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Ancient Rome is often seen as synonymous with culinary excess. Images of exotic – even orgiastic – feasts perpetuate its ...
China's piano boom has gone quietly bust,” critic Norman Lebrecht wrote last month.“New piano sales in China are thought to ...
Ancient Rome is often seen as synonymous with ... of foods that formed the real diet of Romans across different social classes. The mixed nature of De Re Coquinaria – with its extravagant ...
DOGE is attempting to undermine a congressional check on presidential power. It is rewriting the Constitution.
At their suggestion, Wang started a social media account called Dougong Class about two years ago. For the man in his 70s, ...
especially for a swathe of lower and intermediate castes that are recognized as Other Backward Classes. India’s current policy caps quotas at 50%, with 27% reserved for OBCs. Caste is an ancient ...
Even in ruins, the engineering brilliance of this ancient megastructure continues to awe visitors today. The Great Wall’s imposing structure formed the backbone of China’s ancient defensive ...
With its deep Chinese and Portuguese roots, Macau’s streets are adorned with stunning architecture – from ancient temples and ...
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese president, has managed to ...
A caste census will lead to demands for reservations in jobs and education proportional to the population share. Hindu upper castes are anxious that their share will shrink.
In 1835, social observer Andrew Ure enthused: "Machinery is the grand agent of civilization." Yet for many decades, the steam engines, spinning jennies and railways disproportionately enriched the new ...