Empress Börte, wife of Genghis Khan, is revered by generations of Mongols as a symbol of brightness like the sun and moon, and as expansive as the sea. The Hulun and Chahan lakes in present-day Mongolia, one large and one small, complement each other under the sunlight and are considered sacred by the Mongols. This ...
In 1896, at the age of 59, Wu Xun fell ill. This beggar, whose fame had already spread far and wide, continued to think day and night about raising money to establish even more free schools. Unwilling to spend money on medicine, he succumbed to his illness. He passed away in one of the very ...
During the Cultural Revolution, Wu Xun was labeled as a “traitor of the working people.” In the summer of 1966, Red Guards in Guan County, Shandong, smashed open Wu Xun’s tomb, destroyed his statue, and paraded his coffin through the streets. His bones were shattered by hammers and, along with the coffin, were ultimately burned ...
Emperor Kangxi, born Aisin Gioro Xuan Ye, ascended the throne at the age of eight and reigned for 61 years, from 1661 to 1722. His chosen reign name, “Kangxi,” which means “peaceful harmony,” represented his desire for the well-being and benevolence of his people. Under his rule, China became the largest country in terms of ...
Anne Frank’s favorite spot was by the window, the real world only a pane of glass away. She loved observing the chestnut tree as it changed with the seasons – from blossoming to fruit-bearing, then shedding its leaves, and finally renewing its life cycle. These natural rhythms reflected Anne’s own yearning for life. She also ...
The name of the young girl is Anne Frank, an iconic figure in world literature and the author of the once-forbidden book, “The Diary of Anne Frank”. Born on June 12, 1929, Anne Frank came into the world in a wealthy Jewish family in Frankfurt, Germany. When Hitler rose to power in 1933, initiating a ...
The Cultural Revolution erupted in 1966 and Xu Hongci became one of the first to be persecuted. Every one of his past “crimes” was dredged up and criticized anew. Paraded through the streets, bound and humiliated, he was once again sentenced, this time to 20 years. He was incarcerated in a prison in Lijiang specifically ...
Xu Hongci was once a shining star within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), so admired that his reputation was said to be “redder than red.” However, he later became a rightist criticized by the Party’s media. During the 14 years he spent in labor reform, he escaped prison four times, finally succeeding in his flight. ...
On April 15, 1989, following the death of Hu Yaobang, the former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), a memorial held by students in Tiananmen Square quickly escalated into the largest democratic movement in Chinese history. From the night of June 3 to the early hours of June 4, CCP troops committed a ...
Around 1970, many people saw an old man hunched over and wearing tattered clothes on the street in the northwest part of Beijing. Sometimes, he would buy two small apples from a store and nibble on them as he walked. When he met a student he knew, he would say: “If you have money, spare ...
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