Matteo Ricci, Jesuit missionary

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matteo_Ricci#Ricci_in_China]Matteo Ricci[/url] was a Jesuit priest who lived in China from 1582 until he died in 1610 (most people in those days had never heard of China). The story of his time in China is pretty interesting. Click his name if you would like to read more.

Christmas in Beijing

December 21st 2009
Editorial aside Before I get into the description of our trip to Beijing, several people have asked about the difference between a comment and a message when responding to a blog entry. It took me a while to figure this out: • a private message is immediately sent to me as an email and I get it right away as I check email constantly. • a comment appears only in the blog and, if ac ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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