Plenty of Nothing

Qing Dragon Vase

At the Flint Institute of Arts.

Matriarch

By Elizabeth Keith. Source.

Shenzhou: The Next Generation

China's next space capsule, currently called XīnYīDài Zàirén Fēichuán, meaning "next-generation crewed spacecraft", has already flown. It had its first uncrewed flight in May 2020, and here it is after its return. It will be able to transport six people, and could replace Shenzhou in 2023. Source.

Tiangong and Shenzhou

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Chinese Space Stamps 1958

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Porcelain Beer Cans

Ming dynasty beer cans by artist Lei Xue. Source.

Kylin

In 1414 Bengal sent the Chinese Emperor a giraffe. Source.

Tang Wensheng

Tang Wensheng acted as interpreter during Richard Nixon's trip to China in February 1972. Here she is between Nixon and Jiang Qing (a.k.a. Madame Mao) at the theatre. The three appear in the 1987 opera Nixon in China, and are sung as baritone, mezzo-soprano and coloratura soprano.  Source.

Yan Liben

Detail from a scroll showing Tang Emperor Taizong receiving a Tibetan envoy, after Yan Liben.

Chinese Cigarette Brands

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