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A harp is sighing with a sadness of wind and rain in the strings




INTERNATIONAL FOCUS




Far through the night a harp is sighing
With a sadness of wind and rain in the strings....
Wei Zhuang

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BOOKS


A Dead Hand: A Crime in Calcutta FICTION 

Tienkuo The Heavenly Kingdom (Sino-American Tales Book 1) FICTION

Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War NONFICTION


"Americans should know about the Taiping Rebellion [the Chinese civil war lasting from 1850 to 1864] ... because it helps to illuminate the wider effects of the U.S. Civil War far beyond America's borders. The simultaneity of the Chinese and American civil wars was no trivial matter, and one of my underlying arguments in this book is that the launching of hostilities in the United States in 1861 helped shape the final outcome of events in China, by forcing Britain's hand. … Britain's neutrality in the U.S. Civil War came at the expense of abandoning it in China. ...”


NATIONAL USA FOCUS


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NOTE: The news sources here vary.  Not all sources have the same credibility, but in an effort to share some different perspectives, they are included here.  This compendium itself cannot claim to be unbiased.  Please take into consideration where these different perspectives originate in assessing their value.  Thank you
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