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Jewelry Making Techniques.
Jewelry Making Techniques: From Sparkle to Spectacular (and Maybe a Little Swearing) Alright, class, settle down, settle down! Put away the TikToks and the existential dread, and let's get down…
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The May Fourth Movement: A patriotic and intellectual movement protesting foreign influence and promoting modernization.
The May Fourth Movement: A Patriotic and Intellectual Uprising - Lecture Time! 🎓🇨🇳 Alright everyone, settle down, settle down! Grab your metaphorical notebooks 📝 and mental highlighters 🖍️. Today, we're…
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Metalworking in Art: Forging, Welding, Casting.
Metalworking in Art: Forging, Welding, Casting - A Hotly Contested Lecture 🔥 Alright, settle down, settle down! Welcome, art aficionados and metal manipulators (or aspiring ones)! Today, we're diving headfirst…
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The Beiyang Government: The unstable military regime that followed the Xinhai Revolution.
The Beiyang Government: A Warlord Buffet in Post-Imperial China 🍽️⚔️💰 (Lecture Style: Imagine a charismatic, slightly sarcastic, history professor holding court. Think Indiana Jones meets stand-up comedy.) Alright class, settle…
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Glass Art: Blowing, Casting, and Stained Glass.
Glass Art: Blowing, Casting, and Stained Glass – A Fiery Fiesta of Creativity! 🔥 (Welcome, Artsy Alchemists! Gather 'round, because today we're diving headfirst into the molten heart of glass…
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The Wuchang Uprising: The catalyst that led to the collapse of the Qing Dynasty.
Wuchang Uprising: The Catalyst That Toppled the Qing Dynasty (A Lecture!) (Image: A stylized cartoon of a Qing Dynasty official tripping over a pile of dynamite. Text overlay: "Wuchang Uprising…
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Ceramic Techniques: Handbuilding, Wheel Throwing, Glazing, Firing.
Ceramic Techniques: Handbuilding, Wheel Throwing, Glazing, Firing - A Crash Course in Mud Mastery 🏺 Alright, settle down, you budding potters! Grab your aprons (because things are about to get…
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The Empress Dowager Cixi’s role in late Qing politics: Her power and resistance to certain reforms.
The Empress Dowager Cixi's Role in Late Qing Politics: Her Power and Resistance to Certain Reforms (A Lecture Delivered with a Touch of Drama and a Dash of Humour) (Cue…
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Textile Techniques: Weaving, Knitting, Embroidery, Quilting.
Textile Techniques: Weaving, Knitting, Embroidery, Quilting – A Yarn-tastic Lecture! 🧶🧵 Alright, settle down, settle down! Grab your metaphorical (or literal, I don't judge) bobbins and needles, because today we're…
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The Hundred Days’ Reform: A brief period of attempted institutional and political change.
The Hundred Days' Reform: China's Near Miss with Modernity (and a Whole Lot of Bureaucratic Headaches) (Lecture begins with dramatic flourish, adjusting imaginary spectacles) Alright, settle down, settle down! Today…