Biographies

When Ulysses S. Grant met General Li

When Ulysses S. Grant met General Li

Grant’s was a life lived in many acts: Soldier. Drunk. Failed businessman. Drunk. General. Drunk. President. Failed Businessman again. Tomb. He was also the first US president to visit China.

A Historian's review of Jet Li's Fearless: Who was the real Huo Yuanjia 霍元甲?

A Historian's review of Jet Li's Fearless: Who was the real Huo Yuanjia 霍元甲?

The 2006 Hong Kong film Fearless stars Jet Li as the famous martial artist Huo Yuanjia. But like all movies, Fearless takes some creative liberties with its subject. Who was the real Huo Yuanjia?