The Making of a Qing Dynasty Strategist In the turbulent 1850s, as China’s Qing dynasty faced its greatest internal challenge […]
A Statesman’s Intellectual Journey Through Turbulent Times For half a century, Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), one of China’s most influential late-Qing […]
The Making of a Qing Dynasty Scholar-Official In 1846, a 24-year-old scholar named Li Hongzhang penned a revealing declaration in […]
The Birth of an Internationalist Vision In the closing decades of the 19th century, as imperial rivalries intensified and arms […]
The Winter of 1908: A Fateful Visit to Korea The crisp winter air of 1908 carried me to Korea during […]
The Missionary Dilemma in Late Imperial China When I assumed the position of secretary for the Christian Literature Society in […]
A Welsh Revival and Global Baptist Connections The year 1905 marked a transitional period for Timothy Richard, the renowned Baptist […]
The Crushing Defeat That Shook an Empire The year 1895 marked a turning point in Chinese history when the Qing […]
The Bloody Backdrop: Boxer Violence and Its Aftermath The year 1900 marked one of modern China’s darkest chapters—the Boxer Uprising. […]
The Spiritual Heart of Chinese Buddhism Towering over Zhejiang province, Tiantai Mountain has stood for over a millennium as one […]
The Intellectual Awakening Before Reform The late 19th century found China humiliated by military defeats, particularly in the First Sino-Japanese […]
The Historical Context of Christian Missions in Late Imperial China Christian missionary activity in China during the late 19th century […]
The Powder Keg of 1894: Origins of the Sino-Japanese Conflict The outbreak of the First Sino-Japanese War in 1894 was […]
The Voyage to China and an Unlikely Friendship In 1886, a remarkable journey unfolded aboard the French mail steamer Oxus […]
The Historical Context of Christian Missions in China The late 19th century marked a turbulent period in China’s history, as […]
The Golden Age of Cultural Exchange During the Han Dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE) and Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE), China stood […]
The Gathering Storm: Origins of China’s Forgotten Catastrophe The drought began quietly in 1876, a dry whisper across northern China […]
A Nation Divided by Climate China’s historical vulnerability to natural disasters followed a stark geographical pattern. The southern regions frequently […]
The Historical Backdrop of Late Imperial China The mid-to-late 19th century was a turbulent period in Chinese history. The Qing […]
The Journey Begins: Departure from England On November 17, 1869, I embarked on a significant journey aboard the Achilles, a […]
A Humble Beginning in the Valleys of Wales In 1845, Timothy Richard was born in the small Welsh village of […]
The Grandeur and Routine of the Forbidden City Life within the imperial palace unfolded with a rhythm as precise as […]
