Thích Quảng Đức – Wikipedia Posted on July 29, 2025 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: “In this Vietnamese dharma name, the surname is Thích. By Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Quảng Đức. “Thích Quảng Đức (chữ Hán: 釋廣德, Vietnamese: [tʰǐk̟ kʷâːŋ ɗɨ̌k] ⓘ; born Lâm Văn Túc; c. 1897 – 11 June 1963) was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who died by From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia …
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A Professor’s Search for the MingKwai, a Lost Chinese Typewriter – The New York Times
Posted on July 22, 2025 https://www.nytimes.com/svc/oembed/html/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2025%2F07%2F22%2Fnyregion%2Fmingkwai-typewriter-china.html By Veronique Greenwood In 2010, Tom Mullaney found himself way out in the suburbs of London. A woman there wanted to show him a Chinese typewriter. She was going to be renovating her house soon, she told him, and it needed a new home. Dr. Mullaney, a professor of Chinese history …
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Xi Can’t Trust His Own Military – NY Times
May 6, 2025 Listen to this article · 7:04 min Learn more By Phillip C. Saunders and Joel Wuthnow Dr. Saunders and Dr. Wuthnow are experts on the Chinese military at National Defense University in Washington, D.C. “President Xi Jinping of China is believed to have ordered his armed forces to be prepared to invade Taiwan by 2027, if necessary, raising the …
Out of War’s Shadow
Vietnam on the Move How much does the war even matter anymore? How much does the war even matter anymore By Damien Cave and Tung Ngo Photographs and Video by Hannah Reyes Morales April 29, 2025 Out of War’s Shadow: Vietnam on the Move – The New York Times Listen to this article · 16:15 min Learn more “On April 30, 1975, …
U.S. Tells Its Diplomats in Vietnam to Avoid War Anniversary Events – NYT
The reversal adds another Trump administration blow to decades of reconciliation efforts. By Damien Cave Reporting from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam April 22, 2025, 12:02 p.m. ET “The Trump administration has told its senior diplomats in Vietnam not to take part in events marking the 50th anniversary of the end of the war. Four U.S. officials …
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