When Peking Opera master Zhou Xinfang was released from detention in 1969, his wife, Qiu Lilin, was no …
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How a Peking Opera Master’s Wife Saved 5 Children From the Cultural Revolution (Part 1)
by Mikel Davis“Of the six children in our family, five escaped the decade of catastrophe,” Zhou Caici recalled during a …
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In 1734, during the 12th year of the Yongzheng Emperor’s reign in the Qing Dynasty, a remarkable story …
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A 19-Year-Old Student Who Defied Mao Zedong and Survived the Cultural Revolution (Part 1)
by Mikel DavisOn 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 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 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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