Nov 05 2008
According to David Lu, his 中国集邮学报 that was re-launched on April 18, 2006 with 1,000 in circulation, cost HK$128 and US$25 had won Gold at the Israel and Czech’s World Philately within its category 以色列及捷克世界邮展中获文献类期刊组的镀金奖. He went on to say that this award is the highest 该类别中国邮刊(并非专著)在世界邮展中获得的最高奖 a Chinese magazine (not a monograph) had [...]
Nov 05 2008
A very popular term during the Cultural Revolution, search somebody’s house and confiscate his property.
Chairman Mao mobilized the students, who abandoned study and took to the streets as the terrifying Red Guards, setting out to destroy the Four Olds: Old Customs, Old Culture, Old Habits, and Old Ideas.
Mao himself lived in luxury, but he never [...]
Nov 05 2008
I opened my mailbox this morning, among other e-mails were these two:
US got a black president, in a landslide election - It’s the Economy, Stupid ..
Arsenic killed Chinese emperor - a yesterday’s news.
China began the national program of the Compilation of Qing Dynasty History, a 10-year project started in 2003. It’s a tradition that each dynasty [...]