Liam O'Mara IV, PhD1d ago
A programme of #DefensiveDevelopment that could have modernized #China, the #HundredDaysReform, was launched on #ThisDayInHistory in 1898. Opponents of change rallied around Empress Dowager #Cixi, who led a coup and imprisoned the #GuangxuEmperor. (He was later murdered in 1908.)
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✧ Jadeite Cabbage ✧

The Jadeite Cabbage, also known as Jadeite Cabbage with Insects, is a piece of jadeite carved into the shape of a head of Chinese cabbage, with a locust and a katydid camouflaged in the leaves. Created by an unknown sculptor in the 19th century, it was first displayed in the Forbidden City's Yong...

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Jadeite Cabbage - Wikipedia