A Day at the Temple (Weekly Photo Challenge: Everyday Life)
The Yonghe Lamasery (otherwise known as the Yonghe Temple or 雍和宫 yōnghégōng) is one of the best…
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In Bruges - Bons Baisers de Bruges
Bruges is fantastic. Unlike Collin Farrel, I do love the city (but it might be related to the…
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Shanghai - Grand Hyatt Hotel Lobby (Weekly Photo Challenge: Near and Far)
The Jinmao Tower (金茂大厦), once the tallest building in all the PRC (since then caught up by the…
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Chartres, France - Lit bridge
Every year since 2003, Chartres (home to the most beautiful gothic cathedral I’ve seen, Notre Dame…
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Leshan, Sichuan - Puddle Management
While I was visiting Leshan (乐山) and its most famous Giant Buddha (乐山大佛) back in 2009, I ended up…
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Looks like the end of the weekend… (Pris avec Instagram à La Cave a Calva)
On occupe ses nuits de boulot comme on peut :-P (Pris avec Instagram)
Chinglish: You’re doing it right. (Taken with Instagram)
亡国 (conquered nation / wángguó) can be translated as “vanished country” or “a state heading for destruction/downfall.” It’s generally used to describe when an outside power has defeated a nation in war, either wiping it out or causing it to lose its independence. Examples include the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom by the U.S., the conquering of the First Persian Empire by Alexander the Great, and the subjugation of the Korean Empire by Imperial Japan in 1910. It is also the Chinese title of a somewhat controversial 2005 Japanese action thriller Aegis (Bôkoku no îjisu).
Why it is blocked: Perhaps the term is used by Tibetans or citizens in Xinjiang to describe Chinese control of their provinces? Or maybe netizens use it to insult the future state of China or to describe instances of China appearing to bow to outside/American influences? The term popped up in several news reports related to China’s recent dispute with the Philippines in the South China Seas. However, it is also widely used in an apolitical manner, often to describe something that is extinct or a situation wherein someone is suppressing another.
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