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 […]
A Palace in Wartime Shadows The spring of 1904 arrived with unusual warmth in Beijing’s Forbidden City, bringing with it […]
The Grand Preparations for Lunar New Year As the Year of the Dragon approached in the late Qing Dynasty, the […]
The Gathering Storm: Imperial Anxiety Over the Russo-Japanese War In the winter of 1903, the Forbidden City buzzed with unease. […]
The Twilight of Imperial China The late Qing dynasty (1644-1912) represented both the culmination of China’s imperial tradition and its […]
The Origins of the Mid-Autumn Festival The Mid-Autumn Festival, celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, holds […]
The Imperial Audience: Protocol and Personal Moments The intricate dance of Qing court rituals comes alive through the detailed account […]
A Royal Invitation for an Unprecedented Portrait In the summer of 1903, the Forbidden City witnessed an extraordinary cultural exchange […]
The Imperial Morning Audience On the morning of the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, Prince Qing approached Empress Dowager […]
