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America The Faithful – 250 Years of ‘One Nation, Under God’

On the occasion of our national holidays, we are often called to remember what America stands for, and to honor those who made great sacrifices for the liberties that we

Xi Jinping Cannot Afford to Lose Taiwan. But Can He Afford to Win It?

Commentary by Christian, Vision Times History offers a warning to leaders who stake their reputations on reclaiming a contested piece of territory. After retreating to Taiwan in 1949, Chiang Kai-shek
Konghou (箜篌): The Lost Ancient Chinese Harp Preserved in Japan
Ming Dynasty painter Qiu Ying painting of ancient Chinese women playing konghou extinct ancient harp
June Fourth Survivor Li Shuangde Recounts Being Wounded and Rescued by Beijing Residents
A Chinese Law Student Who Joined the 1989 Tiananmen Hunger Strike Recalls the Six Weeks That Led to the Massacre
The Great Flood in Ancient Greek Myth: A Story That Matches the Bible and Ancient China
The Fiction That Predicted The Titanic: Coincidence Or Warning?
How Confucian Philosophy Helped Influence Early America’s Democracy and Ideals
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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...
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‘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...