February 21, 1972 — President Nixon and his wife Pat visit the People’s Republic of China (PRC). ajh
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On February 12, 1912, following Sun Yat-sen’s republican revolution, six-year-old Hsian-T’ung becomes the last emperor of China, ending 267 years of the Manchu dynasty and 2,000 years of imperial rule. The emperor took the name of Henry Pu Yi. He was forced into exile in 1924, ultimately working in a repair shop in Peking before his death. In “1932 Japan created [...]
