Category: Chinese history

How Ancient Chinese Strategies Can Apply to US-China Showdowns

How do ancient military and Confucius writings in China help win wars and manage a country? And how has the modern world adapted these strategies? In particular, in the U.S.-China relationship, strategic development is very important. I spoke with Morgan Deane, author of the new book, “Beyond Sun-Tzu: Classical Chinese Debates on War and Statecraft.”…


EpochTV Film Review: ‘Han Xin’ (Also Known as ‘5000 Years of Heroes’)

To many Westerners, Chinese culture can seem daunting to learn about. For many of us, the extent of Chinese culture that we know comes through such things as American Chinese takeout food or walks through a Chinatown district. Not exactly thorough ways to immerse oneself, in more than a superficial way. It doesn’t help that…