Malcom X on the Chinese Ambassador he met in Ghana: "He acted more human than many of the Americans that I've met. And he was well informed on the problem here. He didn't sound racist, he didn't sound fanatic..."
The Chinese Ambassador is Huang Hua, I will tell his story in a🧵
Tho many in the West don't know his name, Huang Hua was PRC's 1st ambassador to UN and famously photographed (right) when UN voted in PRC over US objection on Oct 25th, 1971 in Resolution 2758 as the sole legitimate China in UN to replace Chiang Kai-shek regime seat in UN.
Huang Hua, a student leader in Yenching University who befriended American journo Edgar Snow who taught journalism. Huang secretly joined Communist Party in 1936 as invading Japanese closed in on Beijing. Snow asked him to be his translator to see Mao in Communist base.
Huang Hua recalled when Edgar Snow wanted to take a parting photo of Mao, Mao's hair was all over the place. Snow then placed his own Red Army cap on Mao. And this became the iconic photo of Mao.
Huang decided to give up his studies and stay in the Yan'an Communist base.
Huang Hua was assigned the task of coordinating foreign journos visiting Communist base and train progressive youth who came to join the Communists.
He met his wife He Li Liang in 1941 while serving as secretary to Communist commander Zhu De in the War of Resistance agst Japan
Frm 1944-1945, when US Army's Dixie Mission visited Communist base in Yan'an, Huang acted as Mao's translator to US ambassador Patrick J. Hurley and Colonel David D. Barrett
After founding of PRC in 1949, Huang Hua became a Chinese diplomat working under Zhou Enlai. In 1960, Huang became Chinese ambassador to Ghana. (pic below prbly taken in 1980s, Chinese diplomats wore Mao suits in 1960s). In 1964, Malcom X would meet Huang on his African trip
In 1970, Huang came back to China frm his post as ambassador to Egypt to accompany his old friend Edgar Snow to retrace their 1936 trip frm Beijing to old Communist base in Yan'an. They posed in front of Mao's old cave home.
In 1971, Huang became PRC's 1st UN ambassador. pic below in 1974, Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping led Chinese delegation in UN where Deng delivered his famous UN speech abt China will nvr be another imperialist superpower in Sichuanese. Huang on the leftmost.
Huang Hua was key figure in negotiating Nixon's visit to China. pic Huang (middle) meeting Kissinger in Beijing airport on July 9th, 1971 on Kissinger's secret China visit.
In 1976, Huang Hua became Foreign Minister of China. He accompanied Deng Xiaoping on his trip to US in 1979 during normalization of ties btw US and the People's Republic of China
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In this history thread, I will talk about how the direct ancestor of Miss Russia 2011 Natalia Gantimurova led to the 1st China Russia border war and Treaty of Nerchinsk in 1689.
Her ancestor Gantimur was a Tungus tribal chief who got caught up in Russian and Qing expansion 🧵
Russian Cossacks' pursuit of fur brought them deep into Siberia Taiga in 17th century. Like Viking before them, they expanded their control via navigable rivers. They're also looking a trade route to China. Oriat Mongols they encountered told them of a Bogda Khagan (Heaven Khan)
Cossacks crossed Lake Baikal into Dauria or the land of Daur (people). Mongol Tüsheet Khan ruled Dauria. But Dzungar ruler Galdan Boshugtu Khan defeated Tüsheet Khan along w other Khans of Outer Mongolia, driven them to Inner Mongolia to seek protection of Qing Empire
188cm Ukrainian cosplayer Karina at Hangzhou ad02 animation expo. Her fanbase mostly young Chinese women.
She became a cosplayer aft moving to China w her Chinese husband, gained 3.5million Douyin fans. Her husband cheated on her then drowned in Bali's Kuta Beach last Nov on his birthday during their vacation together. Her fans are glad that she seems to be doing ok now.
Karina actually became famous for cosplaying male characters. She towers over her now dead husband who's only 183cm.
Her hubby had responded to how they did photoshoot in which he appeared taller.
He cheated on her while she was pregnant. They made up just before Bali vacation and his drowning death. Karina said she tried to save him but the wave was too strong
Karina actually became famous for cosplaying male characters. She towers over her now dead husband who's only 183cm.
Her hubby had responded to how they did photoshoot in which he appeared taller.
He cheated on her while she was pregnant. They made up just before Bali vacation and his drowning death. Karina said she tried to save him but the wave was too strong
Ethiopian Chinese baby. Father works for a shoe factory.
Many Chinese textile and shoe factories moved to Africa to go around the US imposed quota on Chinese manufactured goods and take advantage of The African Growth and Opportunity Act which provides duty-free treatment to goods of designated sub-Saharan African countries (SSAs)
Chinese comments on the Douyin video: "Does your shoe factories still need people?"
Many thirsty single men in China
Salary day at a Chinese textile factory in Ethiopia.
Chinese factories off-shored to Africa employ mostly local African workers with a small managerial staff send from China.
Made in Ethiopian goods will sell to the US and EU market without facing restrictions on Chinese goods
Emperor Yongzheng (1722-1735) cosplaying as a French nobleman hunting tiger with traditional Chinese trident.
Yongzheng had commissioned many painting of him dressing variously as Han literati, Mongol/Turkic prince, Tibetan lama. They are collectively called 雍正行乐图 literally Yongzheng's fun pictures.
Yongzheng as a Turkic (Uyghur) prince. The robe is made from atlas silk produced in Xinjiang
Immediately after Opium War, Chinese tried to reverse-engineer Western technologies. They build models of steam engines. But they couldn't reproduce in industrial scale because China didn't have developed technical drawings. so work couldn't be quickly replicated.
Chinese illustration of steam locomotive in 1843, right after First Opium War
Lack of developed technical drawing tradition had been a problem back in 1600s when Chinese tried to reverse-engineer European machinery.
side by side comparison between European illustration from 1607 with Chinese illustration of the same in 1627.
Result is that while Chinese could reverse-engineer European machinery at small scale in workshops but couldn't scale the production because the drawing not detailed enough for others to replicate the machine
The larger issue is systematic adoption of science and scientific education in Europe that was missing in China. So while Europe didn't surpass China in living standards til after 1750s, roots of the First Industrial Revolution and Great Divergence was much deeper.