In the mountains of Nara, Japan, stands Hase-dera, an ancient Buddhist temple dedicated to the Eleven-Faced Kannon, the …
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In many parts of East Asia, flashing a V sign is one of the most familiar ways to …
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For nearly a decade, a Chinese merchant managed a business whose owner had gone home and could not …
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For 21 years, Jiang Wen worked as a chef in Yantai, a coastal city in China’s Shandong Province, …
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In Jingchu, a region encompassing parts of present-day Hubei Province, lived a young scholar named Liang Jinkang. His …
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On Kinmen, even an oyster gatherer’s hat once had a military purpose. Residents heading to the shore had …
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In the spring of 1949, Chinese legal scholar Yang Zhaolong helped secure the release of an estimated 10,000 …
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When Peking Opera master Zhou Xinfang was released from detention in 1969, his wife, Qiu Lilin, was no …
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During the Jiaqing and Daoguang reigns of the Qing Dynasty, a prominent court minister named Tao Shu emerged …
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