Philo Norton McGiffin, a late 19th century naval officer from the United States, was buried wearing a uniform of imperial China's Beiyang fleet, after he died in 1897.
Born in 1860 in Pennsylvania, Philo Norton McGiffin entered the US Naval Academy at the age of 17. His great-grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and his father served in the Mexican War and the US Civil War.
A historian who has been studying the First Sino-Japanese War for 15 years.
A little-known neighbor of Beijing's is using the opportunities created by its joint bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics to kick-start its economy and reshape a green future.
There was a time when the only promising career path for young people in Chongli was to leave the small county in Hebei province for jobs in nearby cities like Beijing and Tianjin.
Teaching a winter training camp in China has been a routine for Oba Junji, a Japanese alpine ski coach, for the past eight years.
Zhangjiakou is using the opportunities created by its joint bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics to kick-start its economy and reshape it along greener lines after a long period of slow growth.
Zhangjiakou has the best air quality of any city in northern China, but as well as having clean air it also is a major supplier of clean energy.
The wines served to world and domestic leaders at a dinner during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Beijing last November came from a producer in Zhangjiakou.
Many taxi drivers in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, have been assaulted by colleagues since Thursday afternoon for not participating in a strike aimed at reducing the franchise fees that eat up much of their monthly revenue.
The People's Liberation Army is planning to train its grassroots officers to be "multifunctional", as suggested by a newly released plan on position rotation.
China's northwest regions are planning to invest more in infrastructure, tourism and tourism-related industries to attract more visitors to the ancient Silk Road that linked China with central Asian nations.
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