The world is accustomed to call us industrious and diligent, but there exists in China a most idle and good-for-nothing class of people.Continuing
China Awakens With Education
By the establishment of public schools, the diffusion of education is daily increasing.Continuing China Awakens 1905,with a selection from A
Development of the Press in China’s Awakening
The effects of this great change for the better in the Press are innumerable and somewhat difficult to analyze.Continuing China Awakens 1905,with
Why China Reacted Differently Than the Japanese to the Foreigners’ Arrival
We were different: we were not used to receiving lessons from others.Continuing China Awakens 1905,with a selection from A Chinese Cambridge Man.
How China Saw the Arrival of the Foreigners
It would be wrong to say that we were not impressed by the newcomers.Continuing China Awakens 1905,Today is our final installment from Adachi
China Ends Concessions
Not so many years ago many thoughtful people excused the Peking Government for neglecting to attend to many important governmental functions, because
New Year’s Day, 2019
Happy New Year from History Moments!Annual Reportby Jack Le Moine, the PublisherThe backbone of this site is stories of the great events of
New Year’s Eve, 2018
Today is New Years Eve.As 2018 Recedes Into HistoryLet’s do a quick retrospective of it.by Jack Le Moine The top story of 2018
China’s Humiliations in the 1890’s
The fact is that the China of yesterday is farther away from the China of to-day than are the days of Washing ton from the United States of the