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Presidential History: America's first independence jubilee
22+ hour, 24+ min ago (444+ words) Annually for the past 250 years, Americans have marked Independence Day with speeches, parades and fireworks. But as David Mc Kean and M. Todd Bennett observe in their book "The Flag Was Still There," the nation's five semicentennial anniversaries " including the one…...
UNESCO makes decision on potential new endangered World Heritage site
2+ hour, 17+ min ago (13+ words) The Brussels Times...
China, ASEAN Deepen Cultural Heritage Cooperation at Dunhuang Dialogue
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (301+ words) The Diplomatic Insight China, ASEAN Deepen Cultural Heritage Cooperation at Dunhuang Dialogue Dunhuang (TDI): China and ASEAN countries have reaffirmed their commitment to expanding cooperation in cultural heritage preservation and people-to-people exchanges during the "Enduring Heritage, Shared Beauty for All…...
The Empress of China and other great American-Chinese moments
1+ hour, 56+ min ago (116+ words) news. cgtn. com The Empress of China and other great American-Chinese moments Did you know the Empress of China was American? An American ship, to be precise. And who hasn't heard of Sichuan hot pot " but have you heard Sichuan…...
Which US presidents visited Shasta and Siskiyou counties
1+ hour, 58+ min ago (18+ words) Record Searchlight Which US presidents visited Shasta and Siskiyou counties...
When President John F. Kennedy visited California
2+ hour, 48+ min ago (16+ words) Record Searchlight When President John F. Kennedy visited California...
Civilians on Okinawa | American Experience | PBS
23+ hour, 24+ min ago (592+ words) The Battle of Okinawa'was one of the bloodiest and costliest of World War II in the Pacific. The United States needed a base to stage an invasion'of mainland Japan. The island of Okinawa was the crucial final stepping stone for…...
When Connaught Place followed the British to Shimla
7+ hour, 14+ min ago (530+ words) The Connaught Place Inner Circle in the 1950s Every summer, Connaught Place remains one of Delhi's busiest destinations. Less than a century ago, however, much of the market shut down for months as traders packed their goods and followed the British…...
James Galbraith on China's Internal Economy, Colonial History, Belt and Road, and Global Fragmentation Risk
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (53+ words) China Academy James Galbraith on China, No-Navy Trade Expansion, and the Limits of Western Empire Logic Leave a Reply Cancel Reply Your email address will not be published. You may use these HTML tags and attributes:...
David Yule: the Scottish businessman whose legacy survives in India
11+ hour, 27+ min ago (606+ words) The entry on the Yule family in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, a biographical record of people who shaped British history, describes David as "arguably the most important businessman in India." The Times of London, in its 1928 obituary, called…...