The internet is awesome-Chinese history in film version – Frog in a Well China. British Pathé has put some 80,000 of their old newsreels on YouTube. This is a massive treasure trove of cool stuff, and the many hours I will spend looking at them are fully justified as "work". A lot the commentary is bland, foreigner-centered and uninformed, but the pictures are great. Civil War in China. (1922) Not much analysis, but a a nice funeral. Some of these are listed as unknown material with no date. such as. World Faces Crisis As Japan And China Clash In Far East (1938) I suppose I should comment and tell them what this is.
Some of it might be quite useful for research. Would you like to see a film of the official parade at the inauguration of the Japanese puppet government of Canton? Maybe Village Children Of South China (1951) is more your style? Mao propaganda film from chinese cultural revolution. The internet is awesome-Chinese history in film version – Frog in a Well China. Communists, Nationalists, and China's Revolutions: Crash Course World History #37. Morning Sun. Three Chinese Leaders: Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Deng Xiaoping. Mao Zedong Mao Zedong (1893-1976) was one of the historic figures of the twentieth century. A founder of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party), he played a major role in the establishment of the Red Army and the development of a defensible base area in Jiangxi province during the late 1920s and early 1930s. He consolidated his rule over the Party in the years after the Long March and directed overall strategy during the Sino-Japanese War and the civil war.
He formally assumed the post of Party Chairman in 1945. His reliance on the peasantry (a major departure from prevailing Soviet doctrine) and dependence on guerrilla warfare in the revolution were essential to the Communist triumph in China. Following the establishment of the PRC (People's Republic of China) in 1949, Mao was responsible for many of the political initiatives that transformed the face of China. In 1969 Mao designated Defense Minister Lin Biao, a Cultural Revolution ally, as his heir apparent. Ancient China.
Caves of Wonder. A series of massive caves was recently discovered in Vietnam. The passage into the caves is about 300 feet wide and nearly 800 feet tall. And that's just the lobby. Inside the depths of the largest of the caves sits a real live jungle! This is potentially the largest cave in the world, and it was only recently discovered. What an incredible and awe-inspiring discovery that speaks to how little we really know about our world. As we currently focus so much of our attention on what we need to do to heal and fix the state of our environment, there is potential to lose perspective on who is the true parent in this situation. East Asia Under Challenge, 1800-1914. China. Medieval Japan. Ancient India. INDO-CHINA. Korean War. The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953)[29][a][31] was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by China and the Soviet Union.
It was primarily the result of the political division of Korea by an agreement of the victorious Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War II. The Korean Peninsula was ruled by the Empire of Japan from 1910 until the end of World War II. Following the surrender of the Empire of Japan in September 1945, American administrators divided the peninsula along the 38th parallel, with U.S. military forces occupying the southern half and Soviet military forces occupying the northern half.[32] The failure to hold free elections throughout the Korean Peninsula in 1948 deepened the division between the two sides; the North established a communist government, while the South established a right-wing government. Names. China. Ancient China. Afghanistan. Ancient China. India country profile - Overview. India is the world's largest democracy and according to UN estimates, its population is expected to overtake China's in 2028 to become the world's most populous nation.
As a rising economic powerhouse and nuclear-armed state, India has emerged as an important regional power. But it is also tackling huge, social, economic and environmental problems. Home to some of the world' s most ancient surviving civilizations, the Indian subcontinent - from the mountainous Afghan frontier to the jungles of Burma - is both vast and diverse in terms of its people, language and cultural traditions.
See India in picturesSee more country profiles - Profiles compiled by BBC Monitoring Population 1.3 billion Area 3.1 million sq km (1.2 million sq miles), excluding Kashmir Major languages Hindi, English and more than 20 other official languages Major religions Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism Life expectancy 67 years (men), 70 years (women) Currency Rupee Getty Images Read full biography. India. Asia. Ancient China. India. Cambodian Surf Rockers Were Awesome, but the Khmer Rouge Killed Them. Cambodian surf rock artist Ros Sereysothea When a friend invited me to a “Cambodian surf party” in his run-down apartment in Sheffield, England, I figured he was just being a pretentious idiot.
It’s a retro novelty, I thought. The kind of thing people who collect surrealist-noise vinyl lose their minds over because it’s kitsch and obscure. Upon arrival in Sheffield—where there was a distinct lack of anything Cambodian—my drunk friend rushed straight over to his laptop and loaded a song up on YouTube. “Listen to this,” he said. “It’ll blow your mind.” I was compelled to find the story behind the genre, so I downloaded a compilation album—The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Cambodia—and was captivated by the erratic rhythm and chants of Yol Aularong and the Sinatra-like presence of Sin Sisamuth. As Vietnam faced the onslaught of American invasion in the 1960s, neighboring Cambodia was exposed to an unintended cultural bombardment. But the scene didn’t last long.
Two hours of Sin Sisamuth songs. Asia. Sino-Japanese War. Russo-Japanese War.