This photo is combined with two photos, the colorful part is taken in 2018 by CGTN, and the black and white part is from VCG, which was in fact taken before 1920s. The photo shows the last Chinese ...
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FROM imperial decline and wartime peril to global recognition and digital innovation, the Palace Museum’s story is one of resilience, devotion and cultural brilliance. It was Nov 5, 1924. The last ...
Aisin-Giro Puyi wore the rare Patek Philippe timepiece while detained in Siberia. Left: A Patek Philippe reference 96 Quantieme Lune formerly from the collection of Aisin-Giro Puyi. Courtesy of ...
The third time's a charm - or so the saying goes. But for China's last emperor, the third time turned out to be a curse. Puyi (1906-1967) ruled as emperor three times. The first was in 1908, when he ...
Russell Working had never spoken to the 83-year-old translator he was about to meet for the first time because the old man, fearing a KGB tap, had no phone. What Working, an Oak Park-based freelance ...