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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s visit was a possible decoy.

Imagine if the president of the United States was considered by U.S. citizenry to be a living god.

All were arrested. Legalism demands blind obedience, so anything the people said was irrelevant at best, rebellious at worst.

The history of Manchuria and the Manchus reflects the constantly evolving and broadening nature of Chinese identity.

The Han Dynasty imperial officers never found the Celestial Steeds they were searching for. What they did find was even more valuable.

The last assassin in Sima Qian’s chronicles is Jing Ke, the man who tried and nearly succeeded in killing the king of Qin, better known for his later role as the conqueror and first emperor of China.

Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, marks the start of the Year of the Sheep according to the traditional Chinese calendar. It is also known as the Year of the Goat, because the root Chinese character for both animals, pronounced “yang,” is the same.

“I cannot explain it too much but seeing a performance like this, you need time to think about it to get the true feeling.”