China today is never out of the news: from human rights controversies and the continued legacy of Tiananmen Square, to global coverage of the Beijing Olympics, and the Chinese "economic miracle." It is a country of contradictions and transitions: a peasant society with some of the world's most fu...
Mrs. Yang, a Chinese Christian, was one of thousands who prepared for evacuation, along with her husband and children. On November 16, 1937, she set out, carrying with her only a few essentials, including two big turnips with two hundred banknotes hidden inside, and some jewelry in a hollowed-out...