fulfil his father’s wish. When Ma Lianliang was a child, his family lived ...
Living a life based on the principles of integrity and truthfulness, that is, being honest and not telling lies, should be the norm for a stable society. The perils for all humanity in a world smothered in universal deceit “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” The author of ...
Zheng Banqiao (1693-1765) was a renowned official, calligrapher, painter, and writer in the Qing Dynasty. He was known as the “Three Wonders” in poetry, calligraphy, and painting. He clocked up remarkable political achievements and was known for being an upright official of his generation. Zheng Bianqiao only became a father when he was 52 and ...
We continue the intriguing story of the heroes from China who saved a priceless heritage from extinction and became the historic English-Chinese Dictionary of Anglo-American Law. China’s forgotten luminaries Mr. Sheng Zhenwei: Author and dean of Soochow University Sheng Zhenwei (1900-1997), the first Chinese dean of Soochow University and later the law school dean, authored ...
It all began in 1993. Xue Bo graduated from the China University of Political Science and Law. One day, while searching for information on international law, he and his classmates suddenly realized that there was no applicable English-Chinese Anglo-American Law Dictionary. Anglo-American law most often refers to a region in the Americas where English is the ...
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