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  • Gansu, Shaanxi, and Tibet. While the Chinese dragon has been historically ... The Chinese language name for the giant panda, 大熊貓, literally ...
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  • ==Chinese Revolution== like Russia and China. During the Chinese revolution, the concept ...
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  • to make a soft drink. Bamboo is used in Chinese medicine for treating infections ... first emerge from the soil, are called in Chinese, zhú sǔn (simplified: ...
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  • to their degree of distance. Traditional Chinese world maps show China in ... of the world, such as Indian mathematics, Chinese mathematics, and Islamic ...
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  • "ABCD Powers" (America, British, Chinese, and Dutch) were threatening ... mobilized the Kwangtung Army and attacked Chinese troops. The Minseito government ...
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  • ) is an internal (neijia, Wudangquan) Chinese martial art, in which ... quot; appears in both Daoist and Confucian Chinese philosophy where it represents ...
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  • Charles George Gordon, C.B. (January 28, 1833 – January 26, 1885), known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British ...
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  • its grip on China, integrated with Han Chinese culture, and saw the height ... The Qing Dynasty was founded not by the Han Chinese, who form the ...
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  • throughout the empire used circular fans. Chinese sources link the fan with ... throughout society. The earliest known Chinese fans are a pair of woven ...
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  • is written exclusively in Classical Chinese and has 1802 characters. ... abbreviated 大秦景教碑), is a Tang Chinese stele erected in 781, which ...
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  • ) (CE 78–139) was a Chinese polymath, being a astronomer, mathematician ... Reconstruction Designs of Lost Ancient Chinese Machinery. (Dordrecht: Springer ...
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  • in the Persian Gulf; and Filipinos and Chinese throughout the world. And ... host nations. Examples include Afghan, Chinese, Irish, Iraqi, Jewish, and ...
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  • * Ho Feng Shan, Chinese Consul in Vienna, who freely issued Chinese visas to Jews against orders to the contrary * Rudolf Kasztner, controversial ...
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  • *The kanji and Chinese character for five are both 五, and its formal ... printed mixed calendars combining Western, Chinese-Buddhist and Japanese names ...
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  • and subject to stiff competition from Chinese and English traders. ... markets became saturated. Dozens of Chinese sugar traders went bankrupt ...
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  • the modern name for a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the ... (with movable bridges)"), another Chinese long zither also without ...
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  • quot; is a Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese penzai (盆栽; pun-sai ... are highly collectible, such as ancient Chinese or Japanese pots made in ...
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  • The "ji" in the name of Jirisan or Mt. Jiri is the chinese ... inhabitants, as well as the Korean and Chinese soldiers who defending the ...
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  • is thought to be essential for teeth. In Chinese herbal medicine, it is used ... * 姜黄 (jiang huang, literal: "Ginger Yellow") in Chinese. ...
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  • folk and aristocratic art forms, including Chinese acrobatics, dengaku, and ... Shinto rituals; dengaku (harvest dances); Chinese-style dances; and traditional ...
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  • * Larix potaninii Chinese larch. Mountains of southwestern China (Sichuan, northern Yunnan). * Larix himalaica* Langtang larch. Mountains of central ...
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  • The Chinese traveler Hieun-tsang describes the event thus: "Siladityaraja ... of the paintings in the Ajanta caves. The Chinese traveler Hsuan Tsang, who ...
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  • Dunhuang Project--Several intermediate Chinese bookbinding forms from the ... style for quicker reference, as the Chinese also later did. As far back ...
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  • theater. Initially, themes were drawn from Chinese tales and works of art. ... them with traditional Japanese and Chinese techniques to create an ...
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  • knowledge of saltpeter, calling it "Chinese snow." They knew of ... Some scholars have claimed that the Chinese only developed saltpeter ...
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  • in China as the West Dowager Empress (Chinese: 西太后), was from the ... ranking Manchu official named Huizheng (Chinese: 惠征) of the Manchu Yehenara ...
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  • and popularized in China, and many Chinese speculate that origami originated ... [[Image:Origami dragon.jpg|220px|right|thumb|Origami Chinese dragon]] ...
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  • [[Image:Shuihuzhuan cover.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Chinese novel Shuihuzhuan ... Chinese * 傅璇琮、谢灼华主编,《中國藏書通史》,宁波: ...
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  • While it was customary for Buddhist works to be written in Chinese, Dōgen often wrote in Japanese, conveying the essence of his Zen thought ...
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  • American professor in Japan, whose work on Chinese characters was developed ... and in particular his notes on the Chinese ideogram: Pound gives a ...
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  • Europeans two percent, East Asian (mainly Chinese) five percent. In 2002, ... methods combining with French, Italian and Chinese cuisine. This appears in ...
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  • Chinese religious devotees, See Chinese Rites Controversy. See also ... that encompasses Abrahamic, Indian and Chinese religions. Under this narrower ...
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  • (some of which may have been adapted from Chinese poetry), and wrote about ... (some of which may have been adapted from Chinese poetry), and wrote about ...
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  • Seahorses also are used in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Seahorse ... ===Use in Chinese medicine=== [[Image:Seahorse Skeleton Macro 8 - edit ...
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  • both the Scandinavian languages and the Chinese language uses the term ... be found in many different cultures. In Chinese culture, ancestor worship ...
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  • oriental atmosphere. The red and blue Chinese Luncheon Room is made up ... Room behind its glass doors. This is a Chinese-style saloon enhanced by ...
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  • Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Chinese philosophy were all men ... ===Chinese patriarchy=== Chinese philosopher Mencius outlined the Three ...
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  • knowledge and adapting Christianity to the Chinese culture. Russian Orthodoxy ... controlled by government authorities. Chinese over age 18 in the PRC are ...
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  • towards foreign traders, including the Chinese, Vietnamese, Indians, Japanese ... subjugation, however, by an opportune Chinese invasion of Burma and by ...
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  • Both sides rejected his proposals and the Chinese Civil War escalated, with ... in heavy fighting between American and Chinese forces, Republican Senator ...
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  • On May 6, 2005, the Chinese press agency, Xinhua, reported that the ... harshly. In 1162, Emperor Gaozong of the Chinese Song dynasty decreed counterfeiters ...
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  • hundreds of thousands of long-oppressed Chinese peasants into open rebellion. ... During the Second Chinese-Japanese War (1937-1945), the Nationalist ...
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  • cultivars with white striping also exist. Chinese eggplants are commonly shaped ... is found in Qí mín yào shù, an ancient Chinese agricultural treatise completed ...
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  • C.E. one of the most famous battles in Chinese history and a central event ... period, he elucidated the theory of “Chinese learning as the base, Western ...
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  • Around the tenth century, four Chinese monks were invited to teach ... been a thin and long flute, similar to the Chinese xiao. During the seventeenth ...
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  • Ge Hong (Wade-Giles: Ko Hung; 284 – 364 C.E.), also known as Zhichuan, was a prolific Chinese writer and political official during the Jìn ...
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  • At the age of 19, he came across in his studies the story of the Chinese ... koan: A monk asked Zen master Zhaozhou, a Chinese Zen Master (in Japanese ...
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  • become a staple of power and status in the Chinese government, and that the ... *Yang Yuhuan, one of the most famous Chinese concubines. ...
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  • ghost, and Naraka (hell). Ningen consists of two Chinese characters, nin and gen. In Chinese, nin means two men who are maintaining each other, and ...
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  • In Chinese culture, an auspicious date is selected to Ti Qin (literally ... com/etiquette/guide.htm Complete Guide to Chinese Wedding]. ChinaBridal.com ...
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  • and Taiwan. The disputed Senkaku Islands (Chinese: Diaoyu Islands) are presently ... Shō Dynasty. The Kingdom of Ryukyu was a Chinese tributary and remained semi ...
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  • operation of the strategic waterway to a Chinese company. ... and Pacific outlets), which was won by the Chinese firm Hutchison Whampoa, ...
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  • The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 culminating in the Tiananmen Square Massacre (referred to in Chinese as the June Fourth Incident, to avoid ...
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  • Chinese texts from the third century C.E. contain the first records ... the English language was promoted over the Chinese language. ...
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  • the mentally ill. Congress also suspended Chinese immigration for ten years ... * Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) * Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act (1883) ...
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  • as well as institutions for Japanese and Chinese literature, occidental studies ... literature, and the Seishu Collection of Chinese classics and Japanese literature ...
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  • At the same time, the rising tide of Chinese nationalism and notions ... In Chinese, the war is most commonly known as the War of Resistance ...
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  • Satori (悟 Korean oh; Japanese satori; Chinese Wù) is a Japanese Buddhist term for enlightenment. The word literally means "understanding ...
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  • also pronounced ai, although a different Chinese character (愛) is used ... The Japanese character for ki (Qi in Chinese) is a symbolic representation ...
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  • Mongols' discrimination against Han Chinese during the Yuan dynasty ... peasant landholders predominated in Chinese agriculture. ...
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  • some inscriptions in Old Javanese, and in Chinese records. ... However, the basic outline corresponds with Chinese records that could ...
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  • school, he read widely from Japanese and Chinese literature and translated ... by the sense residing in the English and Chinese languages. For him a word ...
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  • with Russian, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and Chinese. In Greek, for example, ... Greater differences occur in Chinese braille. In the case of Mandarin ...
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  • **Populus adenopoda--Chinese aspen. Eastern Asia. **Populus alba--White ... **Populus lasiocarpa--Chinese necklace poplar. Eastern Asia. ...
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  • one of the largest sub-groups in the Miao (Chinese:苗族) minzu (nationality ... Usage of the term "Miao" in Chinese documents dates back ...
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  • nuclear strikes were discussed once the Chinese became involved). ... influx of Koreans who had served with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army ...
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  • containing mugwort are used in traditional Chinese medicine for moxibustion ... commonly produced by the Indians and the Chinese. When used for worship in ...
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  • “Mandate of Heaven” which shaped the Chinese historical perspective. ... Tengri first appeared in Chinese records referring to the Xiongnuas ...
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  • itself in government policy with the U.S. Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which was prompted by the fear that the mass immigration of Asians threatened ...
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  • Traditional Chinese society divided workers based on the perceived ... According to Li Yi, Li Yi, Structure and Evolution of Chinese Social ...
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  • oration On the Practical Philosophy of the Chinese (Oratio de Sinarum philosophia ... #039;s infamous 1721 speech, he pointed to Chinese society as an illustration ...
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  • * Chinese cabbage (pekinensis group) * Turnip (rapa group) ... for use as leaf vegetables are called Chinese cabbage. Both leaves and ...
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  • toward a big Magnolia genus, whereas many Chinese botanists still recognize ... **Magnolia delavayi - Chinese evergreen magnolia **Magnolia fraseri ...
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  • Science, Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Chinese Language, Classics, Computer ... and Culture; Comparative Literature; Chinese; Dance; Environmental Studies; ...
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  • In 636 he traveled to Zhongnanshan Mountain, the home of Chinese Buddhism ... leave, but they refused. Then he wrote the Chinese character for ‘fire’ ...
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  • Even though arranged marriages were once the norm in Chinese society ... “Love Matches and Arranged Marriages: A Chinese Replication.” Journal ...
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  • been recorded for thousands of years. The Chinese book of Lie Yi talks of ... of the traditional circus style include: Chinese circus—using mainly rings ...
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  • To the north, the Chinese emperor in Peking took steps to stop incursions into Tibet, an outgrowth of a long-standing dispute over trade and ...
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  • specification, language code 4 is for the Chinese language. Codes for regional ... sì) is considered an unlucky number in Chinese and Japanese cultures because ...
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  • to Tibetan and, more distantly, to the Chinese languages. It is written ... but are culturally different. Overseas Chinese (mainly Hokkien and Cantonese ...
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  • of Tibet, he did try to work with the Chinese government until 1959. During ... and for the end of movement by ethnic Chinese into Tibet. It also called ...
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  • great power for much of the era, defeating Chinese invasions several times ... the Korean alphabet, as an alternative to Chinese characters, previously the ...
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  • state he organized. He is cited in Chinese history as one of the greatest ... remained the dominant thought in Chinese government until the overthrow ...
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  • Among Far Eastern traditions, while Chinese thought has generally had ... collection of written maxims, based on the Chinese model. Many of the moral ...
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  • **Chinese Orthodox Church† *Under the Patriarchate of Romania **Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia *Under the Patriarchate of Peć (Church of Serbia) ...
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  • native poetry from the kanshi (Chinese poems) that all educated ... influence of other genres such as Kanshi, Chinese poetry, novels and stories ...
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  • Beijing (during which the destruction of the Chinese Imperial Old Summer Palace was begun…). He assisted in the re-embarkation of the troops before ...
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  • of transcribing Korean words into hanja (Chinese characters), historical ... Southern Qi Dynasty) in 479. According to Chinese records, he received a rank ...
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  • the family shrines of his Nepalese and Chinese wives, who were both Buddhists ... Chinese painting had a profound influence on Tibetan painting. Starting ...
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  • control has resulted in a large number of Chinese migrant workers employed ... of the population. Both the Filipino and Chinese (22.1 percent) populations ...
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  • because some historians consider it a Chinese occupation while others ... In 939 C.E., the Vietnamese defeated Chinese forces at the Battle ...
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  • From early 1949 Kim sought Soviet and Chinese support for a military campaign ... as anti-Japanese guerrillas or with the Chinese Communists.Bruce Cumings ...
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  • The name “Rokumeikan” comes from a Chinese classic, the Shi Jing ... James Legge. "The She King, Part II," in The Chinese Classics: ...
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  • known as the Spice Islands by the Chinese and Europeans, but this ... to conduct spice business. Arab and Chinese traders frequently visited ...
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  • ===Chinese classification=== In Chinese goldfish keeping, goldfish are classified into 4 main types ...
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  • The venture hired thirteen Chinese and three Malay crew to handle the ship. ... setting the ship ablaze. Many of the Chinese and Malay crew perished ...
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  • British Army Intelligence Corps where he learned Chinese (via Confucian texts) mainly at the London School of Oriental and African Studies and had his ...
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  • Daoism (Wade-Giles: "Taoism") is the English name for a cluster of Chinese religious and philosophical traditions that have developed ...
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  • [[Image:Ancient-china.gif|250px|thumb|Chinese dragon]] ;Chinese dragon: Also appearing in other East Asian cultures, it is ...
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  • that of the principle of Yin and Yang in ancient Chinese thought. Anaximander cultivated the path of truth his teacher Thales had opened up by ...
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  • and along with a group of experienced Chinese engineers, they were experts ... Later, though, when Kublai began to adopt many Chinese laws and customs ...
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  • *The Six Dynasties form part of Chinese history *6 is a lucky number in Chinese culture *"Six" is used as ...
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  • * Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology * Journal of Limnology * Limnologica == References== * Beckel, A. L. 1988. [http://digital.library ...
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  • front of the Clock Tower with a logo made from the Chinese characters for "University." The Chinese characters had been used to represent the ...
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  • Modern skilled Chinese artisans can trace their roots back to artifacts ... made available in bulk, as warlords in the Chinese civil wars exported them ...
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  • the invasion of Korea. In 1593, Ming Chinese Emperor Wanli sent an army ... fought desperately, turning back several Chinese attacks in Suncheon and ...
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  • attracted Indonesian and especially Chinese immigrants, in increasing ... There has also been a Chinese community in Jakarta for centuries. ...
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  • their skills to become champions in Chinese wrestling and in Japanese ... The First "Beijing Chinese Wrestling Open Championship Match ...
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  • in 1925 to a moderately wealthy family of Chinese-Khmer descent. In 1935, ... Vietnam, the crippled and lame, and ethnic Chinese, Laotians, and Vietnamese ...
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  • was made out of exotic animals such as rhinoceros. Chinese influence in Japan would result in the Japanese adopting Chinese styles, their famous "samurai ...
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  • diverged from the ancestors of the Han Chinese about 5,000–6,000 years ... China to constitute the Zhonghua Minzu or Chinese nation, although in anthropological ...
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  • differed from the detachment of typical Chinese and Japanese Buddhist poetry. ... from the detachment of typical Buddhist, Chinese, and Japanese poetry. ...
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  • ===Chinese religions=== "Virtue," translated from Chinese de (德), is an important ...
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  • quot; style="background: #ccf;" | Chinese Name ... top: 1px solid" | Traditional Chinese: | width="120" ...
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  • and during this period the Hindus and Chinese advanced various dental ... org/dentistryhome.asp#a1b Egyptians and chinese]. Indian Dental Association ...
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  • :For dragons in Oriental cultures see Chinese dragon cultures have perceived them differently. Chinese dragons, and Eastern dragons ...
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  • by the Donghaks, King Gojong requested Chinese troops to assist in putting ... 23, 1894. Japan quickly annihilated the Chinese forces on land and sea. ...
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  • hopeiensis Dode, J. stenocarpa Maxim.) – Chinese or Manchurian walnut ... In traditional Chinese medicine, walnut seeds are primarily considered ...
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  • The chicken also has played roles in Chinese religion, Hindu ceremonies ... to South America either by Polynesian or Chinese visitors and were later ...
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  • saucer-shaped caps of cloth, like a beret) or a Chinese skullcap. A famous Californian rabbi, the Moldavian Rabbi Benjamin ben Benjamin (Rabbi Benjamin ...
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  • occurred as a result of the influence of the Chinese Army's five-year occupation of North Korea after the Korean War, as well as during the Sino ...
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  • European explorers reached the Cape of Good Hope, Chinese, Arabian, or Indian explorers/merchants may already have visited it, and kept records of these ...
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  • principalities collectively known to the Chinese by the names Funan (modern ... ===Report of Zhou Daguan, Chinese diplomat=== The year 1296 marked ...
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  • B.C.E., and is mentioned in early Greek and Chinese writings. Aristotle also mentioned it in 250 B.C.E.Donald Simanek, "The Moon Illusion ...
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  • SignLanguage.jpg|thumb|400 px|2007 Chinese Taipei Olympic Day Run in ... intelligible languages. In the case of Chinese and Japanese, where the ...
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  • durable and cheap silk, and A. pernyi, the Chinese tussah moth, is a major ... mulberry silk. A. pernyi is known as the Chinese tussah moth, is a major ...
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  • still conducting their written work in Chinese, the early Catholics used ... which was much easier to read than the Chinese script studied by the aristocracy ...
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  • Minister Snyder Rini had used bribes from Chinese businessmen to buy the votes ... that resident expatriates, such as the Chinese and Kiribati, may obtain ...
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  • The origins of Brunei are only dimly known. Chinese and Arabic records ... China and died there. At that time, the Chinese admiral Zheng He described ...
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  • possible after a Taiwanese AIM-9B hit a Chinese MiG-17 without exploding; ... * Chinese copy method * Clean room design * Code morphing ...
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  • in China, which included the founding father of the Chinese Communist movement, Chen Duxiu, among its number. Wherever Stalinists gained power, they made ...
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  • The Chinese (Han Chinese) regarded the Xiongnu, Tatars, Turks, Mongols, Jurchen, Manchu, and even Europeans as barbaric. The Chinese used different ...
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  • Pakistan now turned to China for military aid and the Chinese tank ... asked him to pass on a message to the Chinese leader, Zhou En-lai, with ...
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  • that after their decisive defeat by the Chinese in 428-431, some of the ... in 1571. After failing to defeat the Chinese, he made peace with the ...
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  • Ficus microcarpa - Chinese Banyan Ficus nota Ficus obtusifolia ... are unseen unless the fig is cut open. In Chinese, the fig is called "fruit ...
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  • Queen Min promoted a plan received from a Chinese diplomat in Japan, the Korea ... to the Qing Dynasty in China for help, Chinese troops put down the rebellion ...
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  • orthodoxy than the Japanese and even the Chinese. Although Yulgok was a Neo ... combines Yulgok's knowledge of the Chinese classic and his profound ...
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  • line of Sōtō, but by the line of Dōgen's Chinese disciple Jakuen.William M. Bodiford, Sōtō Zen in Medieval Japan. University of Hawaii Press ...
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  • The earliest known herbal was compiled by Chinese emperor Shen Nung sometime ... written sources (e.g., Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda), ...
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  • ===Chinese=== Chinese theater Chinese theater has a long and complex history. Today it is often ...
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  • played the rival Russian, Japanese and Chinese sides off of each other ... into pieces by the Japanese, Russians, Chinese and other powers who had ...
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  • since become a staple among the Malays and Chinese too. Malaysian curries differ ... ====Chinese curry==== Chinese curries (咖哩, gā lǐ) typically consist ...
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  • the secret of papermaking was obtained from two Chinese prisoners from the Battle of Talas in 751, which led to the first paper mill in the Islamic ...
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  • Japan’s diplomatic relations with the Chinese Qing Dynasty. == As Prime Minister == Also in 1885, based on European ideas, Itō established ...
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  • *Chinese law is a mixture of civil law and socialist law. Portugal, Brazil, and Italy have evolved from French to German influence, as their nineteenth ...
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  • Budha, after the son of Chandra (the Moon). The Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, and Vietnamese cultures refer to the planet as the water star, based on ...
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  • com/articles/Growth.htm The Growth of the Chinese Internet market], ChinaSearchAds ... However, just over 19 percent of Chinese people have access to the ...
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  • texts by Yeats, John Masefield, and traditional Chinese literature. During 1939 to 1942, the last prolific period near the end of her compositional ...
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  • potent and is often used as a spice in Chinese cuisine to flavor dishes ... candied ginger is sometimes a component of Chinese candy boxes, and an herbal ...
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  • frontier in the north with the invading Chinese army of the Qing Dynasty ... to be stopped by negotiation with their Chinese counterparts. The Qing Dynasty ...
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  • The Chinese were the second group of immigrants to arrive after the ... followed by Japanese at 5 percent, and Chinese at 2.6 percent. Hawaiian ...
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  • camp known as Camp 22 near the Chinese and Russian borders.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/this_world/3440771.stm Within Prison Walls ...
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  • Roberts, "Introduction," xviii, Chinese Fairy Tales & Fantasies ... in his collection, Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (published posthumously ...
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  • has come to be referred to as "the Chinese room argument," John ... a book that designates a combination of Chinese symbols to be output paired ...
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  • **Carya cathayensis Chinese Hickory **Carya hunanensis Hunan Hickory **Carya kweichowensis Guizhou Hickory **Carya poilanei Poilane's Hickory ...
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  • campaign prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics. The Chinese outdoor gyms blend the ideas of jogging paths and obstacle courses, setting aside public areas ...
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  • quot; and "Cathai" (Northern Chinese) quarter, twelve pagan temples ... The monastery temples' walls had been painted, and the Chinese ...
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  • Although large Chinese bridges existed in wooden construction since the ancient Warring States, the oldest surviving stone bridge in China is ...
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  • from Latin into English, Arabic, Persian and Chinese by Edward Pococke for use in missionary work in the East and remained in print until the end ...
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  • by its considerable population of people of Chinese origin. Many Chinese immigrated to Panama to help build the Panama Railroad in the nineteenth ...
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  • In China, the character ‘Om’ appeared as "唵" in Chinese Buddhism, and was also utilized in prayers towards Amitbha Buddha in ...
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  • insights from Taoism and other ancient Chinese traditions. Nevertheless ... the rich wisdom of ancient Indian and Chinese thought. It is, however ...
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  • (4617). Belgrade is home to up to 20,000 Chinese, who began moving there in the mid-1990s. Blok 70 in New Belgrade is known locally as the Chinese ...
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  • pacific/4396246.stm 1.5m "Chinese 'descendants of one man' "] BBC News online. Retrieved December 9, 2006. *Ember, Carol R ...
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  • spoken language at 0.7 percent, followed by Chinese at 0.5 percent and German at 0.5 percent. In 2006, legislation was proposed in Delaware that would ...
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  • on Japanese culture, including the use of Chinese written language; historiography; ... cloister. The Kondo, in the style of Chinese worship halls, is a two ...
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  • and rose-bay or rose bay (Laborde 1989). In Chinese it is known as 夹竹桃 jia zhu tao. The ancient city of Volubilis in Morocco took its name ...
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  • Both Muslim traders from India as well as Chinese merchants visited Java during ... ambassadors." Several of them were of Chinese origin, leading to speculation ...
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  • The Chinese pilgrim Fa Hsien (ca. 337 - 422 C.E.) wrote about the health care system of the Gupta empire (320 - 550 C.E.) and—in process—described ...
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  • [[Image:Sheng.jpg|right|200px|The sheng, a Chinese wind instrument ... blown free reed instrument of ancient Chinese roots with vertical pipes ...
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  • "Man" as expressed in the Chinese character (人). The open ... more fled to Busan in December with the Chinese invasion. In February 1951 ...
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  • Explorer and writer Joao de Barros recorded that Chinese merchants stamped children’s palm prints and footprints on paper with ink, as a way to distinguish ...
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  • B.C.E., as advocated by Foucher and suggested by Chinese murals depicting Emperor Wu of Han worshipping Buddha statues brought from Central Asia in ...
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  • *Republic of China: Taiwan (originally sovereign Chinese territory ... against Communism in Asia after the Chinese Revolution and the Korean ...
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  • The range of cuisines available including Chinese, European, Sri Lankan, and Indian. Sport. Volleyball ranks as the National Sport of Sri Lanka ...
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  • Qin Shi Huang (259–210 B.C.E.) was the first emperor of the Chinese ... By the eighteenth century, the Chinese designed weights into the sides ...
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  • drama about the conquests of a famous Chinese warlord, and the romantic tragedy Shinju Ten no Amizima (The Love Suicides at Amizima). ...
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  • (in the Indian subcontinent), classical Chinese medicine (predecessor to ... The Huangdi Neijing, the progenitor of Chinese medicine, is a medical ...
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  • tutored in the Kano school's style of Chinese painting by his friend, Okajima Rinsai. These studies (such as a study of perspective in images imported ...
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  • Much of the extant evidence for Mahayana origins comes from early ... as evidenced by records left by three Chinese visitors to India. ...
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  • of "Critically Endangered," like the Chinese river dolphin, which is considered critically endangered. ==Recent releases== ...
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  • is often part of a repeating pattern. In Chinese, Korean, and Japanese art ... The usage is taken from traditional Chinese symbolism, and here alludes ...
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  • and Greek thought. Conversely, Chinese society was founded on men like Confucius, Mencius, Han Feizi (Legalism), Lao Tzu (Taoism), and Buddha ...
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  • propaganda posters to promote the Chinese space program. Socialist realism had little mainstream impact in the non-Communist world, where it was ...
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  • Eastern Europeans who were watching. The Chinese leadership, particularly ... day following the midnight crackdown on Chinese protesters in Tiananmen ...
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  • very few abstract words; Japanese scholars adapted Chinese words for these concepts and proceeded to create a rich and varied body of literature. ...
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  • to aid the Koreans. With the help of the Chinese, the Koreans pushed the ... Yi responded powerfully. In October, 1597 (September, according to ...
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  • Chino Rodriguez was the first Puerto Rican—Chinese Salsa band on the scene in the 1970s, and developed a studio orchestra that included Victor Manuelle ...
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  • is also found in the Philippines). The Chinese would also sometimes spread coins on the floor to attract money. Rice also had a reputation for ...
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  • Nancy Steinhardt, Chinese Architecture (Princeton University Press ... * Knapp, Ronald G. Chinese Bridges: Living Architecture From China ...
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  • (now Nanjing) fell. As a result, the Chinese government moved its seat ... 120,000 soldiers under 4 divisions. The Chinese responded with 300,000 men ...
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  • writes the name of the dead in hanja, or Chinese characters. As hardly anyone ... whereas Korean women, following the Chinese practice, retain their original ...
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  • the fig are unseen unless the fig is cut open. In Chinese, the fig is called "fruit without flower." The syconium often has a bulbous ...
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  • Times poll revealed that over 85% of Chinese viewed Mao's achievements ... M.E. Sharpe, 1996, ISBN 0585269017). Every Chinese citizen was presented with ...
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  • *Asparagus cochinchinensis - Chinese Asparagus *Asparagus declinatus - Foxtail Asparagus Fern, (Austr.) Bridal vein *Asparagus densiflorus - Ground ...
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  • of about 44,000: comprised of Koreans, Chinese, Vietnamese, Indians, North Americans, British, Germans, and others, including a Jewish community. ...
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  • Faxian (Fa-shien) had been the first of three great Chinese pilgrims who visited India from the fifth to the seventh centuries C.E. in search ...
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  • first written records of Japan appear in Chinese history texts from the first ... ==== Chinese chronicles ==== The Japanese first appear in written history ...
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  • the Song dynasty, and is highly regarded in Chinese cuisine. It may be eaten as part of a cold meat dish or used in producing soup stock, imparting ...
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  • grotto from granite. Although the Indian and Chinese influences are pronounced, Seokguram displays unique design techniques, such as the orderly spacing ...
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  • The design of Ise Shrine precedes the introduction of Buddhism and Chinese influence on architecture, so that it offers an intriguing example ...
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  • see many of the post-Mao economic reforms of the Chinese Communist Party's former paramount leader Deng Xiaoping away from a command economy and ...
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  • The Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang, who spent several months in Kanchipuram ... Chinese Song Dynasty reports record that an embassy from Chulian ...
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  • you feed him for a lifetime," is a well known Chinese proverb. The truth of this proverb illustrates an inevitable shortcoming of ongoing food aid ...
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  • hunting for meat (despite being protected under Chinese law)—which is their most serious threat—and from interbreeding between wild and domestic ...
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  • mathematical and astronomical works into Chinese and aroused the interest ... Conversely, the Jesuits were very active in transmitting Chinese knowledge ...
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  • later that year the first eight coeducational Chinese women students were enrolled. In the same year Peking University also began to allow women audit ...
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  • Group. The khim is a Thai hammered dulcimer. The Chinese yangqin is a type of hammered dulcimer that originated in Persia. The Santur and Santoor are ...
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  • The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing ...
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  • As in many East Asian languages (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, Thai, etc.), ... borrowing of words from Hindi, Assamese, Chinese, Burmese, and several indigenous ...
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  • is well-known for its comprehensive collection of Chinese calligraphy and painting, as well as for its Nepalese and Tibetan works. However, not only ...
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  • the world, while red is worn by Muslim, Chinese, Indian, Pakistani, and Armenian brides. ====Death==== Sikh women generally wear white clothes ...
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  • a grid pattern, modeled after the ancient Chinese capital during the Tang ... pavilion is a golden fenghuang or "Chinese phoenix." The temple ...
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  • local Seodang, spending nine years studying Chinese classic literature and neo-Confucian thinking. At the age of 16, he was married to Kim Aryeo, with ...
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  • Mongolia, and China. The adoption of the Chinese writing system ("hanja ... the Soviet military, with tacit communist Chinese support, but was carried ...
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