Court sucks in general

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1928188/court-sucks-in-general

Plate and tea bowl, porcelain, Qing-dynasty China, ~1730 AD

Porcelain-handled knives made for a French customer, China, ~1715 AD

Kalmyk family, Qing-Dynasty China, 1906-1908

https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/1825782/kalmyk-family-qing-dynasty-china-1906-1908

Quail figurines, Qing China, 18th century AD

Two turquoise toads, Qing China, 18th century AD

Historians generally exclude the 1931 #InvasionOfChina from the sequence of #WWII events, and should not. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1932, the #EmpireOfJapan created a puppet kingdom of #Manchukuo/#Manzhouguo in #Manchuria, nominally ruled by the deposed former #Qing emperor #Puyi.

Porters in Qing China, 1861 AD -1880 AD

https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/1740113/porters-in-qing-china-1861-ad-1880-ad

Qing China was a mess, but no one can deny the flag slaps

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1739841/qing-china-was-a-mess-but-no-one-can-deny-the-flag-slaps

Knife with a jade handle carved to resemble bamboo, Qing China, 19th century AD