http://asianhistory.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com Asian History GuideSite. http://z.about.com/f/lg/s10.gif http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2008-08-22T11:46:47Z Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:46:47 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://asianhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/26/a-call-for-questions.htm Do you have a question about Asian History? Something you've always wondered about perhaps, but couldn't find a satisfactory answer to?Please email your questions to me at asianhistory.guide@about.com.I am... http://asianhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/26/a-call-for-questions.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:15:02 +0000 2008-08-26T10:15:02Z http://asianhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/22/former-chinese-leader-hua-guofeng-passes-away.htm He did not rule for long, but former Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party Hua Guofeng oversaw an important moment in the history of China.In 1976, the country was exhausted... http://asianhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/22/former-chinese-leader-hua-guofeng-passes-away.htm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:46:47 +0000 2008-08-22T11:46:47Z http://asianhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/20/wordless-wednesday-sichuan-opera.htm Photo by China Photos / Getty Images.Sichuan Opera performer in Beijing, China (2008).Click on the image for a photo gallery of Chinese Opera. You can also learn more... http://asianhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/20/wordless-wednesday-sichuan-opera.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:01:44 +0000 2008-08-20T00:01:44Z http://asianhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/19/pakistans-pervez-musharraf-resigns.htm After months of bitter political battles, and in the face of impending impeachment, Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf has resigned.Musharraf created a lot of enemies in March of 2007, when he... http://asianhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/19/pakistans-pervez-musharraf-resigns.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:03:08 +0000 2008-08-19T19:03:08Z http://asianhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/16/where-is-the-line-between-asia-and-europe.htm Recently I’ve been pondering the definition of an “Asian country.”It seems that every expert has a slightly different take on which countries belong in Asia, and which are European.For example,... http://asianhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/16/where-is-the-line-between-asia-and-europe.htm Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:29:21 +0000 2008-08-16T19:29:21Z http://asianhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/13/wordless-wednesday-fukagawa-hachiman-shrine-1853.htm Inside the Fukagawa Hachiman Shrine, 1853.Click on the image for more information about Japan.Library of Congress Prints and Photos Collection, detail from print by Kuniteru Utagawa. More Wordless Wednesday blogs... ... http://asianhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/13/wordless-wednesday-fukagawa-hachiman-shrine-1853.htm Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:51:41 +0000 2008-08-13T00:51:41Z http://asianhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/12/thaksin-flees-to-britain.htm Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife Pojaman have skipped out on their $400,000 bail, failing to appear before the Supreme Court of Thailand on corruption and tax... http://asianhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/12/thaksin-flees-to-britain.htm Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:06:55 +0000 2008-08-12T17:06:55Z http://asianhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/09/today-in-asian-history-nuclear-bombing-of-nagasaki.htm August 9, 1945.The United States dropped a second nuclear bomb on Japan, striking the industrial city of Nagasaki.By the end of that year, 80,000 people had died as a result... http://asianhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/09/today-in-asian-history-nuclear-bombing-of-nagasaki.htm Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:31:56 +0000 2008-08-09T12:31:56Z http://asianhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/08/burmas-8888-protests-20-years-later.htm On August 8, 1988 (8/8/88), the students of Burma rose up in peaceful protest against the military dictatorship that ruled over them. The ruling junta responded with deadly force,... http://asianhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/08/burmas-8888-protests-20-years-later.htm Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:19:18 +0000 2008-08-08T03:19:18Z http://asianhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/06/wordless-wednesday-guess-the-country.htm Where was this picture taken?Click on it to find out! Photo from the Prokudin-Gorskii Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photos.To learn more about these men's tribe, read about the Battle... http://asianhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/06/wordless-wednesday-guess-the-country.htm Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:39:30 +0000 2008-08-06T12:39:30Z