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NewsChina explores the perspectives driving today’s China and its people with a deep dive into the histories that shaped them.

  1. há 4 dias

    The Blood, the Tears, and the Fortune: China’s Southern Exodus

    Today, we’ll talk about one of the largest and most overlooked migrations in modern history, a movement of millions from China’s coast to Southeast Asia that lasted for centuries, driven by hunger, lured by colonial promises, and marked by unimaginable suffering as well as astonishing resilience.

    The Blood, the Tears, and the Fortune: China’s Southern Exodus

  2. 18 de ago.

    Luoyang Bridge: The Ancient Stone Giant That Defied the Tides

    Today, we’ll talk about Luoyang Bridge, a nearly thousand-year-old stone bridge in southeastern China whose ingenious use of oyster reefs, tidal forces, and innovative engineering helped it survive the ravages of the sea and become one of the world’s earliest and most remarkable coastal bridges.

    Luoyang Bridge: The Ancient Stone Giant That Defied the Tides

  3. 11 de ago.

    A Temple Built on a Miracle: The Living History of Kaiyuan Temple

    Today, we’ll talk about a famed temple in Quanzhou, a thousand-year-old landmark where legend, maritime exchange, and cultural fusion converge to reveal the enduring openness of China’s ancient coastal civilization.

    A Temple Built on a Miracle: The Living History of Kaiyuan Temple

  4. 4 de ago.

    Institution Behind Letters: Rise and Fall of Tianyi Post Office

    Today, we’ll talk about Tianyi Post Office, the pioneering remittance and postal agency that connected overseas Chinese communities across Southeast Asia with their families in China, creating a vital network of letters, money, and trust long before the advent of modern banking and communications.

    Institution Behind Letters: Rise and Fall of Tianyi Post Office

  5. 28 de jul.

    Yongle Encyclopedia: Six Centuries of Mystery and Survival

    Today, we’ll talk about the Yongle Encyclopedia, a monumental Chinese text dating from the Ming dynasty, and provide you with a fascinating narrative detailing its six-hundred-year journey, tragic dispersal, and ongoing global recovery.

    Yongle Encyclopedia: Six Centuries of Mystery and Survival

  6. 21 de jul.

    Pearl S. Buck: A Bridge Between East and West

    Today, we’ll tell the bittersweet story of Pearl S. Buck, the American Nobel laureate who lived in China for the first half of her life at the turn of the last century and how the complications of a war-torn world made it impossible to return to the home she loved and vociferously advocated.

    Pearl S. Buck: A Bridge Between East and West

  7. 14 de jul.

    Li Jingxun: The Most Spoiled Child in Chinese History

    Today, we’ll talk about a new exhibition at the National Museum of China that tells the story of history’s ‘most spoiled child’, a girl whose tomb was sealed with her grandmother’s curse. And curiously, it seems that curse still held power after a thousand years.

    Li Jingxun: The Most Spoiled Child in Chinese History

  8. 7 de jul.

    She Wrote of Love, Then Watched a Dynasty Fall

    Today, we’ll talk about Li Qingzhao, China’s greatest female poet, whose extraordinary life of love, loss, and resilience inspired some of the most beautiful verses in Chinese literature.

    She Wrote of Love, Then Watched a Dynasty Fall
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NewsChina explores the perspectives driving today’s China and its people with a deep dive into the histories that shaped them.

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  • Anos de atividade
    2022 - 2026
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