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Sean Connery, the first actor to play fictional British secret agent James Bond 007, created in 1953 by English writer Ian Fleming...Animal Farm first published 75 years ago
On August 17th, 1945 George Orwell (1903-1950) had his second best known work, the timeless allegorical fable...
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First Western war correspondent died in China in 1860
Thomas William Bowlby, British pioneer of war reportage, died on September 22nd, 1860 in Tongzhou, which is now a district of the...160 years ago, the road to Peking was opened up by force
The Battle of Baliqiao between Anglo-French and Chinese forces on the morning of September 21st, 1860 was the culmination of the Second...Sigmund Jähn, Germany’s communist cosmonaut
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First and Third World administration
In my humble opinion, a modern State is also defined by an effective administration that takes its citizens and their issues seriously....My apologies
I would like to apologize to my readers for not having posted anything since August 14th. The reason isn’t widespread August laziness,...Me, the impious student
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Spanish government presents its version of civil war history
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Kaohsiung, Taiwan’s biggest port and third largest city, has a population of almost 2.8 million. Huang Jie (born 1993) is a local...How low can the Spanish Prime Minister fall?
Responding to a question in the Spanish Senate by a member of Bildu, the parliamentary extension of ETA, the former Basque terrorist...
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35 years ago, Pope John Paul II asked pardon for slave trade
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In March 2000, Pope John Paul II issued a historic apology for the Inquisition in the name of the Catholic Church.In fact, Saint Mark’s Day is also my day!
Compared to the days of my childhood, the old Spanish tradition of celebrating a person’s name day has lost a lot of its importance.Catholics and the Vatican in Taiwan
Christians are a tiny minority in Taiwan, but Catholics are well-represented by the Vatican.
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About the very different drinking culture in Taiwan
In Mandarin, days and months don’t have proper names like in Western languages, but are just numbered. So the 9th of September...75 years ago, García Lorca’s last play premiered in Argentina
Poet, playwright and theatre director Federico (del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús) García Lorca (1898-1936) is widely considered one of the most important...The first James Bond turns 90
Sean Connery, the first actor to play fictional British secret agent James Bond 007, created in 1953 by English writer Ian Fleming...Animal Farm first published 75 years ago
On August 17th, 1945 George Orwell (1903-1950) had his second best known work, the timeless allegorical fable...
- Downfall of the West
- Economy
- Features
- History
First Western war correspondent died in China in 1860
Thomas William Bowlby, British pioneer of war reportage, died on September 22nd, 1860 in Tongzhou, which is now a district of the...160 years ago, the road to Peking was opened up by force
The Battle of Baliqiao between Anglo-French and Chinese forces on the morning of September 21st, 1860 was the culmination of the Second...Sigmund Jähn, Germany’s communist cosmonaut
Sigmund Jähn, the first German in space, died at his home in Strausberg outside of Berlin on September 21st, 2019. He was...Farewell to the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission
Under the current Constitution of the Republic of China (ROC, still Taiwan’s official name), approved in Nanking in 1947, Tibet and Mongolia...
- My personal experiences
First and Third World administration
In my humble opinion, a modern State is also defined by an effective administration that takes its citizens and their issues seriously....My apologies
I would like to apologize to my readers for not having posted anything since August 14th. The reason isn’t widespread August laziness,...Me, the impious student
The recent death of former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui reminded me of one my former Mandarin teachers in Taipei. She used good...
- Politics
Spanish government presents its version of civil war history
On September 15th, 2020 the Spanish Council of Ministers approved the Draft Bill of Democratic Memory that will repeal the controversial, very...Bashar al-Assad, a well-educated autocrat
Bashar al-Assad, the second son of former Syrian ruler Hafez al-Assad (1930-2000) and his wife Anisa Makhlouf (1930-2016), who took over the...Gender indoctrination of the youngest reaches Taiwan
Kaohsiung, Taiwan’s biggest port and third largest city, has a population of almost 2.8 million. Huang Jie (born 1993) is a local...How low can the Spanish Prime Minister fall?
Responding to a question in the Spanish Senate by a member of Bildu, the parliamentary extension of ETA, the former Basque terrorist...
- Religion
35 years ago, Pope John Paul II asked pardon for slave trade
Polish Pontiff John Paul II (1920-2005), nicknamed "The Pilgrim Pope”, made 104 foreign trips to 129 countries, including Muslim nations like Azerbaijan,...About Santiago, the patron saint of Spain
Santiago, known in English as St James the Greater, is the patron saint of the whole of Spain, but not only.Papal apology for the Inquisition 20 years ago
In March 2000, Pope John Paul II issued a historic apology for the Inquisition in the name of the Catholic Church.In fact, Saint Mark’s Day is also my day!
Compared to the days of my childhood, the old Spanish tradition of celebrating a person’s name day has lost a lot of its importance.Catholics and the Vatican in Taiwan
Christians are a tiny minority in Taiwan, but Catholics are well-represented by the Vatican.
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