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
15 rare historical photographs of the 1931 China floods
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: the procedure
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
Rare images of the infamous Japanese experiment unit 731 in China – Second Part – Graphic content
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
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
Lost & Found: forgotten memories – Found films in China
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 late XIX Century in the US
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
14 Cultural Revolution Propaganda Postcards
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
40 rare images of Old Tibet
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
60 Hong Kong old photos during the fifties
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’s Last Taoist Immortality seekers depicted by foreign journalists in 1935
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
A Photographic History of Qigong and Alternative Medicine in China
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
20 rare images of Chinese nuclear tests during the Sixties
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
20 rare pictures of Boxer prisoners during the late Qing Dynasty
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