ON August 20, 1939, a flood occurred at Tientsin in China which is stated to have been of unprecedented dimensions even for that part of the Far East, where floods are not infrequent. Mr.

Much to Palese's surprise, when they compared the spot pattern of the 1977 H1N1 Russian flu with a variety of other influenza ...

A little over a year after Drake's arrival in Tientsin, another alum of the Stanford geology department arrived: Herbert Clark Hoover. Hoover had worked for the Arkansas Geological Survey in the ...

Frigid temps dragging you down? Let these classic winter weather photos from throughout the 20th century make you feel glad ...

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Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 55, 19 July 1901. Citation: In the presence of the enemy during the battle near Tientsin, China, 13 July 1900, Adams distinguished himself by meritorious ...

So, the best evidence is that the 1977 Russian flu actually emerged – or more properly “re-emerged” – in or near Tientsin, China, in the spring of 1976. Was it simply a coincidence that ...

So, the 1977 Russian flu virus was actually a strain that had disappeared from the planet a quarter century early, then was somehow resurrected back into circulation. This explained why it attacked ...

Red China's leaders these days no longer talk of the great leap forward, but of the "law of undulating progress." It means, presumably, that every economic leap is ...

A rare one of these imperial stamps came from the German-occupied Chinese post of Tientsin. These stamps were, well… stamped ...