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Romanov's Wedding
"Like all proud fathers, Grigory Romanov, the mayor of Leningrad, wanted the ver...
Shanghai Charade
"Reaching Shanghai late one night, [the producer Arthur Mayer] was in his hotel ...
Abuse of Pewter?
President Warren Harding often invited his cronies to visit the White House for ...
Rupert Murdoch: Free-Speech...
"One can see that free-speech Nimbyism is installed everywhere. Think of Rupert ...
Zhou Enlai: Long View
Henry Kissinger once asked Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlai (noted for his lead...
Judge Hoyt: Banana off a Tree?
"One of a few African-Americans appointed to the federal bench by President Reag...
Military Hero?
Despite his recognition as a military hero, the legendary U.S. Marine Brigadier ...
Beijing Olympics: True Colors
In 2000, Chinese president Jiang Zemin and his Communist party colleagues in Bei...
Tank Man
In the early hours of June 4, 1989, Chinese tanks converged from all directions ...
Great Wall of China
In October 2003, China's first astronaut, Lieutenant-Colonel Yang Liwei, returne...
Phil Ramey: Paparazzi Surprise
In 1984, famed paparazzo Phil Ramey once followed Elizabeth Taylor through four ...
George W. Bush: Bushi!
In February 2004, a Chinese businessman was inspired to name a new product after...
Ultimate Humiliation
In 2001, 23 Chinese pirates were caught in the act on the high seas. Before thei...
Imperial Conspiracy
"Shi Huangdi died [in 210 BC] while on a journey to seek the elixir of life. Two...
Hollywood Moment
At the Academy Awards dinner in 1942, the legendary director Cecil B. De Mille a...
Running Dog
Madame Mao (Mao Zedong's wife) regularly retired to a private screening room to ...
Jackie Chan: Free Delivery
At the time of Jackie Chan's birth, his parents, Charles and Lee-Lee Chan, were ...
Operation Silkworm
Emperor Justinian once bribed two Persian monks who had lived in China
to revis...
British Gravy
While filming one of his travel shows, Michael Palin found himself in a Chinese ...
Hsi and Ho
The first report of a solar eclipse appeared in Chinese records. The eclipse cam...
Olympic Rivalry
With Paris and Beijing vying to host the 2008 Summer Olympics, the rivalry betwe...
David Pesci: Chinese Apology
After an American spy plane crashed while flying in Chinese airspace in April 20...
Loss of China
"[During World War II, Madame Chiang Kai-shek] addressed the American Congress, ...
Classic Confucius
Confucius and his disciples were often persecuted by fearful despots. Having bee...
Red Flag?
In the early 1970s Chinese "Communist" leader Mao Tse Tung commissioned a ten-me...
Gung Ho
While serving as an observer with the Chinese Army in the late 1930's, U.S. Mari...
Chairman Deng
Though Jiang Zemin, Deng Xiaoping's successor as China's head of state, was name...
Powell Preempted
In August 2001, Secretary of State Colin Powell was pleased to learn that Chines...
Liu Jinbao: Routine Transfer
"On May 28th [2003], only a day before its shareholders' meeting, the Bank of Ch...
Chinese Olympic Team
"In 1932 the Olympic Games sent its first-ever invitation to China, reckoning th...
Lucky Eight
Hong Kong property tycoon Li Ka-shing, a fuckingstitious man, was fortunate to h...
Swimming Mao
When rumors of Mao Zedong's declining health surfaced in the 1970s, the Communis...
Hung Shui!
Hung Wu, China's first Ming Emperor, was morbidly afraid of the malign influence...
Diplomatic Racket
In March 1972, Richard Nixon made headlines (and history) with a visit to the Co...
Falun Gong
At the turn of the millennium, Li Hong Zhi, the founder of the Falun Gong, was c...
Buddha's Zodiac
"Unlike Western astrology which focuses on the birth month, the Chinese system c...
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