1/7 A thread on the Xinchou Treaty and Li Hongzhang.
Beijing, 1900. The Eight-Nation Alliance crushed the Boxer Rebellion. The Qing court had no leverage left. What followed was not negotiation, but damage control under pressure. (Photo: Allied troops inside the Imperial Palace)
'And all that O’Neill seemed to be saying in The Iceman was that men cannot go on living without illusions—a truism that never took on the ring of nascent truth.'
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Isis Pharia
Musée du Louvre
Sophie Loy-Wilson
Sophie Loy-Wilson
Sophie Loy-Wilson
Sophie Loy-Wilson
Sophie Loy-Wilson
China Historical Photos
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I didn't know he was this good...
"So you retrace the steps and you dust the path for prints
There's a wasteland in you, is there something you've missed?
These grand self-obsessions are a way of hitting snooze
The truth is too dark and there is too much to lose"
Twelve years ago, the most exalted playwright in the history of the U.S. theater formally bowed off his worldwide stage. Eugene O'Neill intended to devote himself exclusively to one of the most...