Photo from the current trade talks in color, and an image from the 1901 signing of the Boxer Protocols in black and white (original images via @readkrystalhu and gif by the author for Hyperallergic) ...
The great river Pei-ho forms the high-waterway through Peking and Tientsin to the Yellow Sea. By the terms of the Boxer Protocol of 1901 it must be kept open in the interest of the Great Powers. Last ...
On September 7, 1977, US President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian Chief of Government Omar Torrijos signed the Panama Canal Treaty relinquishing American control over the canal effective in the year 2000 ...