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Master Ye Qisun Begging on the Street in His Later Years (Part 1)

Around 1970, many people saw an old man hunched over and wearing tattered clothes on the street in the northwest part of Beijing. Sometimes, he would buy two small apples from a store and nibble on them as he walked. When he met a student he knew, he would say: “If you have money, spare ...

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Mikel Davis

Black and white image of Chinese physicist and academician Ye Qisun.

The True Story of Zheng Pingru, Protagonist of the Movie ‘Lust, Caution’ (Part 2)

This is a two-part story; please go here for Part 1 This is the story of Zheng Pingru, who fought for her country, sacrificing everything in the name of loyalty and love. Before the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Zheng Pingru planned on getting married to her sweetheart, Wang Hanxun. Fate, however, had other ...

March 3, 2023

Mikel Davis

Chinese socialite and spy Zheng Pingru posing for a photo.

The True Story of Zheng Pingru, Protagonist of the Movie ‘Lust, Caution’ (Part 1)

This is a two-part story; please go here for Part 2 People have passed down stories of heroes and beauties since ancient times. This is one such story. It is about two sweethearts, Wang Hanxun and Zheng Pingru. He was handsome, she was a beauty, and both were talented. Despite their plans to achieve a ...

March 2, 2023

Mikel Davis

Zheng Pingru, a young socialite who worked as a spy in Shanghai during the Second Sino-Japanese war.

Schindler of the East: John Rabe (Part 2)

This is a two-part story; please go here for Part 1 John Rabe, a German businessman known to the world for setting up a safe zone during the Second Sino-Japanese War in China and saving 250,000 Chinese people, made a wrong choice. As a result, he was forced to bear the weight of the crimes ...

December 1, 2022

Helen London

Schindler of the East: John Rabe (Part 1)

This is a two-part story; please go here for Part 2 John Rabe, a German businessman, is known to the world for setting up a safe zone during the Second Sino-Japanese War in China (1937-1945) and saving 250,000 Chinese people. But a choice he made caused him to regret his lifestyle. John Rabe was born ...

November 30, 2022

Helen London

Japanese Artillery Shells Failed to Destroy Laojun Terrace

During the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), Japanese soldiers made an attack on Luyi County in Henan Province and tried to blow up a building located at Laojun Terrace on Laojun Mountain. They fired 13 shells, but none of them exploded. The puzzled troops went to examine the site and found that it was a large ...

February 12, 2018

Nspirement Staff

Wu Peifu, the First Chinese National on the Cover of Time Magazine

Born in 1874 in Penglai, Shandong Province (northeast China), Wu Peifu began life as a scholar before embarking upon a career as a professional soldier in his twenties. How did he rise from being the son of a tradesman, leading a simple life, to become one of China’s strongest warlords, heralded by Time magazine as ...

January 29, 2018

Nspirement Staff

ccp persecution campaign, sino japanese war, tsinghua university, yan'an rectification campaign, ye qisun

Master Ye Qisun Begging on the Street in His Later Years (Part 1)

The True Story of Zheng Pingru, Protagonist of the Movie ‘Lust, Caution’ (Part 2)

The True Story of Zheng Pingru, Protagonist of the Movie ‘Lust, Caution’ (Part 1)

Schindler of the East: John Rabe (Part 2)

Schindler of the East: John Rabe (Part 1)

Japanese Artillery Shells Failed to Destroy Laojun Terrace

Wu Peifu, the First Chinese National on the Cover of Time Magazine

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ccp persecution campaign, sino japanese war, tsinghua university, yan'an rectification campaign, ye qisun

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