According to ancient mythology the Yarlung valley – not Lhasa – is the homeland of the Tibetan people. The first Tibetan king stepped off a heavenly ladder onto earth not in Lhasa, but here. The Yarlung valley was also the kingly seat of the first Tibetan kings as well as their burial site. This being […]
China News Contents Travel Snippets Hotel/Restaurant Update For Hong Kong, Shanghai & Beijing Imperial Tours News Blast Odds N Ends – Interview With Last Emperor’s Brother Discovery – Chinese Museology’s Brave New World Dear Guy, In this issue you will learn: What Pu Ren, the Last Emperor’s younger brother, thinks of today’s China […]
By Guy Rubin Centuries ago, in a cliff-face in the midst of China’s vast Taklamakan desert, artists hollowed, sculpted and painted 492 caves, creating over 450,000 square feet of spectacular murals, or more than thirty times the mural area of the Sistine Chapel. But whereas the Sistine Chapel was painted over a few years, the […]
A Review of “Genghis Khan” by James Chambers Reviewed by Guy Rubin “Seven hundred years ago a man almost conquered the earth. He made himself master of half the known world, and inspired mankind with a fear that lasted for generations. In the course of his life he was given many names – Mighty Manslayer, […]
