Category: History & Culture
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Why did the U.S. Army Call The Vietnamese “Charlie” During The War?
I have lived in Vietnam long and wondered why the U.S. Army called the Vietnamese soldiers “Charlie” during the war. The term Charlie was used a lot by the U.S. Army to refer to the Vietnamese soldiers. The U.S. Army called the Viet Cong or Vietnamese soldiers “Charlie” for the letter “C” in the NATO […]
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What Was The Practice Of Footbinding In China?
When I first traveled to China in the mid-1980s, I would sometimes see women hobbling down the street with tiny little feet because their feet had been bound. These little old ladies were almost completely crippled and could hardly walk. Footbinding was the Chinese practice of breaking young girls’ feet and tightly wrapping them so […]
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How Long Did It Take to Build the Whole Great Wall of China?
Anyone who has been to the Great Wall of China is amazed at how the wall stretches for as far as you can see. It is truly an amazing architectural and construction feat. The Great Wall of China took over 2,000 years to build. The building span many Chinese Dynasties for about 22 centuries. The […]
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What is Marxism? The Marxist Thought Explained In Simple Terms
In the present-day United States political scene, Marxism has been thrown around quite a bit. But there is a lot of confusion about what exactly Marxism is and what it means to be a Marxist. Marxism is the political, social, and economic theory named after Karl Marx. A significant contributor to Marxism was Friedrich Engels. […]
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Vietnamese Propaganda Art, All You Need To Know
As you travel around Vietnam, you will see these large posters on the intersections and street corners which depict some kind of theme about life in Vietnam. These posters are known as a propaganda art posters. Propaganda posters first started in the Soviet Union and then spread to other socialist countries like Vietnam. For many […]
