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Title: The first locomotive that runs through the heart of Peking. A train station opens in Chienmên on November 1, 1901. From “Photographic Journal,” a collection of photographs taken in cities including Beijing and
Shanghai by Alfons von Mumm. Mumm left in Genova July 1900, and arrived
in Beijing in October of the…
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Greg Walton has a rich, thoughtful post on Buddhism in the Internet age, in which he directs us to the World Buddhist Forum being held April 13-16 in Hangzhou, China. The WBF site contains links to speeches and articles by Buddhist scholars and luminaries, one of which is an article titled, “A Brief Discussion on…
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The Qingming Festival just passed by a week or two ago–the day when Chinese families all over the world go to pay their respects at the graves of their ancestors. Graves or memorial halls are swept and freshened with flowers, fruit is presented, paper goods are burned.
Much was written in both the Chinese and English-language media about…
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