Since about 2002, local governments have been consolidating rural elementary schools. In the 1980s and 1990s almost every village had an elementary school, now there is about one school for every eight to ten villages. This means many students live…
This big-budget co-production film between Japan's Nikkatsu Film Studios and Taiwan's Central Motion Picture Company was filmed entirely on location in Taiwan with the full cooperation of the Taiwan military. It exemplifies the extent to which the…
In this first cross-cultural study of opium in China, McMahon explores early Western observations of opium smoking, early definitions of addiction, the formation of arguments for and against the legalization of opium, the portrayals of opium smoking…