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Britain is designing China’s new weapons for it
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoNot long after Deng Xiaoping took charge of saving China from the chaos left by Mao’s demise, Chinese scientists began flocking to Western universities...
On This Day, Feb. 19: Thomas Edison patents gramophone
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThomas Edison poses in his laboratory in Orange, N.J., on June 16, 1888, amidst his first gramophone...
Why was Richard Gere banned from the Oscars, and which other stars have been blacklisted?
Woman & Home via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRichard Gere was banned from the Oscars for 20 years It’s almost time for one of the most glamorous...
A comprehensive list of everyone who's been banned from attending the Oscars
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFrom left: Harvey Weinstein, Richard Gere, and Will Smith have all received bans from the Academy of...
Former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang dead at 68: state media
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 months agoFormer Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, once seen as a reform-minded contender to the country’s top...
Li Keqiang death: is China's reform era officially over?
The Week via Yahoo News· 7 months agoXi Jinping and Li Keqiang with imperial lions. A senior Chinese politician sidelined by President Xi...
The list of high-profile executives in China that have been investigated, face exit bans, or have...
Business Insider via Yahoo Finance· 8 months agoA slew of high-profile corporate execs have been targeted by Chinese authorities in recent years...
Today in History: January 29, Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth become first baseball Hall of Fame inductees
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoNew York Yankees power batter Babe Ruth is seen in 1923. (AP Photo) ASSOCIATED PRESS Today in...
Jiang Zemin, who guided China's economic rise, dies
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJiang Zemin, who led China out of isolation after the army crushed the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests in 1989 and supported economic reforms...
Jiang Zemin: China’s former president dies, aged 96
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFormer Chinese president Jiang Zemin, who came to power after the Tiananmen Square protests, has died at the age of 96, the country’s state media...