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On March 20th 1913, Song Jiaoren, China’s first democratically elected prime minister, was
assassinated as he waited for a train in Shanghai. With him died China's best shot at democratic government.
posted by Chrysostom
on Dec 21, 2012 -
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"Finding my way in Beijing was tougher than I'd ever imagined. But sharpening my skills at a local youth academy for ping-pong—a game at which I'd dominated friends back home for years—seemed like an opportunity not to suck. So what if it meant beating up on little kids at the school and old men in the park? This would be my key to assimilation. Nice plan—but then I stared down the pre-teen pong machines and got my first real taste of
China's national pastime."
posted by Chrysostom
on Sep 21, 2012 -
28 comments
Her name was Wu Zetian, and in the seventh century A.D. she became the only woman in more than 3,000 years of Chinese history to rule in her own right.
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posted by Chrysostom
on Aug 15, 2012 -
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