On December 10, 1939, during the horrors of the Japanese aggression against the Republic of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-45), 2,988 Chinese soldiers were assigned to defend a bridge on the Yangtze River. By morning, the Chinese Nanking Battalion had simply vanished. Ready to fight The commander of the newly-arrived battalion was a ...
Sage (Salvia officinalis) is a small, compact shrub that is native to the hills of Croatia, Dalmatia, and along the Mediterranean Coast to Spain. In the wild, it can be found growing around limestone rock formations, preferring rocky alkaline soils. This makes it great to plant in your garden as a pioneer if these conditions ...
According to Canadian federal court documents, Mrs. Wu, a Chinese citizen, is very wealthy. In 2009, she applied to immigrate to Canada, along with her husband and 10-year-old son. Mrs. Wu provided a birth certificate for her son to prove their relationship. While reviewing the documents, the immigration officers questioned her honesty and the authenticity of ...
Temperature changes a lot during the period between summer and autumn. When the weather turns, it is imperative to keep warm in cold weather. We have different ideas and perceptions of cold, but is cold always bad, or can it be good for us? We look at the effects of cold weather, particularly the effects ...
Chinese history is filled with stories of prominent families, but few have survived more than a thousand years. One such family is the Kong family, which has seen the rise and fall of dynasties, and come through all the instability of those times to the present day. The family has now surpassed its 84th generation, ...
Could it be? Could the choice between mosquitoes and toxic DEET-filled insect repellents finally be over? (Sorry, but we know the natural brands and recipes don’t cut it). We found this on the travel section of the Chinese social network Weibo. The age-old Chinese secret of applying sesame oil to keep the mozzies from biting ...
Ravage is a visceral and hard-hitting short film by Peabody Award-winning director Leon Lee and stars human rights advocate, actress, and Canadian beauty pageant titleholder Anastasia Lin. The film is just over 7 minutes in length and has all the settings of a psychological horror story as we enter the psyche of a victim of torture. ...
China’s 19th National Congress held on October 25, 2017, excluded several mainstream media organizations. The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China (FCCC) regards the exclusion as a serious violation of freedom of the press. The committee, which sees as its purpose protecting the rights of journalists, condemned the action and believes it to be an act ...
Let’s do an easy word this time – The Chinese character for jade! 玉 (yù) is another word based on the ideogram for king, 王 (wáng). The only difference is that there’s a tiny dot on its lower right side, which resembles an amulet on the king’s gown. The oldest form of 玉 displays a ...
Split by the State is a short film about a 17-year-old refugee boy living in Australia who becomes hopeful after learning Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will visit China. He writes and hand delivers a powerful letter to him, sharing his story and pleading for the government to intervene in the case of his father — a ...
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