Tag: History
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Once shaped by court rituals, China’s imperial cuisine lives on today
It is said that Empress Dowager Cixi once dreamed of a pastry during the final decades of imperial China. The same treat was served to her ... -
Route 66, a quintessential American road trip heavy on kitsch and history, turns 100
There are faster ways to get from Chicago to Los Angeles, but none have the allure or cultural cachet of Route 66. To John Steinbeck, it ... -
Trump administration releases FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family’s opposition
The Trump administration Monday [today, Macau time] released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate’s family ... -
A mismatch with history
Trump says high tariffs may have prevented the Great Depression; history says otherwise In the early days of the Great Depression, Rep. Willis Hawley, a Republican ... -
‘Give me liberty or give me death’ turns 250
The phrase “Give me liberty or give me death!” has been expressed by protesters from the 1989 Tiananmen Square uprising in China to those who opposed ... -
Remembering China’s Empress Dowager Ling, a Buddhist who paved the way for future female rulers
In sixth-century China, a woman known to history as Empress Dowager Ling ruled over an empire called the Northern Wei. Historians do not know her birth ... -
Corporations at the heart of colonialism: a new perspective
In a presentation that took place at Livraria Portuguesa (the Portuguese bookshop) on Saturday evening, historian Philip Stern covered his latest work, Empire, Incorporated: The Corporations ... -
After confronting their Nazi past, Germans not immune to nationalism
When Sabine Thonke joined a recent demonstration in Berlin against Germany’s far-right party, it was the first time in years she felt hopeful that the growing ... -
New version of Taiwan history book published
Anew version of the “General History of Taiwan,” a history book first published more than 100 years ago, was revealed at a ceremony in Beijing this ... -
WWII Monuments Men weren’t all men. The female members finally move into the spotlight
After World War II, the U.S. Army’s art experts set out to find and return millions of works stolen by the Nazis. Known as the Monuments ... -
Colonized countries rarely ask for redress over past wrongs – the reasons can be complex
The king of the Netherlands, Willem-Alexander, apologized in July 2023 for his ancestors’ role in the colonial slave trade. He is not alone in expressing remorse ... -
Hip-hop was born in the Bronx amid poverty, despair. 50 years later, there’s pride, still hard times
Before it was a global movement, it was simply an expression of life and struggle: a culture that was synonymous with hardship and suffering, but also ... -
The Crimean Peninsula is both a playground and a battleground, coveted by Ukraine and Russia
Its balmy beaches have been vacation spots for Russian czars and Soviet general secretaries. It has hosted history-shaking meetings of world leaders and boasts a strategic ... -
On its 75th birthday, Israel still can’t agree on what it means to be a Jewish state and a democracy
As Israel celebrates the 75th anniversary of its founding, and nearly a century and a half after the first Zionists came to Palestine from Europe, the ... -
Gold Rush treasures from 1857 shipwreck up for Reno auction
Since the recovery of sunken treasure began decades ago from an 1857 shipwreck off the coast of South Carolina, tens of millions of dollars worth of ...
