The road on Tiananmen Square is gray, but every once in a while, it will turn green. And if you are attentive, you will notice the rifle carried by each forest-camouflaged soldier: identical across the thousands of men and women participating in the parade. That rifle is the Type 95, which serves as the standard […]
Author: Luke Jeon
Why Every Home Needs a Precision-Guided Bomb
In December 1959, New Yorkers were met with the curious scene of Soviet soldiers on 47th Street and a new landmark in Turtle Bay. There, they saw a 13-foot-tall figure heaving downwards, striking a sword into a plow. The bronze sculpture, “Let Us Beat Swords Into Ploughshares” by Evgeniy Vuchetich, was a gift from the […]