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Keye Luke, the first Chinese actor signed by Hollywood
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Keye Luke, the first Chinese actor signed by Hollywood
American actor, artist and founding member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Keye Luke died of a stroke on January 12th, 1991...Heinrich Harrer, venturesome tutor of the young Dalai Lama
Austrian explorer mountaineer, sportsman, geographer, author and tutor of the young 14th Dalai Lama, Heinrich Harrer, died on January 7th 2006 in...American broadcaster William Joyce, staunch supporter of National Socialist Germany
William Joyce, an American anti-British propaganda broadcaster of Irish descent who had taken German citizenship during World War II, was hanged on...Sanmao, the Taiwanese author shaped by a Spanish colony
Taiwanese travel writer and translator Sanmao (Three Hairs), who in 1976 became famous with the autobiographical account Stories of the Sahara, committed...
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At the beginning of the year 2021 and after posting 250 articles in nine months, I would like to thank my readers...Ma Ying-jeou, mayor of Taipei and President of Taiwan
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Oppositional TPP held its first National Convention in Taipei
The Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), the youngest opposition force on the island, held its first National Convention in Taipei on January 10th,...Heinrich Harrer, venturesome tutor of the young Dalai Lama
Austrian explorer mountaineer, sportsman, geographer, author and tutor of the young 14th Dalai Lama, Heinrich Harrer, died on January 7th 2006 in...US President Donald Trump finally accepts dubious Election results
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At the beginning of the year 2021 and after posting 250 articles in nine months, I would like to thank my readers...
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Melania Trump, model and First Lady
The wife of US President Donald Trump, Melania Trump, was born Melanija Knavs on April 26th, 1970 in Novo Mesto, a city...When Santa Claus drives a bus
Christmas 2020 will be remembered in most Christian countries as a very special occasion, even though for all the wrong reasons! I’m...Feast of the Immaculate Conception honors Spain’s Patroness
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Keye Luke, the first Chinese actor signed by Hollywood
American actor, artist and founding member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Keye Luke died of a stroke on January 12th, 1991...Agatha Christie, Queen of Crime and Mystery
World-famous English mystery author and playwright Agatha Christie, creator of the fictional detectives Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot, with more than two...Heinrich Harrer, venturesome tutor of the young Dalai Lama
Austrian explorer mountaineer, sportsman, geographer, author and tutor of the young 14th Dalai Lama, Heinrich Harrer, died on January 7th 2006 in...Sanmao, the Taiwanese author shaped by a Spanish colony
Taiwanese travel writer and translator Sanmao (Three Hairs), who in 1976 became famous with the autobiographical account Stories of the Sahara, committed...
- Downfall of the West
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Keye Luke, the first Chinese actor signed by Hollywood
American actor, artist and founding member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Keye Luke died of a stroke on January 12th, 1991...Heinrich Harrer, venturesome tutor of the young Dalai Lama
Austrian explorer mountaineer, sportsman, geographer, author and tutor of the young 14th Dalai Lama, Heinrich Harrer, died on January 7th 2006 in...American broadcaster William Joyce, staunch supporter of National Socialist Germany
William Joyce, an American anti-British propaganda broadcaster of Irish descent who had taken German citizenship during World War II, was hanged on...Sanmao, the Taiwanese author shaped by a Spanish colony
Taiwanese travel writer and translator Sanmao (Three Hairs), who in 1976 became famous with the autobiographical account Stories of the Sahara, committed...
- My personal experiences
Some thoughts on New Year’s Day
At the beginning of the year 2021 and after posting 250 articles in nine months, I would like to thank my readers...Ma Ying-jeou, mayor of Taipei and President of Taiwan
While I also know his predecessor Chen Shui-bian (born 1950) personally, as his short-time Spanish teacher I somehow have a special relationship...When Santa Claus drives a bus
Christmas 2020 will be remembered in most Christian countries as a very special occasion, even though for all the wrong reasons! I’m...A chat with long-term Chinese residents in Spain
Yesterday I went to deliver some of the many oranges that I had picked on Sunday at a friend’s little orchard just...
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Oppositional TPP held its first National Convention in Taipei
The Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), the youngest opposition force on the island, held its first National Convention in Taipei on January 10th,...Heinrich Harrer, venturesome tutor of the young Dalai Lama
Austrian explorer mountaineer, sportsman, geographer, author and tutor of the young 14th Dalai Lama, Heinrich Harrer, died on January 7th 2006 in...US President Donald Trump finally accepts dubious Election results
Apparently, at the Georgia Senate Elections on January 5th, 2021 some of the same suspicious occurrences, like the sudden appearance of a...Some thoughts on New Year’s Day
At the beginning of the year 2021 and after posting 250 articles in nine months, I would like to thank my readers...
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Melania Trump, model and First Lady
The wife of US President Donald Trump, Melania Trump, was born Melanija Knavs on April 26th, 1970 in Novo Mesto, a city...When Santa Claus drives a bus
Christmas 2020 will be remembered in most Christian countries as a very special occasion, even though for all the wrong reasons! I’m...Feast of the Immaculate Conception honors Spain’s Patroness
December 8th, Feast of the Immaculate Conception, has been celebrated in Spain since 1644 to commemorate a brilliant military victory against the...Celebrating Scotland’s National Day on November 30th
On November 30th, Scotland celebrates its National Day and the feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle, the first disciple of Jesus, and...Two years ago, the world’s largest Orthodox Church was consecrated
The Eastern Catholic Orthodox Church, the second-largest Christian community of faith on earth, has approximately 220 million baptized members, half of which...
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Keye Luke, the first Chinese actor signed by Hollywood
American actor, artist and founding member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Keye Luke died of a stroke on January 12th, 1991...