BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) -China and Taiwan have clashed over their competing interpretations of history in an escalating war of words over what Beijing views as provocations from Taiwan's government, ...

Here's the new description without links: --- On the 12th of February 1912 Puyi, China’s Last Emperor, abdicated. China now commenced into uncharted political territory: it became a republic. One day ...

The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S.’ Asia policy. This ...

History becomes legend. Legend becomes myth. At best, historians hope that at least a kernel of truth lingers lost among centuries’ worth of embellishment, propaganda, and hype. But the gap between ...

This article appeared in History of War magazine issue 151. On 2 September 1945, Japanese forces officially surrendered to the Republic of China, ending the brutal occupation which began in 1937.

The status of Taiwan remains one of the most contested topics in modern geopolitics and one of the most misrepresented. This analysis cuts through political spin to examine Taiwan’s deep historical, ...

Problems and perspectives -- China's natural environment and early human settlement to 1000 BCE -- States, wars, and farms: environmental change in ancient and early imperial China, 1000 BCE-300 CE -- ...

Goodbye New START: How China’s Rise Ended Nuclear Arms Control Quick question: What anniversary is celebrated on October 25? If you know the answer, congratulations; not many do. It is in fact the end ...