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AUGUST 16 — I made a mistake. Last week, when I shared how our city is a lot older than the 50 years we celebrated on August 9 — I left out a crucial word: too. This is something worth celebrating too. Because it would seem some (fortunately, a minority) of my countrymen are literal-minded or maybe they don’t read beyond... 

It is true that pedagogies matter when history is taught in the classroom ("More to history than just recalling"; last Friday). Founder of Singapore, Sir Stamford Raffles Yet, perhaps what is more important - beyond how history is taught - is what is taught. Premised upon the objectives of inculcating historical consciousness,... 

Chinese Report Details Role of Political Connections in Tianjin Blasts BEIJING (19 Aug) — The mayor of the northern Chinese city where huge explosions killed more than 100 people last week took responsibility for the disaster on Wednesday, as the authorities sought to contain growing public anger about the accident. Mounting...