On May 8, 1958, Mao Zedong addressed senior Communist Party officials at a meeting of the Party’s Eighth …
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How China’s Famous Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant Survived the Cultural Revolution
by Mikel Davisby Mikel DavisA sentimental retelling of Quanjude’s 10 years between life and death When Peking duck is mentioned, almost no …
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Chinese Peking Opera Master Ma Lianliang and His Head-On Collision With Mao
Peking Opera performer Ma Lianliang and his family lived in a courtyard opposite the National Cultural Palace in …
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In the north of Fufeng County, Baoji City in Shaanxi Province, exists the Famen Temple, built by the …
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Master Ye Qisun Begging on the Street in His Later Years (Part 2)
by Mikel Davisby Mikel DavisThis is a two-part story; please go here for Part 1 Before Xiong Dazhen died, he would never have imagined …
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During the 1950s, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) embarked on improving China’s aerospace, nuclear physics, and atomic bomb …
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The motivation for Xian Baokang to become a master craftsman came from witnessing the Red Guards’ destruction of …
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“Sorry! My husband is deaf…” This is what Xian Baokang’s wife said to the judges of the 13th Violin …
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From ancient times to the present day, people have held a special sentiment for the divine and naturally …
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There is a saying: “One reaps what one sows.” It is customary for the Chinese to go to …