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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
- 1969) 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
- 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
- ; ca 1897 – October 23, 2003) was the youngest of the three Soong ... Her experiences in the United States made her an able spokeswoman ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 02:00, 27 February 2023
- politician. From 1946 to 1952 he was the first official Secretary-General ... organize multinational troops to respond to the invasion of Korea in 1950 ...8 KB (1,239 words) - 18:30, 2 May 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- *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 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- – 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
- (April 13, 1922 - October 14, 1999) was President of Tanzania (previously ... He also battled the International Monetary Fund over the issue of ...16 KB (2,394 words) - 06:41, 28 February 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- | image =Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon 1960 (cropped ... | order =Prime Minister of Sri Lanka | term_start = | term_end = ...10 KB (1,551 words) - 09:08, 9 October 2022
- 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
- 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
- diplomat and conservative politician. He was the fourth secretary-general of ... Prior to serving as UN secretary general, Waldheim was a member of ...13 KB (1,913 words) - 04:39, 4 March 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 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
- 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
- The Chinese Civil War ( t=國共內戰|s=国共内战|p=Guógòng Neìzhàn ... ), which lasted from April 1927 to May 1950, was a war in China between ...40 KB (5,930 words) - 16:44, 10 December 2023
- North Korea claims to possess nuclear weapons, and the CIA asserts ... The world community left the MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) world ...25 KB (3,635 words) - 06:33, 16 November 2022
- , 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 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
- ) is the largest city, and the administrative, communications, and ... textiles and soap. Bujumbura, situated on the northeastern shore of Lake ...18 KB (2,590 words) - 18:38, 22 November 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
- 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 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- :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
- ; 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
- Kenneth David Kaunda, (April 28, 1924 - June 17, 2021) served as the ... From the time he became President until his fall from power in 1991 ...24 KB (3,642 words) - 16:28, 24 August 2023
- with Chang Ta-ch'ien, he was one of the last of the great traditional ... He is perhaps the most noted contemporary Chinese painter for the ...16 KB (2,541 words) - 04:01, 7 December 2022
- 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
- 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
- politician, and stateswoman. She was the first woman in Canadian history ... Sauvé's main objective was to see to the fulfillment of national ...18 KB (2,686 words) - 17:42, 2 April 2024
- East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-L'este ... Despite its natural resources, East Timor has the lowest per capita ...25 KB (3,519 words) - 16:40, 26 March 2024
- The Republic of Costa Rica ("Rich Coast") is a country in ... Costa Rica is also at the forefront of conservation and environmental ...23 KB (3,329 words) - 08:16, 10 January 2024
- The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty or ABMT) was a treaty ... Only two ABM systems have previously been operational against ICBMs: ...15 KB (2,315 words) - 06:19, 31 July 2023
- Extradition is the official process by which one nation or state requests ... not be considered such in another. However, the basic effort on the part of ...16 KB (2,401 words) - 23:59, 24 March 2024
- 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
- 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
- :"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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the ... Nixon is noted for his diplomatic foreign policy, especially with ...34 KB (5,153 words) - 01:46, 14 December 2022
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Détente is a French term, meaning a relaxing or easing; the term ... The two sides in the Cold War, the NATO powers and the Warsaw Pact ...15 KB (2,257 words) - 10:05, 29 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 White House is the residence and official office of the president ... The White House is well known throughout the world as a symbol of ...21 KB (3,325 words) - 17:23, 4 May 2023
- ; Tamil: கொழும்பு) is the largest city and commercial ... than 2,000 years. However, it only became the capital of the nation after ...25 KB (3,677 words) - 22:37, 7 January 2024
- Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country south of ... Senegal, though poor, has a tradition of political stability and peaceful ...33 KB (4,780 words) - 14:52, 4 April 2024
- The American Anti-Imperialist League was established in the United ... Was U.S. intervention in 1898 disinterested altruism in support of ...22 KB (3,341 words) - 02:52, 24 July 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
- 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
- (June 4, 1867 – January 28, 1951) was the Commander-in-Chief of Finland ... Mannerheim is given much of the credit for successfully steering the ...26 KB (4,032 words) - 19:17, 26 November 2023
- Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (February 1, 1931 – April 23, 2007) was ... Yeltsin was blamed for many of the problems of this period. By the ...42 KB (6,205 words) - 19:43, 20 November 2023
- Djibouti, officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a small country ... Djibouti's main advantage is its strategic location near the ...32 KB (4,757 words) - 16:28, 29 January 2024
- crime and its penalty; or grant clemency, or the lessening of the punishment ... Public debate invariable surrounds the pardoning of a criminal, despite ...35 KB (5,395 words) - 13:20, 11 March 2023
- Seychelles, officially the Republic of Seychelles, is an archipelago ... to rule, dominating politics by its control of every aspect of the society ...23 KB (3,343 words) - 19:52, 21 April 2023
- known as a tank tactician and an advocate of the concentrated use of armored ... 1958, he inspired a new constitution and was the Fifth Republic's first ...41 KB (6,470 words) - 02:09, 13 January 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
- Réunion is an island, located in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar ... It is part of the Mascarene Islands, which are volcanic in origin; ...22 KB (3,300 words) - 00:08, 22 August 2022
- The March First Movement, or the Samil Movement (in Korean, samil ... The March First demonstrations established the high-water mark in ...28 KB (4,439 words) - 11:10, 9 March 2023
- Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island nation ... did not cease until he threw his crown into the water. He sailed to the closest ...31 KB (4,282 words) - 00:11, 29 December 2023
- 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
- This article focuses on the civilization of China and its history ... China ( t=中國|s=中国|hp=Zhōngguó|tp=Jhongguó ) is a cultural ...48 KB (7,186 words) - 19:00, 23 March 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
- Mayotte is an overseas department and region of France consisting ... Mayotte is located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in ...19 KB (2,667 words) - 09:21, 10 March 2023
- Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is one of ... After a protracted war for independence, then decades of socialist ...25 KB (3,595 words) - 03:07, 12 July 2023
- (January 1, 1907 – November 10, 1982) was the effective ruler of the Soviet ... However, the USSR may have over-reached itself during his watch. While ...24 KB (3,435 words) - 15:34, 28 April 2023
