Month: July 2025

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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