Mostly Asian History
Peter HustonAsian, Chinese, and Chinese-American history and culture, mostly, Issues in pseudohistory or false claims about historical events. Since January 2025, I have been writing about American politics and current events as well. I couldn't help myself.
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The Miao minority group, Gu, the sorcerous poison, and rumors of exoticized minority women.
Greetings,
By choice or accident, you are now reading my column, Mostly Asian History, where I write about Asian history, mostly -except when I write about politics in which case I try to label columns “POLITICS” so people can skip them i...
The Five Deadly Venoms or Noxious Creatures, and the creation of "Gu," a legendary, sorcerous poison that has terrified Chinese and Asian people for millenia, Part One
Greetings,
Welcome back to Mostly Asian History. Quick housekeeping, skip over this if you wish. Mostly Asian History began in March of 2024 (under a different name) with the intent to share a piece of my writings on Asia, Chinese, or Chi...
POLITICS -- Sometimes I say crazy things, and I hate it when I am right!
Greetings, yes, this is the “Mostly Asian History” column. If you don’t want to read about American politics, stop reading here now, and come back on Sunday. As most of you know, for a little over two years I have been releasing an Asian hi...
Why and How did the Voyages of Zheng He and the Ming Dynasty Treasure Fleet occur?
Greetings, welcome back for your weekly Asian history fix.
Quick housekeeping. Skim over this if you wish. The original intent of Mostly Asian History was to provide a forum for me to share writings on Asian, Chinese, and Chinese-American...
Conspiracy Theories, Terrorism, Propaganda, and Whatever-the-Heck that thing was earlier this week.
Greetings, as a political columnist who writes on political events, one is expected to write about current events in a timely fashion. However, in today’s cyberpunky world of 2026, if you do this, you are helping the bad guy’s win. All arou...
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Writer, EMT, large event security, journalist, author several books, published skeptic fringe & paranormal claims, independent scholar -East Asian history. ESL professor/instructor -refugees, immigrants, foreign students. USA, Shanghai, Taiwan.
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