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The Making of a Rebel: Nobunaga’s Unconventional Beginnings Born in 1534 as the heir to the minor Owari domain (modern-day […]
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A Chain of Unfortunate Events Begins On March 27, 1977, at 1:15 PM, a bomb exploded in a flower shop […]
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A Fateful December Afternoon in Shanghai The winter of 1948 found Shanghai in a state of uneasy transition. As civil […]
A Doomed Voyage in the Twilight of War As World War II entered its final bloody months in January 1945, […]
The Dawn of Digital Communication in China The late 1990s marked a pivotal era in global internet history, particularly in […]
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From Tokyo Streets to Manga Stardom: The Early Years of Masami Kurumada Born on December 6, 1953, in Tokyo, Masami […]
From Poverty to Power: The Making of a Village Leader In 1930, Yu Zuomin was born into a poor farming […]
The Birth of an Extraordinary Educational Experiment In October 1977, as China emerged from the Cultural Revolution’s shadow, a remarkable […]