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Making the Ming Great Again
A now-deleted Twitter account offered humorous historical lessons on the Ming dynasty’s last emperor
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The Ox in Myth and History
From helping humanity grow food to becoming good luck charms for flood control, stories about cattle are as old as Chinese civilization itself
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The Great Educator
The chancellor who inspired a generation of Chinese students with his commitment to academic freedom
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Death of Chivalry
What did “martial ethics (武德)” mean in ancient (and modern) China?
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The Road to Succession
Usurper, emperor, hard worker: The short and paranoid reign of the Yongzheng Emperor of the Qing
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Historical Claims
Chinese towns fight to claim historical figures as their own—and bank the tourism money
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