Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925)

Envy and Antipathy: Chinese historical attitudes toward Japan

Envy and Antipathy: Chinese historical attitudes toward Japan

It’s tempting to reduce the history of Japan/China relations to the horrific events of the Second World War, but the Sino-Japanese relationship goes back much further than that, and has long been characterized by a mixture of envy and antipathy.

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?