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 …
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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Bullied by China at Sea, With the Broken Bones to Prove It
A violent attack on a Vietnamese fishing boat tests Hanoi’s muted but resolute approach to China’s aggression in the South China Sea. By Damien Cave Photographs and Video by Linh Pham Damien Cave, who recently established The Times’s first bureau in Vietnam since the Vietnam War, reported this article from the south-central part of the country. “Nguyen …
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Oriana Skylar Mastro, Opinion | The U.S. Must Stand Up to Beijing in the South China Sea – The New York Times
By Oriana Skylar Mastro, July 27 ish, Ms. Mastro is an expert on Chinese politics and military policy. “Over the past 15 years, China has expanded its once-minimal military presence in the South China Sea into a significant one. Beijing has laid claim to nearly all of the strategic waterway, a vital shipping lifeline for the …
China’s Anguished Debate: Do Its Children Have a Crime Problem?
China has been considered relatively progressive on juvenile justice. But several high-profile killings have prompted calls for the law to come down more harshly on minors. By Vivian Wang Reporting from Beijing June 26, 2024, 12:43 a.m. ET For nearly two years, Gong Junli has been waiting. Since his 8-year-old daughter, Xinyue, was stabbed multiple times and …
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China Keeps Trying to Crush Them. Their Movement Keeps Growing.
Credit…Illustration by Linda Huang; source photograph by Tsering Dorje By Ian Johnson Mr. Johnson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who spent two decades in China. 阅读简体中文版閱讀繁體中文版 “In 1959, a group of university students in the northwestern Chinese city of Tianshui embarked on a quixotic plan. China was in the midst of the Great Famine, a catastrophe …
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Burner Laptops and Smaller Profits: Firms Portray Their China Challenges
Business groups chronicle the difficult environment inside China for U.S. and European companies navigating confusing regulations and an intensified security focus. By Keith Bradsher and Alexandra Stevenson Keith Bradsher reported from Beijing and Alexandra Stevenson from Hong Kong. Sept. 19, 2023, 9:06 a.m. ET Sign up for Your Places: Global Update. All the latest news for any part of the …
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