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A French sneak in 1884 attack led to a fundamental misunderstanding of Qing technological prowess. It’s time to reexamine the popular — but simplistic, if not outright wrong — idea that China’s military losses to Europe (and, later, Japan) owed to its inability to modernize.
All the action as the stage finishes atop the 9% Col du Granon
Photo by ARNAUD FINISTRE The Trappists at the Abbey of Notre-Dame d'Acey in eastern France can now rely on more than just divine protection after the community's recent abbatial election. The 28 monks last March elected Dom Godefroy Raguenet De Saint-Albin, a former marine commando, to be the spiritual father of their monastery, which is located about 35 miles east of Dijon heading towards the Swiss border. Abbot Goderfrey, who was born in Versailles in 1970, joined the Trappists some twenty years ago. He made his solemn profession in 2007 and was ordained to the priesthood in 2011. But as C...