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How Russians secretly set up their own 'California' in China An entire year went by before the Chinese authorities realized that Russian gold miners had founded their own independent "republic" on Chinese territory. At the end of the 19th century a gold rush swept the Far East of the Russian Empire and neighboring northern areas of China. Tens of thousands of prospectors rushed to the many mines there to dig for gold, an activity that was not always legal. Sometimes de facto states with their own president, legislative and judicial bodies, as well as law-enforcement authoritie...

SUBSCRIBE 55 Days at Peking (1963) - Full length movie 55 Days at Peking is a 1963 American epic historical war film dramatizing siege of the foreign legations' compounds in Peking (now known as Beijing) during the Boxer Rebellion, which took place in China from 1898 to 1900. It is based on the book by Noel Gerson and produced by Samuel Bronston for Allied Artists, with a screenplay by Philip Yordan and Bernard Gordon with uncredited contributions from Robert Hamer and Ben Barzman. It stars Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, and David Niven, with supporting roles by Flora Robson, John Ireland, Leo...

© Ron Gatepain Beijing’s Yi He Yuan, or the Summer Palace, is a complex of halls, towers, kiosks, and pavilions in a 720-acre (290-ha) park around Kunminghu lake, about 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Tiananmen. It was commissioned by Emperor Qianlong in 1750 as the Qingyi Yuan (Garden of Clear Ripples), which developed into the imperial summer residence. It was attacked by foreign armies in 1860 and 1900, and rebuilt on each occasion. The Dowager Empress Cixi lived here from 1889 until her death, and she is said to have funded the restoration and expansion of the Summer Palace with money di...

The sounds of ceramics sing throughout the ages By Hu Yuyan | China Daily | Updated: 2020-12-22 08:05 Share CLOSE The Cixi Celadon Ou Music Troupe recently performed well-known pieces, including Molihua (Jasmine Flower) and Meihua Sannong (Three Variations on the Plum Blossom), on ceramic vessels and percussion instruments, accompanied by flutes, bells and stringed instruments in a modest building in Cixi city. The building houses the Cixi Celadon Ou Music Troupe, which recently enthralled international visitors with its performance. Ou r...

The Cixi Celadon Ou Music Troupe recently performed well-known pieces, including Molihua (Jasmine Flower) and Meihua Sannong (Three Variations on the Plum Blossom), on ceramic vessels and percussion instruments, accompanied by flutes, bells and stringed instruments in a modest building in Cixi city. The building houses the Cixi Celadon Ou Music Troupe, which recently enthralled international visitors with its performance. Ou refers to vessels such as cups and bowls. These ceramics with a greenish sheen are called Yue celadon. The material was first made in the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220) in ...