China

A beautiful Chinese folksong from Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project

by Andrew Hazlett January 6, 2010
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From Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project, a performance of “Yanzi (Swallow Song)” – a Chinese folk song, Kazakh in origin… “Please do not forget your promise and change your heart.” Share this:Tweet

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The Vivid Imperial Scrolls of China

by Andrew Hazlett December 14, 2009

Imagine waking one morning as heir to a major share of the planet: “In 1689, Kangxi, the emperor of China, embarked on a tour to inspect his southern provinces, undertaking a two-thousand-mile journey from Beijing to the cities and towns of the Yangzi Delta and back…” Read more about the Imperial scrolls at Humanities magazine. [...]

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