A Forgotten China: Rare Photos From the Final Years of the Empire

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Western travelers, explorers, and photographers began documenting a China that remained largely mysterious to the outside world. Their diaries, books, and photographs captured scenes of everyday life, ancient cities, dramatic landscapes, and traditions that had remained largely unchanged for centuries. One such account is the book The […]
Before Communist: Yenching University Female Students School Life

Yenching University was a renowned missionary university established in Beijing in the early 20th century by four American and British Christian churches. Under the historical conditions of the time, it played a significant exemplary and guiding role in the modernization of Chinese education. Because it more directly introduced Western modern educational models in many aspects, […]