1945

Downfall of the West

Another totally justified fight against absolute evil?

admin - marzo 8, 2022

I have to admit that the sheer magnitude of the military actions taken by Russia against Ukraine immediately after the Peking Winter Olympics caught...

Asian history

The controversy about Retrocession Day on October 25th, 1945

admin - octubre 25, 2020

After the First Sino-Japanese War in 1894/95, by signing the Treaty of Shimonoseki on April 17th, 1895, China was originally forced to concede Taiwan...

History

Some facts and thoughts about the UN on its 75th birthday

admin - octubre 24, 2020

On October 24th, 1945, shortly after the end of World War II, the United Nations (UN) were founded in San Francisco as the successor...

Asian history

Taiwan´s imperial subjects still speak Japanese

admin - julio 28, 2020

Many of the elderly that were educated under Nippon’s colonial rule still are fluent in Japanese and happy to use it among their fellows.

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