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Hutong History #2: The (Qing) Empire Strikes Back
The Story of the Last Emperor of China and the 1917 Manchu Restoration
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Douglas Rooney π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ π΅πΈ
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Douglas Rooney π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ π΅πΈ
@Doug_rooney
Podcast: Hutong History: A Beijing History Podcast. Make funny videos. Writing something probably. Based in Beijing π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώπ³οΈβπ
Joined January 2013
- The Mixue Empire looks much nicer and as an added bonus will give you delicious ice cream rather than horrific war crimes
Youβre unable to view this Post because this account owner limits who can view their Posts. Learn more - Some Chinese students came across Rishi Sunak living his best life in Santa Monica
- New sub-type in the ''foreigner stuns locals with fluent Chinese'' genre just dropped
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- Went to the Chinese Border and Customs museum. Here are some fun items Customs have seized over the years π§΅
- Without the Cultural Revolution China today would resemble a corrupt post-Soviet dictatorshipWhich opinion about history will get you like this?
- I really hate this debate because it only really makes sense in English. In the native languages of all these countries they just have a name for the New Year in the language and move on. But we English speakers have to make a culture war issue about everything so here we areChinese nationalists are demanding people say βChinese New Yearβ So again - for all the other peoples who celebrate this holiday: Happy Lunar New Year, yβall! Btw, how many Chinese have you heard say βδΈε½ζ°εΉ΄εΏ«δΉβ? #ChineseNewYear2025 #LunarNewYear #China #RedNote #Wumao
- Who does this account think China is bombing?
- Something funny about the officially atheist CPC insisting on abiding with the centuries old religious tradition while the Dalai Lama is like ''nah the finance bros have got this''π¨π¨π³ REPORT: Dalai Lama to grant his Financial Trust the authority to designate his reincarnated successor. βI am affirming that the institution of the Dalai Lama will continue,β the Dalai Lama said, adding that his successor will be born outside China and urged his followers to
- Replying to @Doug_rooneyA big bear skin (incidentally would love this for my living room)
- So I think the central tension of Taiwanese nationalism is the desire to BOTH be distinct from China AND claim things that are obviously part of China's heritage (like this jade cabbage) as its own. And I get why that can rub Mainlanders up the wrong wayA century of heritage, a future of friendship. #TaiwanβsπΉπΌ beloved #JadeiteCabbage will headline the Czech National Museumβs fall exhibitβmarking the National Palace Museumβs first-ever showcase in #Czechiaπ¨πΏ & a proud milestone for #TaiwanCulture in #Europe. (πΈNPM)
- Ah yes nothing says defending Korean sovereignty like waving American flags and holding signs in EnglishThis Post is from a suspended account. Learn more
- Replying to @Doug_rooneyQing era Buddhist statue that was being smuggled out (it belongs in a Museum!)
