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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 ...
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  • Yehenara, Empress Xiao Ding Jing (1868 – 1913), is better known ... Long Yu did what she could to preserve and protect the imperial heritage ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • ) is the ruins of the last capital of China's Shang Dynasty ... Rediscovered in 1899, Yin Xu numbers among the oldest and largest ...
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  • 1900) in Haicheng County, Fengtian province of China – October 14, 2001 ... * History of the Republic of China * National Revolutionary Army ...
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  • His philological works include Wen Shi (文始 "The Origin of ... An activist as well as scholar, he produced a great amount of political ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • The Treaty of Shimonoseki (Japanese: 下関条約, "Shimonoseki ... ) in China, was signed at the Shunpanrō Hotel on April 17, 1895, ...
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  • was a Chinese Communist leader and President of the People's Republic ... Liu Shaoqi was a main ideologue of the Chinese Communist Party, and ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • ; ca 1897 – October 23, 2003) was the youngest of the three Soong ... * History of the Republic of China * Military of the Republic of China ...
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  • The Allied Powers were a group of countries (also known as the Allies ... The Second World War's opposing alliances pitted strong democracies ...
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  • The Mountain Resort in Chengde (Chinese: 避暑山庄; pinyin: Bìshǔ ... Ligong (Chinese: 离宫; pinyin: Lígōng, the Qing Dynasty's summer ...
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  • Autonomous Region—a Hui autonomous region of the People's Republic ... Ningxia, a stop along the Silk Road, had been influenced by Islam ...
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  • ), is a variant of Marxism-Leninism derived from the teachings of ... It should be noted that the term Mao Zedong Thought has always been ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • ; also spelled Kweichow) is a province of the People's Republic ... Guizhou sat on the fringe of the Chinese empire until the Ming dynasty ...
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  • The Battle of Cheongsanri (Chingshanri in Chinese) was fought in October ... Although no dramatic change in the status of relations between the ...
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  • The Wuyi Mountains ( c=武夷山|p=Wǔyí Shān ; POJ: Bu-i Soa) designates a mountain range located at the prefecture ...
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  • Falun Gong (Chinese: 法轮功: meaning "Practice of the Wheel ... immediate acclaim and nominated twice as the "Star Qigong School" ...
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  • is located in Sichuan province, Western China. Mount Emei is often written ... The first Buddhist monasteries were built on Mount Emei during the ...
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  • ) is the leading Chinese search engine for websites, audio files, ... As of March 21, 2008, Baidu is ranked 19th overall in Alexa's ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • The Treaty of Nanking (Nánjīng Tiáoyuē) is the agreement which ... The establishment of Hong Kong and of other Treaty Port settlements ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • A pagoda is the general term for a tiered tower with multiple eaves ... The architectural structure of the stupa has spread across Asia, taking ...
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  • ; Postal map spelling: Kirin; Manchu: Girin ula), is a province of ... Jilin has played an integral part in both the history of China and ...
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  • The Boxer Uprising or Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese rebellion against ... In 1839, the First Opium War broke out, and China was defeated by ...
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  • special costumes, dance motions, and music. The dance has earned a reputation ... Geom-mu originated during the later portion of the Three Kingdoms ...
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  • (phonetic notation and transcription) for the Mandarin language used in ... Wade-Giles was the main system of transcription in the English-speaking ...
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  • ; Postal map spelling: Shensi) is a province of the People's ... tone marks are not written, both Shaanxi and the neighboring province of Shanxi ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • The Kuomintang of China (abbreviation KMT), also often translated ... Together with the People First Party ( 親民黨) and Chinese New ...
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  • known under various other names, including the stage name Lan Ping (Chinese: ... On November 22, 1966, Jiang Qing was named first vice-chairwoman of ...
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  • The peanut or groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) is a member of the legume ... Although the fruit of Arachis hypogaea is considered a “nut” in ...
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  • military official and politician during the late Qing Dynasty and the ... Yuan is criticized in Chinese culture for taking advantage of both ...
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  • ; Postal map spelling: Hupeh) is a central province of the People ... ), after the powerful state of Chu that existed here during the Eastern ...
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  • Guangzhou is the capital and the sub-provincial city of Guangdong ... The site of Guangzhou has been continuously occupied since Panyu ...
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  • Resolution 82 was a measure adopted by the United Nations Security Council ... The Korean Peninsula had been divided between occupation forces of ...
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  • :This article is about the former administrative divisions of China. The Eight Banners (In Manchu: [[Image:jakūn gūsa.png|jakūn gūsa|20px]] ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • in Chinese, is a volcanic mountain on the border between North Korea ... The Korean name, Baekdu-san, means "white-headed mountain." ...
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  • , sometimes simply called “the River” in ancient Chinese, ... ) is the second longest river in China (after the Yangtze River) and ...
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  • Guangdong (formerly spelled "Kwangtung") is a province on ... Guangdong, located remote from the centers of power in Chinese civilization ...
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  • Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of ... quot;New Frontier," a name given during the Manchu Qing Dynasty in China ...
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  • ) 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 ...
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