World War I in the Far East was a sideshow in the grand scheme of things, but it had long-reaching implications, setting up further conflict...

In 1923, the Blue Express, a luxury train also known as the Peking Express, departed from Shanghai, chugging northward to Peking. On the nig...

 Chinese cinema has a long history, as well as the fandom around movies within China. Much like its Western and Japanese counterparts, the C...

 Shanghai between the world wars is a fascination of Westerns, the Chinese themselves, but also the Japanese. The zeitgeist of 1920s Shangha...

The Cultural Revolution has been a taboo subject in China, but confusing and forgotten to Westerners. The political upheavals instigated by ...

The question of “Who Lost China to the Communists?” became a political flashpoint in American politics. It gave rise to the McCarthy Era and...

The Girl Who Played Go is a historical novel by Chinese author Shan Sa, originally published in French, translated into English. With that ...

The 1980s was a period of rapid change and economic growth for China. In 1979, paramount leader Deng Xiaoping opened special economic zones ...

Compared to Nazi Germany, the Japanese Empire during World War II receives little to no coverage in Western media. Even more obscure, are ...

Chinese history has long been ignored in the West, but a few spotlights do shine out from time to time on certain events, even if only to ...

This month on Indie Spotlight, Bijou Li tells us about the inspirations behind her time travel novels which she has self-published on Amazon...

Jonathan Chatwin writes on travel, culture and history with a particular focus on China. His first book, Anywhere Out of the World , was a ...