Portal:China/Did you know/1/Archive

  • ... that flooding from the Yangtze River destroyed part of the city of Haimen before the river changed course in 1701 and created new land for the city?
  • ... that the rise in the manufacturing of Hong Kong in the 1950s and 60s was partially due to the United States' embargo on China?
  • ... that Richard Loo (pictured) is one of the most familiar Asian character actors in American films of the 1930s and 1940s?