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Japanese war prints of the Sino-Japanese war
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53 amazing Japanese war prints of the Sino-Japanese war

The first Sino-Japanese War, commonly now in China as the War of Jiawu 甲午戰爭, began in 1894 and ended in 1895 and was fought between … Read more

The Flying Tigers: from Chinese pilots training camp in Arizona to the war in China against Japan
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24 rare images of The Flying Tigers: from Chinese pilots training camp in Arizona to the war in China against Japan

Images of The Flying Tigers Many Chinese (mostly coming from Guangdong) joined the American Flying Tigers in Yunnan to fight Japanese invading forces. The Chinese … Read more

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The great Chinese reform of prostitution in 20th century: 33 amazing pictures

In 1949, just after the civil war, Mao embarked upon a series of campaigns that eradicated prostitution from mainland China. Mao claimed:”we need to clean … Read more

Suppuku
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Japanese officer performing seppuku during World War II

After the defeat of the Second World War II, many Japanese officers performed the ritual suicide by disembowelment, called in Japanese Suppuku (stomach-cutting). They chose … Read more

images of the Japanese experiment unit 731 in China
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35 rare images of the infamous Japanese experiment unit 731 in China

Unit 731 (731部隊), based in the Pingfang district of Harbin and led by the infamous Japanese microbiologist Shiro Ishii, was a covert biological warfare research … Read more

Flying tigers
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Flying Tigers: 35 old great images of American and Chinese soldiers fighting side by side

Images & Facts if the Flying Tigers During the war of resistance against Japanese forces, American military photographers snapped thousands of photos of American and … Read more

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33 Historical Photos of Chongqing when it was the capital of China

Historical pictures of Chongqing In 1937, Japan invaded China and conquered much of the coastal region. By the end of 1937, Shanghai and the national … Read more