Qing Dynasty

Qing dynasty naval defeat 'a warning' for PLA

8 Feb 2013

At a sea-power workshop at Shanghai University of Political Science and Law late last year, PLA representatives and naval experts said they were worried that the problems and failures of the...

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Beijing to lend Taiwan historical artefacts from Forbidden City

20 Jan 2013

Beijing has agreed to lend art exhibits for a major joint exhibition in Taipei, the head of Taiwan’s top museum said on Sunday, as the two former rivals push ahead with detente.

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Letters to the Editor, January 19, 2013

19 Jan 2013

Opportunist Leung critics must move on

Over the past few months, there has been a torrent of criticism against the chief executive over unauthorised structures at his home.

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How Chinese banking can profit from a borrowed idea of old Canton

19 Jan 2013

The best Christmas present I got last year was a preview of a forthcoming book by a banker-historian in Boston.

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Beijing plans to rebuild past by razing hutongs

17 Jan 2013

In a corner of old Beijing, officials want to re-create a piece of China’s dynastic past by rebuilding a square near the Drum and Bell towers in 18th-century Qing dynasty fashion.

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Letters to the Editor, January 13, 2013

13 Jan 2013

Why China declined under Qing dynasty

In her stimulating article ("Reinvent HK's economic role", January 6), Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee attributed the Qing dynasty's failure to develop science...

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

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Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

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China criticises French Qing dynasty seal auction

China’s state cultural authority criticised a French auction house for selling a historic seal allegedly looted by foreign troops in the 19th century, state media reported on Wednesday.

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Qing dynasty seal sold by French auction house Artcurial for €1.1m

A French auction house yesterday sold a historic Chinese seal for €1.1 million (HK$11.2 million) despite threats of legal action alleging it may have been stolen from Beijing's Forbidden City.

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‘Looted’ Chinese antiques pulled from UK auction

Two Chinese antiques have been withdrawn from auction in Britain, the auctioneer said, after the proposed sale sparked fury in China amid claims they were looted from Beijing in the 19th century...

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Frederick - The Life of My Missionary Grandfather in Manchuria

Frederick - The Life of My Missionary Grandfather in Manchuria
by Mark O'Neill
Joint Publishing (HK)

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'2,000-year-old treasures' were made in... 2010

A jade stool and dressing table thought to be ancient artifacts when they were sold for 220 million yuan (HK$270.7 million) at a Beijing auction last year, were made in Jiangsu in 2010, says China...

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Knowledge - Power: The Imperial Examination System of the Qing Dynasty

Exhibition of artefacts (including a depiction of A scene of archery in the military imperial examination in the Qing dynasty, left) that traces the Chinese imperial examination system's legacy....

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