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‘Black May Riots’ in Indonesia: Anti-Chinese Violence That Shook the World

From May 13 to 16, 1998, Indonesia experienced anti-Chinese riots that shocked the world; riots also known as the “Black May Riots.” Under pressure from international public opinion, on Nov.

Oxford Research Reveals Sahara’s Ancient Monsoon System Was Far Stronger Than Previously Thought

Deep within today’s vast and desolate Sahara Desert, scientists have uncovered a long-buried natural record. Mineral deposits in a remote cave reveal a world entirely different from the present—one that
Communism: The Ideology That Turns Envy Into a Political Weapon
Queen Victoria: How She Transformed the British Monarchy and Shaped Modern Britain
Stalin’s Sanatorium: How Fifteen Communist Leaders Died on Soviet Soil
Of Body and Mind: The Medicinal and Philosophical Wonders of Avicenna
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Japan Moved by the Lost Heritage Displayed in Shen Yun Performances: ‘I Truly Long to See a China Like This’
A World War II Love Letter Hidden in a Vinyl Record Resurfaced 70 Years Later
Ancient Fenghuang
A Glimpse Into the Cultural Grandeur and Prosperity of China’s Tang Dynasty
From 618 to 907 A.D., the Tang dynasty served as the pinnacle of Chinese civilization. Renowned for its...
Memories of Jining: A Elderly Survivor of Tyranny Quits the Chinese Communist Party 
The Tuidang movement, started in November 2004, encourages Chinese around the world to renounce their...
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7 Strange English Sayings and Their Intriguing Origins
From “buttering up” to “beating around the bush” the English language has a surprising number of strange...
Taiwan
‘To Lose Taiwan Is to Lose the Pacific’: MacArthur’s Warning Revisited
By Ying Shan, Vision Times Recent headlines declaring that “a Taiwan contingency is a Japan contingency...
How The Candy Cane Became an Internationally Recognized Symbol of Christmas
Few sweets say “Christmas” quite like the candy cane, but it wasn’t always this way. In fact the Christmas...
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The Charm of Chinese Chopsticks
The Chinese-invented chopsticks have become one of the world's most popular and essential eating tools...
Nuclear Shadows in Prehistory: What Ancient Ruins Reveal
For more than a century, scattered archaeological finds have hinted at a past far stranger—and perhaps...
Why Mao Feared Huang Wanli: The ‘Chosen Rightist’ Who Refused to Break
China’s Anti-Rightist Campaign swallowed more than half a million intellectuals, but very few left a...
The Forgotten Geniuses: Four Innovators Who Quietly Changed the Modern World
When people reflect on invention, names like Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and the Wright brothers...