On June 26, 1945, the world came together to create the United Nations, marking a pivotal moment in international diplomacy. In the auditorium of the Herbst Theater in San Francisco, delegates from 50 nations gathered together in hopes of creating an organization that would…
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The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Yihetuan Movement, was an anti-foreign, anti-colonial uprising in China between 1899 and 1901. This tumultuous period was marked by intense anti-imperialist sentiments among the Chinese population, which culminated in violent clashes and significant international intervention. The rebellion…
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On April 27, 1989, tens of thousands of students poured into the streets of Beijing in one of the most pivotal early moments of the protests that would come to define the spring of dissent in the People’s Republic of China. The demonstrations, organized…
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Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished from radar on March 8, 2014, becoming one of aviation’s greatest mysteries. The Boeing 777-200ER, carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew, departed from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing but disappeared less than an hour into the flight. After reaching a…
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On February 21, 1972, U.S. President Richard Nixon undertook a groundbreaking journey that would reshape global geopolitics: his visit to the People’s Republic of China. This unprecedented diplomatic effort aimed to normalize relations between two nations that had been ideological rivals since the Communist…
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On November 17, 2019, a 55-year-old resident of Hubei Province sought medical attention for an unusual respiratory illness after visiting a market in Wuhan. At the time, the episode attracted no broader notice. China’s vast health-care system regularly confronts flurries of seasonal pneumonias—nothing about…
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On October 28, 1420, Beijing—then known as Beiping—was officially designated the capital of the Ming dynasty. The occasion marked the completion of the Forbidden City, a monumental architectural and political project that embodied the grandeur, order, and cosmic symbolism of imperial rule. With this…
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On August 25, 1945—just ten days after Japan announced its surrender and brought the Second World War to a close—an American intelligence officer named John Birch was killed in China under circumstances that soon became freighted with political meaning. To his comrades, he was…
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