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  • A III Century Chinese Account of the Roman Empire

    A III Century Chinese Account of the Roman Empire
    May 14 2022

    The Weilue, a 3rd-century Chinese historical literature, contains details of Roman life. The Chinese and Roman empires had relatively little mutual knowledge.

    The papers show only a few instances of direct conversation. MORE: A Third Century Chinese Account of the Roman Empire
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    11 mins
  • The Campaign to Exterminate the Sparrow in China during the Great Leap Forward

    The Campaign to Exterminate the Sparrow in China during the Great Leap Forward
    May 5 2022

    During the Great Leap Forward, between 1958 and 1962, the Four Pests campaign was one of the initial initiatives. Rats, mosquitoes, flies, and common sparrows were the four plagues to be eradicated, according to Chinese authorities. The extinction of the sparrows caused a catastrophic ecological imbalance and was one of the causes of the Great Chinese Famine, which killed tens of millions of people between 1958 and 1962. MORE: The Tragic Four Pests Campaign to Wipe Out the Sparrow
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    4 mins
  • The strange case of the Chinese cross-dresser spy Shi Pei Pu

    The strange case of the Chinese cross-dresser spy Shi Pei Pu
    May 2 2022

    The story of Shee Pei Pu, an opera singer, and spy, pretended to be a woman and had a 20-year sexual connection with a French employee in order to collect information. MORE: The bizarre story of the Chinese spy Shi Pei Pu
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    4 mins
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