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Histories / 15.06.2021

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Gone fishing In October 1780, a fisherman named Chen Tin-bou (陳添保) was fishing off the south China coast with his wife and two sons, when they were caught in a sudden tempest. His little ship was carried hundreds of...

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Histories, Personalities / 12.05.2021

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] (top image: the capture of John Turner) [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Rarely were foreigners abducted by Chinese pirates during the 19th century. European and American commercial vessels were usually well armed with modern weapons, while British,...

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