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- , also known as Madame Sun Yat-sen, was one of the most prominent women in ... In September, 1949, when the Communists founded the People’s Republic ...14 KB (2,106 words) - 02:00, 27 February 2023
- Yehenara, Empress Xiao Ding Jing (1868 – 1913), is better known ... Long Yu did what she could to preserve and protect the imperial heritage ...7 KB (1,177 words) - 18:49, 31 January 2022
- Mínzú), is a Chinese term that refers to the modern notion of a Chinese ... The roots of the Zhonghua minzu lie in the multi-ethnic Qing Empire ...15 KB (2,210 words) - 06:01, 13 June 2023
- ) is the ruins of the last capital of China's Shang Dynasty ... Rediscovered in 1899, Yin Xu numbers among the oldest and largest ...11 KB (1,657 words) - 11:14, 24 May 2023
- 1900) in Haicheng County, Fengtian province of China – October 14, 2001 ... * History of the Republic of China * National Revolutionary Army ...11 KB (1,688 words) - 05:58, 13 June 2023
- His philological works include Wen Shi (文始 "The Origin of ... An activist as well as scholar, he produced a great amount of political ...11 KB (1,492 words) - 05:54, 13 June 2023
- The Temple of Heaven, literally the Altar of Heaven ( t=天壇|s=天坛 ... ; Manchu: Abkai mukdehun) is a complex of Taoist buildings situated ...11 KB (1,677 words) - 05:38, 27 February 2023
- The Treaty of Shimonoseki (Japanese: 下関条約, "Shimonoseki ... ) in China, was signed at the Shunpanrō Hotel on April 17, 1895, ...14 KB (2,212 words) - 14:58, 2 May 2023
- was a Chinese Communist leader and President of the People's Republic ... Liu Shaoqi was a main ideologue of the Chinese Communist Party, and ...14 KB (2,053 words) - 20:53, 3 November 2022
- Chinese playwright, often regarded as China's most important of ... and Peking Man (1940). It is largely through the efforts of Cao Yu that modern ...15 KB (2,264 words) - 00:35, 13 January 2023
- leader and statesman. He is regarded as the founder of the Chinese Red ... Zhu De participated in the Revolution of 1911, then became an officer ...14 KB (2,088 words) - 15:28, 3 December 2022
- ; ca 1897 – October 23, 2003) was the youngest of the three Soong ... * History of the Republic of China * Military of the Republic of China ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 02:00, 27 February 2023
- The Allied Powers were a group of countries (also known as the Allies ... The Second World War's opposing alliances pitted strong democracies ...16 KB (2,240 words) - 18:30, 21 July 2023
- The Mountain Resort in Chengde (Chinese: 避暑山庄; pinyin: Bìshǔ ... Ligong (Chinese: 离宫; pinyin: Lígōng, the Qing Dynasty's summer ...12 KB (1,789 words) - 14:51, 5 December 2023
- Autonomous Region—a Hui autonomous region of the People's Republic ... Ningxia, a stop along the Silk Road, had been influenced by Islam ...15 KB (2,041 words) - 04:50, 15 November 2022
- ), is a variant of Marxism-Leninism derived from the teachings of ... It should be noted that the term Mao Zedong Thought has always been ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 03:00, 6 November 2022
- Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom, located in ... The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and the turning away from communism ...12 KB (1,765 words) - 19:34, 25 November 2023
- The Mogao Caves, or Mogao Grottoes ( 莫高窟|p=mò gāo kū ) (also known as the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas and Dunhuang Caves ...10 KB (1,518 words) - 19:28, 9 November 2022
- ; also spelled Kweichow) is a province of the People's Republic ... Guizhou sat on the fringe of the Chinese empire until the Ming dynasty ...15 KB (2,085 words) - 08:18, 8 January 2024
- The Battle of Cheongsanri (Chingshanri in Chinese) was fought in October ... Although no dramatic change in the status of relations between the ...12 KB (1,690 words) - 11:38, 20 September 2023
- The Wuyi Mountains ( c=武夷山|p=Wǔyí Shān ; POJ: Bu-i Soa) designates a mountain range located at the prefecture ...12 KB (1,723 words) - 17:46, 10 November 2022
- Falun Gong (Chinese: 法轮功: meaning "Practice of the Wheel ... immediate acclaim and nominated twice as the "Star Qigong School" ...14 KB (2,259 words) - 00:36, 25 March 2024
- is located in Sichuan province, Western China. Mount Emei is often written ... The first Buddhist monasteries were built on Mount Emei during the ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 17:05, 10 November 2022
- ) is the leading Chinese search engine for websites, audio files, ... As of March 21, 2008, Baidu is ranked 19th overall in Alexa's ...20 KB (2,596 words) - 05:48, 26 August 2023
- The May Fourth Movement (五四運動, 五四运动, wǔ sì yùn ... The May Fourth Movement led to the New Cultural Movement and a drastic ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 02:19, 9 November 2022
- The Treaty of Nanking (Nánjīng Tiáoyuē) is the agreement which ... The establishment of Hong Kong and of other Treaty Port settlements ...13 KB (2,030 words) - 23:41, 21 April 2020
- The Terracotta Army ( t=兵馬俑|s=兵马俑|p=bīngmǎ yǒng|l=soldier ... ) or Terracotta Warriors and Horses is a collection of 8,099 life ...13 KB (1,945 words) - 14:58, 30 April 2023
- for approximately one thousand years in China, from the tenth century until ... When a girl was between the ages of three and eight years old, the ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 06:18, 1 April 2024
- Qinghai is a province of the People's Republic of China located ... Qinghai, a province remote to the centers of power in China and newly ...18 KB (2,519 words) - 04:02, 7 December 2022
- A pagoda is the general term for a tiered tower with multiple eaves ... The architectural structure of the stupa has spread across Asia, taking ...11 KB (1,700 words) - 23:42, 28 April 2024
- ; Postal map spelling: Kirin; Manchu: Girin ula), is a province of ... Jilin has played an integral part in both the history of China and ...17 KB (2,180 words) - 20:50, 3 April 2024
- The Boxer Uprising or Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese rebellion against ... In 1839, the First Opium War broke out, and China was defeated by ...17 KB (2,544 words) - 01:58, 12 January 2023
- special costumes, dance motions, and music. The dance has earned a reputation ... Geom-mu originated during the later portion of the Three Kingdoms ...7 KB (1,083 words) - 06:54, 18 April 2024
- (phonetic notation and transcription) for the Mandarin language used in ... Wade-Giles was the main system of transcription in the English-speaking ...13 KB (1,871 words) - 22:05, 3 May 2023
- ; Postal map spelling: Shensi) is a province of the People's ... tone marks are not written, both Shaanxi and the neighboring province of Shanxi ...15 KB (2,046 words) - 10:15, 26 January 2023
- The Great Wall of China ( t=萬里長城|s=万里长城|p=Wànlǐ Chángchéng ... ) is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in China, built ...14 KB (2,322 words) - 07:41, 4 January 2024
- The Kuomintang of China (abbreviation KMT), also often translated ... Together with the People First Party ( 親民黨) and Chinese New ...28 KB (4,106 words) - 16:48, 30 March 2024
- known under various other names, including the stage name Lan Ping (Chinese: ... On November 22, 1966, Jiang Qing was named first vice-chairwoman of ...14 KB (2,214 words) - 20:36, 3 April 2024
- The peanut or groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) is a member of the legume ... Although the fruit of Arachis hypogaea is considered a “nut” in ...11 KB (1,669 words) - 17:09, 26 March 2023
- military official and politician during the late Qing Dynasty and the ... Yuan is criticized in Chinese culture for taking advantage of both ...25 KB (3,814 words) - 21:35, 4 June 2023
- ; Postal map spelling: Hupeh) is a central province of the People ... ), after the powerful state of Chu that existed here during the Eastern ...22 KB (3,092 words) - 21:04, 7 February 2024
- Guangzhou is the capital and the sub-provincial city of Guangdong ... The site of Guangzhou has been continuously occupied since Panyu ...22 KB (2,966 words) - 03:09, 5 March 2023
- Resolution 82 was a measure adopted by the United Nations Security Council ... The Korean Peninsula had been divided between occupation forces of ...16 KB (2,534 words) - 11:49, 3 May 2023
- :This article is about the former administrative divisions of China. The Eight Banners (In Manchu: [[Image:jakūn gūsa.png|jakūn gūsa|20px]] ...12 KB (1,892 words) - 00:04, 13 February 2024
- The Gang of Four ( s=四人帮|t=四人幫|p=Sì rén bāng ) was a group of Chinese Communist Party leaders in the People's ...19 KB (2,985 words) - 04:24, 18 April 2024
- in Chinese, is a volcanic mountain on the border between North Korea ... The Korean name, Baekdu-san, means "white-headed mountain." ...15 KB (2,130 words) - 05:38, 26 August 2023
- , sometimes simply called “the River” in ancient Chinese, ... ) is the second longest river in China (after the Yangtze River) and ...20 KB (2,963 words) - 09:55, 23 May 2023
- Guangdong (formerly spelled "Kwangtung") is a province on ... Guangdong, located remote from the centers of power in Chinese civilization ...24 KB (3,310 words) - 02:43, 5 March 2023
- Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of ... quot;New Frontier," a name given during the Manchu Qing Dynasty in China ...28 KB (3,367 words) - 14:31, 20 May 2023
- ) or Lu Hsün (Wade-Giles), pen name of Zhou Shuren ( t=周樹人|s ... ) (September 25, 1881 – October 19, 1936) was one of the major Chinese ...17 KB (2,586 words) - 04:15, 4 November 2022
- ) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located on ... means mountains' east, which refers to the province's location east ...23 KB (3,360 words) - 19:55, 21 April 2023
- The World Factbook (ISSN 1553-8133 ; also known as the CIA World Factbook)Central Intelligence Agency ...33 KB (4,760 words) - 17:51, 30 April 2023
- ; Postal map spelling: Kiangsi) is a southern province of the People ... Jiangxi had served as a main trade route in ancient and Medieval China ...21 KB (3,089 words) - 20:39, 3 April 2024
- ; Postal map spelling: Ngan-hui, Anhwei or An-hwei) is a province ... Anhui, although formally a separate province from the seventeenth ...19 KB (2,812 words) - 06:03, 28 July 2023
- ) is a province of the People's Republic of China located in ... name for this region, had been adopted by the Liao Dynasty (Khitan Empire ...23 KB (3,109 words) - 22:25, 25 October 2022
- The dizi ( c=笛子]]|p=dízi ), is a Chinese transverse flute, usually made of bamboo. It is also ...13 KB (2,031 words) - 09:18, 15 January 2023
- Homo erectus ("upright man") is an extinct species of the ... Fossil findings of early hominids is often fragmentary and inferences ...14 KB (2,119 words) - 12:01, 2 February 2024
- The Congo River is the largest river in western Central Africa and ... The river and its tributaries flow through the second-largest rainforest ...14 KB (2,084 words) - 19:05, 15 May 2020
- John Jacob Astor (July 17, 1763 - March 29, 1848) became the first ... class family in Waldorf, Germany. He was the youngest of three sons born ...8 KB (1,194 words) - 07:02, 8 April 2024
- The terms gyopo or dongpo in Korean refer to persons of Korean ethnic ... As with most, if not all, ancient empires, Korea's history has ...13 KB (1,907 words) - 15:38, 14 April 2023
- The Imperial examinations or Keju ( t=科舉|p=kējǔ ), were an essential part of the Chinese government administration ...21 KB (3,072 words) - 15:27, 4 February 2023
- (February 7, 1906–October 17, 1967) of the Manchu Aisin-Gioro ... (愛新覺羅) ruling family was the last Emperor of China between ...23 KB (3,342 words) - 03:35, 7 December 2022
- The Warsaw Pact, or Warsaw Treaty Organization, officially named the ... ), was an organization of Central and Eastern European communist states ...11 KB (1,642 words) - 22:57, 3 May 2023
- He is most famous for his work in China, and his humanitarian work ... His own experiences of being wounded by shrapnel in World War I, and ...15 KB (2,208 words) - 02:42, 16 November 2022
- as Gando, refers to northeastern parts of the People's Republic ... Today, most of the region resides in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture ...24 KB (3,531 words) - 08:52, 3 April 2024
- ; Postal map spelling: Shansi) is a province of the People's ... #039; west," which refers to the province's location west ...23 KB (3,285 words) - 13:15, 27 January 2023
- ) is a province of the People's Republic of China located along ... dramatic upsurge in its economy and standard of living during the twentieth ...22 KB (3,044 words) - 05:58, 13 June 2023
- ) are an ethnic group indigenous to China and the largest single ethnic ... The history of the Han Chinese ethnic group is closely tied to that ...26 KB (3,971 words) - 01:40, 9 August 2023
- Chinese philosophy has a history of several thousand years; its origins ... The central focus of Chinese philosophy throughout the ages has been ...21 KB (3,167 words) - 16:46, 10 December 2023
- ; ancient name: 吳) is a city on the lower reaches of the Yangtze ... Suzhou reached its golden age with the Ming Dynasty in 1368 C.E. During ...24 KB (3,013 words) - 00:31, 27 February 2023
- and government official from Sichuan, China. Guo Moruo studied at Sixth Higher School and the Medical School of ...20 KB (2,989 words) - 19:48, 12 July 2023
- and political leader often referred to as the "father of modern China ... Although Sun Yat-sen is considered one of the greatest leaders of ...36 KB (5,408 words) - 22:52, 26 February 2023
- ; lit. "Valley of Nine Villages;" Tibetan: Sicadêgu) designates ... The Giant Panda population in Jiuzhaigou Valley, which numbers around ...16 KB (2,461 words) - 13:25, 1 August 2022
- ; Postal map spelling: Kiangsu) is a province of the People's ... Jiangsu has a coastline that extends over a thousand kilometers along ...28 KB (3,971 words) - 20:38, 3 April 2024
- ) is the smallest province of the People's Republic of China ... Hainan island was called the Pearl Cliffs (珠崖 Zhūyá), Fine Jade ...25 KB (3,616 words) - 16:53, 21 January 2024
- The Great Leap Forward ( s=大跃进|t=大躍進|p=Dàyuèjìn ) of the People's Republic of China (PRC) was an economic and ...24 KB (3,667 words) - 23:12, 21 January 2023
- relationship with North Korea, Russia, China, Japan, and the United States ... In the midst of that awful tension, shrugging off a humiliating experience ...21 KB (3,033 words) - 10:44, 10 November 2023
- *For the history of the Korea before its division, see History of Korea. The History of South Korea formally begins with the establishment ...21 KB (3,199 words) - 11:47, 1 February 2024
- The Hui people ( c=回族|p=Huízú typically distinguished by their practice of Islam. The Hui form the third ...26 KB (3,824 words) - 15:11, 9 February 2024
- independence activist. In 1909, during the period following the signing ... An Jung-Geun was born in 1879 as the eldest child among three sons ...14 KB (2,121 words) - 17:27, 26 July 2023
- ) is a province of the People's Republic of China located in ... Gansu has a unique role in China. Sitting on the terminus of the Silk ...21 KB (2,969 words) - 04:27, 18 April 2024
- ; Postal map spelling: Tientsin) is one of four municipalities of ... The urban area of Tianjin is located along the Haihe River, and is ...29 KB (3,826 words) - 23:22, 30 April 2023
- political ideology that regards China to be central or unique relative ... A hierarchical Sinocentric model of international relations, dominated ...21 KB (3,156 words) - 22:30, 29 January 2023
- Wade-Giles: Ch'ung-ch'ing) is the largest and most populous ... Located on the edge of the Yungui Plateau, Chongqing is intersected ...30 KB (3,987 words) - 17:18, 10 December 2023
- The Long March ( t=長征|s=长征|p=Chángzhēng ) was a massive military ... * History of the Republic of China * History of the People's Republic ...32 KB (4,903 words) - 07:52, 9 March 2023
- Oirat (Oirads, Oyirads, Oirots) is the common name of several pastoral ... From the thirteenth to eighteenth centuries the Kalmyk-Oirats numbered ...17 KB (2,618 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
- The Han Dynasty 206 B.C.E. – 220 C.E.) followed the Qin Dynasty ... The reign of the Han Dynasty, which lasted for 400 years, is commonly ...16 KB (2,573 words) - 00:55, 28 January 2022
- ; also romanized as Nei Mongol) is a Mongol autonomous region of the ... The official languages of Inner Mongolia are Standard Mandarin and ...33 KB (4,665 words) - 19:29, 5 March 2024
- military leader who was instrumental in the communist victory in the Chinese ... After the establishment of the People's Republic in October 1949 ...22 KB (3,630 words) - 04:11, 29 October 2022
- The panda or giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is a mammal native ... The term panda is also used for the red panda, Ailurus fulgens, another ...26 KB (4,054 words) - 11:57, 26 May 2023
- Shenzhen is a sub-provincial city of Guangdong province in southern ... The one-time fishing village of Shenzhen was singled out by late Chinese ...24 KB (3,404 words) - 19:58, 21 April 2023
- Nan or Taiwanese Hok-kiàn) is a province of China located on the southeast ... as an education center and pristine nature. The ecology of the province has ...31 KB (4,438 words) - 07:14, 15 April 2024
- The Miao ( c=苗|p=Miáo linguistically and culturally related group of people recognized by the government ...23 KB (3,462 words) - 16:33, 9 November 2022
- writer. A novelist and dramatist, he was one of the most significant figures ... Church in Gangwashi, Beijing in 1922. With the help of Reverend Robert Kenneth ...14 KB (2,152 words) - 22:31, 22 October 2022
- Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties hold the royal remains ... , patterned in an arc-shape at the foot of the Jundu Mountains south ...24 KB (3,553 words) - 16:44, 12 February 2024
- Factories are a hallmark of industrialized society. They have changed ... ==History of the factory== ===China=== Many have believed that ancient ...10 KB (1,387 words) - 23:24, 26 June 2022
- | birthplace = Shanghai, China | deathdate = 1995|9|8|1920|9|30|mf=y ... 8, 1995) was a Chinese writer. She also used the pseudonym Liang Jing (梁京 ...18 KB (2,710 words) - 00:06, 13 February 2024
- IAST: Nāthū Lā) a mountain pass in the Himalayas located on the Indo–China ... Nathu La constitutes one of the three trading border posts between ...20 KB (2,900 words) - 23:53, 29 May 2023
- The Historic Center of Macau ( O Centro Histórico de Macau ... ) is a collection of more than twenty monuments and sites in Macao ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 21:51, 31 January 2024
- Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975) was one of the ... During the Chinese Civil War (1926–1949), Chiang attempted to eradicate ...31 KB (4,795 words) - 20:57, 9 December 2023
- The music of China dates back to the dawn of Chinese civilization ... With the establishment of the Republic of China in 1911, there was ...33 KB (4,845 words) - 16:58, 24 October 2023
- ), is a province of the People's Republic of China located in ... With nearly 100 million people, Henan is the most populous province ...27 KB (3,852 words) - 17:21, 7 February 2022
- Gwanghaegun or Prince Gwanghae (1574 – 1641) was the fifteenth king ... Gwanghaegun endeared himself to generations of Koreas for guiding ...11 KB (1,671 words) - 08:20, 27 July 2023
- ) is a province of China located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze ... Hunan borders Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Guangdong to ...18 KB (2,479 words) - 12:20, 4 February 2023
- ; literally "south of the clouds") is a province of the ... Yunnan has earned fame for the natural beauty of its setting from ...27 KB (3,822 words) - 10:26, 7 June 2023
- ; Postal map spelling: Hopeh) is a province of the People's Republic ... It borders Liaoning to the northeast, Inner Mongolia to the north ...26 KB (3,622 words) - 15:13, 25 January 2023
- The Chinese Civil War ( t=國共內戰|s=国共内战|p=Guógòng Neìzhàn ... *History of the Republic of China *Lin Biao *Manchuria *Mao Zedong ...40 KB (5,930 words) - 16:44, 10 December 2023
- philosopher and reformist who is considered the foremost intellectual leader ... Liang believed that journalism had an important role in educating ...24 KB (3,503 words) - 22:24, 25 October 2022
- ; literary "four books") or The Four Books of Confucianism ... The Four Books became the most important classical Confucian texts ...11 KB (1,684 words) - 14:30, 27 January 2023
- 22, 1951) was an American sociologist, one of first sociologists who pursued ... human beings as essential socially beings, the understanding of whose interactions ...10 KB (1,419 words) - 18:20, 12 February 2024
- laureate, statesman, scholar, and author of books and articles on U.S. ... A proponent of realpolitik (or the realist school of international ...19 KB (2,837 words) - 00:39, 3 January 2024
- Immediately following the truce ending the Korean war, South Korea ... North Koreans have continued to defect, with many being caught during ...24 KB (3,531 words) - 10:04, 11 March 2023
- :This article is concerned with the legal system known as Civil law ... Civil law, or continental law, is the predominant system of law in ...15 KB (2,321 words) - 22:28, 10 December 2023
- that originated in or is practiced in China or by Chinese artists or ... has taken various forms throughout its history, as political and social ...28 KB (4,073 words) - 16:44, 10 December 2023
- 210 B.C.E.), personal name Zheng, was king of the Chinese State of Qin from ... Having unified China, he and his prime minister Lǐ Sī passed a series ...27 KB (4,481 words) - 23:18, 3 November 2023
- Jeju-do (transliterated Korean for Jeju Province, short form of Jeju ... For most of the island's history, Jeju-do had little contact ...15 KB (2,191 words) - 18:01, 2 April 2024
- The division of Korea into North Korea and South Korea stems from ... The Korean War (1950-1953) and its Armistice Agreement left the two ...20 KB (2,911 words) - 15:32, 29 January 2024
- as an ancient kingdom established after the fall of Goguryeo. After Goguryeo ... Balhae occupied southern parts of Manchuria (Northeast China) and ...24 KB (3,477 words) - 05:52, 26 August 2023
- Chinese ceramics or Chinese porcelain is a form of fine art developed ... The first types of pottery were made about 11,000 years ago, during ...32 KB (4,846 words) - 22:42, 13 January 2023
- known as Pusan (Pusan; 부산; 釜山), is the largest port city in the Republic ... Busan became Korea’s first international port in 1876. Busan was ...19 KB (2,764 words) - 03:33, 7 December 2022
- Gwanggaeto the Great of Goguryeo (374-413, r. 391-413) was the nineteenth ... Today, King Gwanggaeto the Great is regarded by Koreans as one of ...14 KB (2,166 words) - 12:47, 24 January 2023
- The Shaolin Monastery or Shaolin Temple ( c=少林寺 |p=Shàolínsì Song Shan in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, of what is now the People's ...18 KB (2,761 words) - 21:14, 16 June 2023
- Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest ... Ánkyra. Ankara also serves as the capital of the Province of Ankara. ...15 KB (2,370 words) - 06:36, 28 July 2023
- was a Korean independence activist and one of the early leaders of the Korean ... Many consider Ahn Chang-ho to be one of the key moral and philosophical ...16 KB (2,495 words) - 06:55, 16 June 2023
- In the People's Republic of China, Red Guards ( s=红卫兵|t ... ) were a mass movement of civilians, mostly students and other young ...18 KB (2,779 words) - 02:28, 8 December 2022
- Energy independence is self-sufficiency in terms of the availability ... having useful energy available in adequate amounts to meet the needs ...14 KB (1,937 words) - 20:52, 8 February 2023
- The Yao nationality (瑶族, Pinyin: Yáo zú; Vietnamese: người ... Most Western, Chinese, and Yao scholars believe that the Yao became ...21 KB (3,250 words) - 10:13, 22 May 2023
- The Yangtze River or Chang Jiang ( t=長江 |s=长江|p=Cháng Jiāng ) is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world ...22 KB (3,191 words) - 00:54, 17 April 2023
- politician and reformer, and a recent leader of the Communist Party of China ... Inheriting the social and institutional problems left over from the ...39 KB (5,846 words) - 13:32, 28 January 2024
- The Pacific Ocean (from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful ... With Asian countries on the western Pacific rim projected to continue ...29 KB (4,365 words) - 06:11, 18 November 2022
- and Szechuan) is a province in western China. It borders quite a few different ... Sichuan, the home of ancient civilizations and ethnic groups, sits ...21 KB (2,859 words) - 14:31, 27 January 2023
- authority, is an entity responsible for the money of its country or of ... Though the primary purpose of a central bank is to act as a financial ...30 KB (4,733 words) - 23:55, 3 December 2023
- Marxism-Leninism is an adaptation of Marxism developed by Vladimir ... Communist parties subscribed to the teachings and legacy of Karl Marx ...15 KB (2,166 words) - 08:40, 10 March 2023
- ) are one of two standard sets of Chinese characters of the contemporary ... Simplified Chinese characters are officially used in the People's ...45 KB (6,288 words) - 22:48, 10 February 2024
- Overseas Chinese are people of Chinese birth or descent who live outside ... while assimilating to varying degrees with the local population. Overseas ...45 KB (6,097 words) - 10:53, 11 March 2023
- The City of Vigan is the capital city of the province of Ilocos Sur ... Vigan constitutes the best example of a Spanish colonial town in the ...13 KB (1,737 words) - 20:19, 3 May 2023
- – January 12, 1983) was a Soviet statesman who served as the Chairman ... In 1930, Podgorny became a member of the ruling Communist Party of ...24 KB (3,354 words) - 16:40, 29 April 2023
- The Axis Powers is a term for those participants in World War II opposed ... On September 18, 1931, Manchuria was an object of Japanese invasion ...31 KB (4,510 words) - 07:22, 23 August 2023
- The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, better known simply as ... The Cultural Revolution was initiated by Party Chairman Mao Zedong ...30 KB (4,513 words) - 06:46, 11 January 2024
- The Uyghur (also spelled Uygur, Uighur, Uigur; Uyghur: ئۇيغۇر; ... ) are a Turkic people of Central Asia. Today Uyghurs live primarily ...35 KB (5,059 words) - 20:30, 23 March 2024
- The Taiping Rebellion was a large-scale revolt, waged from 1851 until ... Most accurate sources put the total deaths during the fifteen years ...20 KB (2,973 words) - 00:49, 21 April 2023
- Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan (February 4, 1917 – August 10, 1980) was ... to maintain national unity or to resolve the ongoing dispute with India ...20 KB (3,141 words) - 10:02, 22 May 2023
- The proletariat (/ˌproʊlɪˈtɛəriət/; from Latin proletarius ... Marxist philosophy regards the proletariat under conditions of capitalism ...25 KB (3,629 words) - 23:10, 30 September 2023
- The Altay Mountains, Russian Altay, Mongolian Altayn Nuruu, Chinese ... Mountain system or mountain range of Central Asia that extends approximately ...16 KB (2,479 words) - 08:35, 23 July 2023
- meet particular goals, most commonly to pass the entrance examinations of high ... school and weekend programs for students of all ages, including even college ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 01:09, 7 April 2022
- The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the mid-Ming ... Since 1924, the Forbidden City has been under the charge of the Palace ...44 KB (6,677 words) - 06:19, 1 April 2024
- The Lèi tái (Traditional: 擂臺 Simplified: 擂台 “Beat (a ... The absence of a railing or ropes makes the lei tai a unique fighting ...22 KB (3,362 words) - 07:42, 6 March 2023
- A Chinese family name is one of the thousands of family names that ... Chinese surnames have served a number of sociological purposes throughout ...26 KB (3,907 words) - 17:05, 10 December 2023
- and scholars for his broad understanding of both Chinese classics, and ... During China's Cultural Revolution, led by Mao Zedong, Qian experienced ...22 KB (3,269 words) - 21:10, 14 April 2023
- The Tripitaka Koreana (lit. Goryeo Tripitaka) or Palman Daejanggyeong ... Buddhist scholars consider the Tripitaka Koreana the best preserved ...7 KB (985 words) - 17:42, 2 May 2023
- This article focuses on the civilization of China and its history. For contemporary countries, see the People's Republic of China (mainland ...48 KB (7,186 words) - 19:00, 23 March 2024
- A former Portuguese colony, Angola, known formally as the Republic ... reserves. Angolan culture reflects centuries of Portuguese influence, namely ...17 KB (2,316 words) - 06:01, 28 July 2023
- The Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or ... its possessions and the debt being taken over by the government of ...19 KB (2,812 words) - 17:23, 12 February 2024
- The Treaty of Versailles (1919) was the peace treaty that officially ... Negotiations between the allied powers started on May 7, the anniversary ...20 KB (3,094 words) - 16:26, 2 May 2023
- in Fujian Province, widely considered one of the best grades of white tea]] White Tea is the least processed form of tea, made only from buds ...20 KB (3,196 words) - 18:15, 4 May 2023
- ) is the capital of Hubei province, and is the most populous city ... Wuhan is a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways, roads ...37 KB (5,359 words) - 14:07, 20 May 2023
- The Culture of China (Chinese: 中國文化) is home to one of the ... but it was already rich and essential in the period of antiquity called ...24 KB (3,727 words) - 06:47, 11 January 2024
- John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth President ... his party's platform and vetoed several of their proposals. As a result ...15 KB (2,215 words) - 07:59, 3 August 2022
- In rail transport, a train consists of rail vehicles that move along ... supplied by trackside systems. Historically, the steam engine was the dominant ...16 KB (2,477 words) - 00:38, 2 May 2023
- 13, 1922 - October 14, 1999) was President of Tanzania (previously Tanganyika ... He also battled the International Monetary Fund over the issue of ...16 KB (2,394 words) - 06:41, 28 February 2023
- :Note: This article is about the institution and office of the Dalai ... The Dalai Lama (meaning "Ocean of Wisdom") is an institution ...29 KB (4,223 words) - 17:37, 24 January 2024
- impressions thereof that are used in lieu of signatures in personal documents ... Seals are typically made of stone, sometimes of wood, bamboo, plastic ...36 KB (5,590 words) - 17:34, 25 January 2023
- Red panda is the common name for a mostly herbivorous, bamboo specialized ... The red panda is endemic to the Himalayas in Bhutan, southern China ...17 KB (2,708 words) - 02:48, 8 December 2022
- Tenzin Gyatso (born July 6, 1935) is the fourteenth Dalai Lama, and ... After the collapse of the Tibetan resistance movement in 1959, Tenzin ...36 KB (5,468 words) - 03:45, 30 April 2023
- Oceania is a geographical (and geopolitical) region consisting of ... Oceania is the smallest continental grouping in land area and the ...24 KB (3,239 words) - 23:47, 17 November 2022
- Tantrayāna, Esoteric Buddhism, and the Diamond Vehicle) refers to ... While Vajrayana Buddhism is a part of Tibetan Buddhism, in that it ...27 KB (4,057 words) - 22:19, 21 January 2024
- Shanghai, situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta, is China ... and parking lots for automobiles, north of the foreign concessions. During ...46 KB (6,727 words) - 19:55, 21 April 2023
- Solomon Islands is a nation in Melanesia, east of Papua New Guinea ... The Solomon Islands have been inhabited by Melanesian people for at ...21 KB (3,040 words) - 15:10, 27 April 2023
- Extradition is the official process by which one nation or state requests ... Extradition has been controversial throughout history, as trust between ...16 KB (2,401 words) - 23:59, 24 March 2024
- A continent is one of several large landmasses on Earth. Seven areas ... The term "the Continent" (capitalized)—used predominantly ...22 KB (3,308 words) - 19:07, 19 May 2020
- located in East Asia with a population of nearly three million. Mongolia ... Mongolia was the center of the Mongol Empire in the thirteenth century ...35 KB (5,051 words) - 13:11, 10 March 2023
- The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville or the ... offshore reserves has supplanted forestry as the mainstay of the economy, which ...23 KB (3,296 words) - 19:42, 16 April 2023
- The Kellogg-Briand Pact, also known as the Pact of Paris after the ... In its original form, the Pact of Paris was a renunciation of war ...7 KB (1,036 words) - 17:20, 5 October 2022
- body or creed officially endorsed by the state. In some countries more ... The degree and nature of state backing for a denomination or creed ...28 KB (4,007 words) - 19:54, 9 February 2023
- The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 was a conference organized by the ... . Much of the work of the Conference involved deciding which of the ...26 KB (3,995 words) - 08:51, 18 November 2022
- instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings, usually ... In the modern orchestra, string instruments can be used as a solo ...26 KB (3,682 words) - 21:00, 26 February 2023
- , (May 3, 1899 – May 10, 1960) was a Russian novelist during the ... was brought up in Odessa where he moved with the family in 1902. He studied ...7 KB (1,003 words) - 10:31, 7 June 2023
- The Republic of Palau is located in the Pacific Ocean some 300 miles ... The Republic of Palau consists of eight principal islands and more ...19 KB (2,897 words) - 10:59, 11 March 2023
- :For the history of Korea before its division, see History of Korea. The history of North Korea formally begins with the establishment ...33 KB (5,024 words) - 16:59, 7 May 2021
- , Hanyu Pinyin: bào'ēnsì, English: Temple of Thanksgiving ... were added. In addition, features making the temple convenient and safe ...16 KB (2,404 words) - 08:12, 24 November 2022
- The Epic of King Gesar is the central epic poem of Tibet and much ... The epic is considered the longest literary work in the world. Although ...21 KB (3,483 words) - 19:06, 13 February 2024
- The Battle of Inchon (also Romanized as "Incheon;" ... was a decisive invasion and battle during the Korean War, conceived and ...21 KB (3,161 words) - 09:47, 22 September 2023
- The Twenty-Four Histories ( c=二十四史|p=Èrshísì Shǐ|w=Erhshihszu ... ) is a collection of Chinese historical books covering a period of ...31 KB (4,609 words) - 00:37, 3 May 2023
- or institution; sometimes used as a loan of money. The term derives from ... and approved by an elected governing body. The principles of the charter ...19 KB (2,837 words) - 07:42, 13 January 2023
- Sukarno (June 6, 1901 – June 21, 1970) was the first President of ... The spelling "Sukarno" has been official in Indonesia since ...25 KB (3,644 words) - 21:41, 26 February 2023
- revolutionary. Although he was successful in the traditional Confucian system ... Chen was a founder of the Chinese Communist Party (1920) and was selected ...26 KB (3,844 words) - 14:50, 5 December 2023
- The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 culminating in the Tiananmen ... The protests were sparked by the death of pro-market and pro-democracy ...57 KB (8,680 words) - 14:07, 14 January 2024
- Vietnam officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a nation in ... American involvement in the war between the communist North Vietnamese ...34 KB (4,939 words) - 20:16, 3 May 2023
- Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a small landlocked country ... The country is infamous for the 1994 genocide that resulted in the ...25 KB (3,542 words) - 17:40, 28 September 2023
- company, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The company's businesses ... Toshiba was formed in 1939, by the merger of Toshiba of Shibaura Seisakusho ...16 KB (2,217 words) - 04:41, 1 May 2023
- The Qing Dynasty; Manchu: daicing gurun), sometimes known as the Manchu ... During its reign, the Qing Dynasty consolidated its grip on China ...45 KB (7,044 words) - 07:44, 3 July 2022
- which are balls or irregular lumps of ice typically measuring between ... == Formation of hail == [[Image:Granizo.jpg|thumb|left|A large hailstone ...10 KB (1,508 words) - 16:45, 21 January 2024
- South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), (Korean: 대한민국, ... ) has existed for nearly 60 years, built on the foundation of a 5 ...42 KB (5,837 words) - 16:22, 6 March 2024
- The Prague Spring (Czech: Pražské jaro, Slovak: Pražská jar) was ... The term Prague Spring was coined by Western media after the event ...17 KB (2,531 words) - 22:12, 30 November 2022
- The Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937-September 9, 1945) was ... Although the two countries had fought intermittently since 1931, full ...68 KB (9,889 words) - 17:42, 25 January 2023
- A Militia is an organization of citizens prepared to provide defense ... Militias, being composed of civilians rather than professional soldiers ...26 KB (3,981 words) - 10:59, 10 March 2023
- Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked nation ... The original inhabitants of southern Africa were the Bushmen (San ...20 KB (2,852 words) - 19:53, 20 November 2023
- Korea has one of the longest continuous histories of any kingdom or ... civilization, and former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia ...31 KB (4,423 words) - 04:09, 4 March 2023
- The Republic of Benin is a sliver of a country in West Africa, the ... The history of the tribes and peoples who inhabited this gateway to ...19 KB (2,686 words) - 19:41, 27 September 2023
- Thelma Catherine Ryan Nixon (March 16, 1912 – June 22, 1993) was ... Nixon was always supportive of her husband even during the troubled ...17 KB (2,707 words) - 09:04, 18 November 2022
- Cloud seeding, a form of weather modification, is the attempt to change ... Silver iodide and dry ice (solid carbon dioxide) are the most commonly ...17 KB (2,393 words) - 22:12, 7 January 2024
- Potala Palace is the traditional residence of the Dalai Lama (the ... Architecturally, the Palace building measures 400 metres east-west ...16 KB (2,576 words) - 05:51, 30 November 2022
- Du Fu (712–770 C.E.) was a prominent Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty ... shows a concern for civil society, and for the lives of the underprivileged ...18 KB (2,990 words) - 21:16, 30 January 2024
- The Juche Ideology (Juche Sasang 주체사상 in Korean; or Chuch ... Juche theory is a type of Marxism ideology, but it is built upon the ...20 KB (3,127 words) - 06:36, 28 February 2023
- Ludwig Gumplowicz is believed to have coined the term "ethnocentrism" ... Ethnocentrism is the tendency to look at the world primarily from ...38 KB (5,665 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- The Panama Canal ( Canal de Panamá ) is a major ship canal that traverses the Isthmus of Panama in Central ...22 KB (3,431 words) - 11:11, 11 March 2023
- was a Chinese religious prophet and leader of the Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864 ... In 1844, Hong and his follower Feng Yun-shan founded the "God ...20 KB (3,050 words) - 13:03, 2 February 2024
- (born 181 C.E., Yangdu, Shandong province, China—died August 234, Wuzhangyuan ... Zhuge Liang is considered the most popular Chinese hero and statesman ...18 KB (2,855 words) - 06:03, 13 June 2023
- Gwangjong (광종 光宗) (949 – 975) was the fourth Emperor of ... Gwangjong eliminated many of his powerful rivals by sending them to ...12 KB (1,752 words) - 02:33, 28 July 2023
- [[Image:Tea House.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Japanese style tea house at ... A tea house or tearoom is a venue designed for people to gather for ...29 KB (4,641 words) - 04:37, 27 February 2023
- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特別行政區 ... (香|香 港|港), is one of the two special administrative regions ...55 KB (8,196 words) - 16:16, 25 January 2023
- ; a metropolis in northern China, is the capital of the People's ... Since its establishment in 723 B.C.E., Beijing has served as the capital ...59 KB (8,054 words) - 10:27, 26 September 2023
- The Central African Republic is a landlocked country in Central Africa ... The Central African Republic that is one of the poorest countries ...29 KB (4,266 words) - 23:52, 3 December 2023
- Taejo of Joseon (1335-1408; r. 1392-1398), born Yi Seonggye, was the ... his ethnicity was Korean. Yi Seonggye joined the Goryeo army and rose through ...15 KB (2,284 words) - 19:06, 24 October 2022
- The Czech Republic also known by its short-form name, Czechia, is ... As Czechoslovakia, independence was gained after World War I, but ...31 KB (4,442 words) - 07:31, 12 January 2024
- The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a lunar ... After Jesuits introduced Western astronomy into China during the seventeenth ...53 KB (8,207 words) - 17:02, 10 December 2023
- The German colonial empire was an overseas area formed in the late ... tradition of expansion within the European space, Germany's renewed ...17 KB (2,331 words) - 05:35, 5 December 2022
- The Caribbean Sea is a tropical sea in the Western Hemisphere, part ... The sea's deepest point is the Cayman Trough, between Cuba and ...13 KB (1,964 words) - 18:09, 14 November 2021
- thumb|200px|The Paramore family mausoleum in the [[Bellefontaine and Calvary ... constructed as a monument that encloses the interment space or burial ...19 KB (2,845 words) - 09:19, 10 March 2023
- ; born June 13, 1944) is a South Korean diplomat who was the eighth ... On October 13, 2006, he was elected as the eighth Secretary-General ...31 KB (4,626 words) - 03:25, 17 September 2023
- Myanmar - swift and strong (from the native words, myan meaning swift ... this nation is the largest in Southeast Asia, and has a population ...33 KB (4,741 words) - 02:39, 11 March 2023
- The foreign policy of the United States is officially conducted by ... The officially stated goals of the foreign policy of the United States ...43 KB (6,372 words) - 11:58, 3 May 2023
- For the Republic of China see Taiwan. For the civilization of China and its history see China. ...89 KB (11,967 words) - 17:55, 26 March 2023
- as "Kan-Yu" which means 'The Law of Heaven and Earth.’ ... Feng shui is the ancient Chinese practice of placement and arrangement ...33 KB (4,875 words) - 13:00, 21 January 2023
- Political philosophy is a branch of philosophy, which studies fundamental ... existing or possible theories and practices of social, political matters, ...23 KB (3,233 words) - 08:37, 24 November 2022
- a gorge, valley, road, railroad track, body of water, or other physical obstacle ... The Oxford English Dictionary traces the origin of the word bridge ...14 KB (2,066 words) - 20:15, 11 March 2024
- “few,” and arkho, “rule” ) is a form of government in which political ... aristocracies, which were ruled by members of a noble class, or with plutocracies ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 00:19, 18 November 2022
- organization based on common control of the means of production as ... A major force in world politics since the early twentieth century ...45 KB (6,718 words) - 00:12, 8 January 2024
- Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked ... On taking power, the communist government imposed a Soviet-style command ...33 KB (5,048 words) - 06:54, 4 March 2023
- The term enemy of the people or enemy of the nation, is a term used ... Totalitarian governments like the Soviet Union made extensive use ...44 KB (5,878 words) - 20:20, 30 October 2022
- 30, 2016) was a religious studies scholar in the United States. He wrote more ... Born and raised a Methodist, Smith studied and practiced many of the ...17 KB (2,414 words) - 21:25, 9 February 2024
- Tibetan Buddhism is the body of religious Buddhist doctrine and institutions ... The earliest well-documented influence of Buddhism in Tibet dates ...27 KB (3,993 words) - 23:24, 30 April 2023
- Chinese architecture refers to a style of architecture that has taken ... Confucian preoccupation with hierarchy dictated the placement of rooms ...41 KB (6,198 words) - 17:00, 10 December 2023
- World, biometric measurements are taken from the fingers of multi-day pass ... Biometrics (derived from the Greek words bios = "life" and ...14 KB (2,173 words) - 17:56, 31 October 2023
- 1719) was a Scottish merchant and banker, the founder of the Bank of England ... He remains famous for his idea of the Darien Scheme, the Scottish ...10 KB (1,463 words) - 10:38, 11 May 2023
- :For the Three Kingdoms general, see Zhang He. [[Image:ZhengHeShips ... diplomat and fleet admiral, who made the voyages collectively referred ...33 KB (5,055 words) - 06:00, 13 June 2023
- Christianity in China (called 基督教 Jī dū jiào, or Christ religion ... The Nestorians were accepted in China because of their ability to ...58 KB (8,323 words) - 21:09, 10 December 2023
- The ancient kingdom Goguryeo, occupying southern Manchuria (present ... The 'Samguk Sagi, a twelfth-century C.E. Goryeo text, puts Goguryeo ...29 KB (4,387 words) - 08:36, 19 December 2022
- :"Fall of Communism" redirects here. For the fall of the ... The Revolutions of 1989 refers to the collapse of Communism in Eastern ...27 KB (4,082 words) - 20:00, 8 December 2022
- The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands ... The country consists of twenty-nine atolls and five isolated islands ...23 KB (3,267 words) - 08:34, 10 March 2023
- The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) was created after World ... The Security Council requires all five permanent members to agree ...68 KB (9,754 words) - 11:45, 3 May 2023
- This article is an overview of the history of Korea, up to the division ... The Korean peninsula has been inhabited since Lower Paleolithic times ...45 KB (6,490 words) - 11:38, 1 February 2024
- Chinese painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions ... There are three main subjects of Chinese painting: human figures, ...47 KB (7,130 words) - 17:04, 10 December 2023
- ores and is important as a trace element in the human body. It is used in ... Cobalt compounds are used in the production of inks, paints, and varnishes ...13 KB (1,769 words) - 22:14, 7 January 2024
- Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern ... slaves and later contract laborers from the Dutch East Indies and India ...30 KB (4,282 words) - 12:07, 17 April 2024
- This article deals with the government-funded school provided for ... or local government agencies as part of public education, are the most ...32 KB (4,665 words) - 18:08, 14 April 2023
- is a metalloid with four allotropic forms. The stable form of antimony is ... and solder. Recently, it is being used by the semiconductor industry for ...17 KB (2,369 words) - 06:33, 31 July 2023
- ) is a form of Chinese opera which arose in the late eighteenth century ... Beijing opera features four main types of performers; performing troupes ...41 KB (6,269 words) - 18:41, 11 January 2023
- 14, 1917 – October 26, 1979) stands as the dominant figure in the Republic ... Asian nation builder, rapidly modernizing the South through export-led growth ...19 KB (2,859 words) - 08:52, 18 November 2022
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island nation in the Windward ... The islands' proximity to South America has influenced its culture ...18 KB (2,550 words) - 00:56, 23 December 2022
