32 precious old photographs reveal the real life of the Chinese people in the 1980s
An album of selected images depicts a vision of China in the 1980s, very different from today. China was more ideological, and poor but apparently … Read more
An album of selected images depicts a vision of China in the 1980s, very different from today. China was more ideological, and poor but apparently … Read more
From the end of the 20s, China was afflicted by a long drought. Abnormal weather over central China began in the winter of late 1930. … Read more
How to create a Eunuch: A eunuch in ancient China was a man castrated, typically early enough in his childhood to have major hormonal consequences … Read more
Unit 731 (731部隊) led by Japanese microbiologist Shiro Ishii, was a covert biological warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that undertook … Read more
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
Found films in China – What happens if some old films are found in the debris of a city? In this period Kunming, the capital … Read more
Chinese Opium-Smokers – In the nineteenth-century thousands of Chinese people crossed the ocean to find work in the United States. They began arriving in San … Read more
1971 was a critical year for the Cultural Revolution. The Chinese government issued this series of postcards to tackle the “traitor” Liu Shaoqi and the … Read more
Images of Old Tibet: These photos were taken by U.S. military personnel during the period 1942-1943. American soldiers arrived in Tibet from India to support … Read more
A series of rare shots portraying the former British colony, between 1950 and 1958. A gallery of amazing images of Hong Kong depicting the economic … Read more
Huashan Mountain, located in Shaanxi Province, about 110 kilometers east of the city of Xi’an, is one of China’s Five Sacred Taoist Mountains and has … Read more
History of Qigong – There are hundreds of types of Qigong: some only need meditation and others require body movement to music. They are popular … Read more
Since the late ’50s, China launched its program to become the fifth nuclear power, a goal reached in 1964 with test 596. Prior to that … Read more
Pictures of the boxer rebellion: in the late Qing Dynasty (1899-1902), China was plagued by a xenophobic conflict that bloodied the country for three years. … Read more