C hiang Kai-shek (1886–1975) remains one of the more colorful and notorious figures of twentieth-century history and the role he has played ...Read More
O nce a nation associated with its millions of bicycles, China is now the second-fastest-growing market for cars in the world. Millions of C...Read More
C uangzhou (pronounced “gwahng joe”) was formerly known in the West as Canton and is the capital of Guangdong Province in southern China. “C...Read More
B uddhism was founded by an Indian prince, Siddhartha Gautama (ca. 566–486 BCE), after he became enlightened that is, discovered the “truth”...Read More
C hinese tend to stand closer to other people than Americans do, even when they are not in crowds. It is also common in Europe to come up ri...Read More