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(Part 1) The Great Chinese Famine
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The Great Chinese Famine ‘three years of great famine’ was a famine that occurred between 1959 and 1961 in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Some scholars have also included the years 1958 or 1962. It is widely regarded as the deadliest famine and one of the greatest man-made disasters in human history, with an estimated death toll…
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The Heartbreaking Story of a Father and Daughter Separated by War: The Photo That Moved the World
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**👨 👧 A hug after 11 years of silence… ** Imagine a father who never saw his daughter growing up. In 1956, Karl Wawrzinek, a German soldier captured by the Soviets in 1945, finally reunites with Roswitha, his 12-year-old daughter, whom he had left when she was just a baby.…
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An Lushan rebellion
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The An Lushan rebellion was a civil war in China that lasted from 755 to 763, at the approximate midpoint of the Tang dynasty (618–907). It began as a commandery rebellion attempting to overthrow and replace the Tang government with the rogue Yan dynasty. The rebels succeeded in capturing the imperial capital Chang’an after the emperor had fled to Sichuan, but…
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Jong Sang Thaek’s brutal execution: Stripped naked and eaten alive by Dogs
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North Korea, Jan 03: Unlike previous executions of political prisoners, the execution of Jang Song Thaek on December 12 was reportedly one of the most brutal ones ever conducted by the North Korean regime. According to a detailed account published in Wen Wei Po, a Hong Kong based Chinese newspaper, Jang…
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Recent groundbreaking DNA discoveries have provided shocking insights into the family lineage of the famous Egyptian pharaoh, Tutankhamun
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It has been definitively confirmed that “The Younger Lady” is Tutankhamun’s mother, and she was also Akhenaten’s full sister, revealing a much more complex royal bloodline than previously understood. This discovery reshapes the historical understanding of genetic relationships within the royal family, adding new layers of intrigue to the legacy…
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It’s incredible to observe the difference in the jaws of a gray wolf and a spotted hyena
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it is incredible The molars of the hyena are extremely strong and robust, a true marvel of nature! 💪 These teeth are designed to break large, hard bones with ease, a skill that puts the hyena on a whole other level in terms of bite strength. Their bite is up…
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2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
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On 26 December 2004, at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+7), a major earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2–9.3 Mw struck with an epicentre off the west coast of Aceh in northern Sumatra, Indonesia. The undersea megathrust earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake, was caused by a rupture along the fault between the Burma plate and the Indian plate, and reached a Mercalli intensity of…
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1931 China floods
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The 1931 China floods, or the 1931 Yangtze–Huai River floods, was a devastating flood that occurred from June to August 1931 in China, hitting major cities such as Wuhan, Nanjing and beyond, and eventually culminated in a dike breach along Lake Gaoyou on 25 August 1931. Fatality estimates vary widely. A field survey by the University of Nanking led by John Lossing Buck immediately after the…
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Taiping Rebellion
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The Taiping Rebellion, also known as the Taiping Civil War or the Taiping Revolution, was a civil war in China between the Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the Hakka-led Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The conflict lasted 14 years, from its outbreak in 1850 until the fall of Taiping-controlled Nanjing—which they had renamed Tianjing “heavenly capital”—in 1864. The last rebel forces were defeated in August…
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WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE BUBONIC PLAGUE?
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In school, no one ever mentions what happened to the Black Death. Nor do they mention that we now have it in this country. Like so much that is fundamental to history (Whatever happened to the Dust Bowl? Why did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor?), the question is sidestepped by…