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  • Shanghai, situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta, is China's largest city. The city's development in the past few decades ...
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  • one of the most prominent women in modern China and the wife of Sun Yat Sen ... founded the People’s Republic of China, Soong was elected the Vice ...
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  • The dizi is not the only bamboo flute of China, although it is certainly ... others believe that dizi was imported into China during the Han Dynasty (206 ...
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  • leaders in the People's Republic of China who were arrested and removed ... and everything that had gone wrong in China during Mao’s regime, they ...
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  • of the Ming Dynasty. Born in Shanghai, Xu passed the first level ... the use of wet-rice in the northeast of China and wrote an agricultural ...
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  • Chinese playwright, often regarded as China's most important of ... a number of Western plays were staged in China, and Chinese playwrights ...
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  • an interest in Chinese philosophy in China, among scholars who, living ... a period of turmoil and transition in China, experiencing the Sino-Japanese ...
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  • President of the People's Republic of China from April 27, 1959, to October ... by Mao Zedong, in Changsha. Liu moved to Shanghai in 1920 and joined the Socialist ...
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  • | birthplace = Shanghai, China | deathdate = 1995|9|8|1920|9|30|mf=y ... #039;s work describing life in 1940s Shanghai and occupied Hong Kong is ...
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  • He was one of the founders of the China League of Left-Wing Writers ... In 1904, Lu Xun joined the Revive China Society (Guangfuhui, or Kuang ...
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  • with Asian countries, particularly China and Japan. Emerging from ... the same time, a US businessman in Shanghai, China, Frederick Jenkins, ...
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  • | birth_place = Qing Dynasty Shanghai, China The New York Times gives ... prominence during the emergence of modern China. Their father, Charles Jones ...
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  • Zhang Binglin opposed Western powers ruling over China. During late ... After the first Sino-Japanese War, he came to Shanghai, becoming a ...
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  • and government official from Sichuan, China. in Japan in his youth. After returning to China, he joined the Kuomintang ...
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  • Wang Guowei was the first to introduce to China the works of Friedrich Nietzsche ... At the age of twenty-two, Wang went to Shanghai and became a protégé ...
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  • Opium War between the United Kingdom and China. It was signed on August ... such as the International zone in Shanghai, represented a development ...
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  • intellectual turning point in early modern China. It brought about an upsurge ... hands of the people. In reality, however, China was a fragmented nation dominated ...
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  • Mao Zedong of the People's Republic of China. Jiang Qing was most famous ... of Four.” Critics say that the arts in China have only recently begun ...
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  • absorbed into the northern nomadic tribes, China and Russia. That diaspora ... into the Russian Far East and Northeast China; those emigrants became the ...
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  • which emerged the People's Republic of China. Zhu De was also the Vice ... University. In 1926, he returned to China and took control of a Kuomintang ...
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  • divisions, with a central identity to China as a whole. It includes peoples ... intellectual elite to embrace the idea that China was a multi-ethnic state ...
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  • Qinghai Province, eastwards into the East China Sea at Shanghai, receiving ... and is a major transportation artery for China, connecting the interior ...
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  • in Haicheng County, Fengtian province of China – October 14, 2001 in Honolulu ... “hero of history” by the Peoples Republic of China. ...
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  • Shanghai, situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta, is China's largest city. The city's development in the past few decades ...
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  • segment) demonstration line of Shanghai, China, that transports people ... === Southwest Jiaotong University, China === On December 31, 2000, ...
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  • of Lake Taihu in the province of Jiangsu, China. Called the cradle of Wu ... one of the most prosperous cities in China. The GDP per capita reached ...
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  • the establishment of the Republic of China, two World Wars and the rise ... made five journeys to visit scenic spots in China. At the invitation of Xia ...
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  • commanded the Northern Expedition to unify China against the warlords and ... to retreat to Taiwan (The Republic of China) where he continued serving ...
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  • The Kuomintang of China (abbreviation KMT), also often translated ... The KMT originated in China in 1912, founded by Song Jiaoren (宋教仁 ...
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  • The impetus for the development of explosive weapons in China was ... The oldest cannon in China was excavated in Acheng in 1970, dated ...
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  • During China's Cultural Revolution, led by Mao Zedong, Qian experienced ... of Paris in France, before returning to China in 1938. Due to the unstable ...
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  • *Apr 1920 to Jan 1924: Established the Communist Party of China. *Jan 1924 to Jul 1927: Worked for the revolution and reformation in China. ...
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  • He is remembered for his exploits in China and northern Africa. His ... His stay in the United Kingdom was brief; in 1860, war broke out in ...
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  • took place in a densely wooded part of China called Chingshanli (青山里 ... of a Korean provisional government in Shanghai, China later the same year ...
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  • authority and forces of the Qing Empire in China, conducted by an army and ... half the estimated population of China in 1851. Columbia University ...
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  • a province of the People's Republic of China located along the country ... areas along the "gold coast" of China, has been a hot spot for ...
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  • 大韓民國臨時政府) in Shanghai, China. Ahn is one of two men ... Government of the Republic of Korea, Shanghai, China, October 11, 1919. Front ...
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  • a province of the People's Republic of China located in the middle part ... dynasties provided important looks into China's past. Land-locked ...
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  • (龍溪(漳州)縣), in southeastern China's Fujian province (福建省 ... Lin went to Saint John's University (聖約翰大) in Shanghai ...
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  • The music of China dates back to the dawn of Chinese civilization ... jazz fusion music, originated in Shanghai, China, in the 1920s. Allen ...
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  • served as a medical missionary in Nanjing and Shanghai, China, taking with him his wife and young child. They did not feel particularly welcomed in ...
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  • Shimonoseki, Japan; and rail lines from China and Russia terminating in Pusan. ... - Port of Shanghai, China (1994) ==Notes == ==References== ...
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  • coast of the People's Republic of China. It is bordered to the west ... "rich is beautiful" movement in China during the early 1990s, Guangdong ...
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  • that originated in or is practiced in China or by Chinese artists or ... [[Image:Wall roof modelled as a dragon (Yu Yuan Gardens, Shanghai ...
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  • Shenzhen is a sub-provincial city of Guangdong province in southern ... has been the fastest growing city in China for the past 30 years. Shenzhen ...
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  • ) are an ethnic group indigenous to China and the largest single ethnic ... ethnic group is closely tied to that of China. Han Chinese trace their ...
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  • the foremost intellectual leader of China during the first two decades ... of Chinese young people. Liang returned to China in 1912 after the establishment ...
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  • In 1937, it engaged in war with China for a second time and in ... Manchukuo. The Japanese air force bombed Shanghai, ostensibly to protect Japanese ...
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  • for power within the Communist Party of China, in which at least half a ... the chaos and violence that ensued, much of China's artistic legacy was ...
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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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  • of the People's Republic of China that are administered directly ... Haihe River, and is the third largest in China, after Shanghai and Beijing ...
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  • most notably the People's Republic of China, where coal and labor are ... Republic, United Kingdom, Switzerland, and China. It was developed and manufactured ...
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  • ) is a province of China located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze ... Hunan entered the written history of China around 350 B.C.E., when ...
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  • came to Japan from the Yangtze estuary in China, and it is thought that the ... from the Yangtze estuary in southern China led to the development and ...
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  • about the defeat of a communist regime in Shanghai and the choices facing the ... The novel takes place over a 21 day period mostly in Shanghai, China ...
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  • a recent leader of the Communist Party of China (CCP). Deng never held office ... is generally credited with developing China into one of the fastest growing ...
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  • by Matteo Ricci, a Jesuit priest living in China. Some two centuries later ... Peking, where taxes were paid. Jesuits in China managed to smuggle Christian ...
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  • the region of Manchuria (Northeast China) until the seventeenth century ... founded the Qing Dynasty, the last dynasty to rule China. ...
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  • The Culture of China (Chinese: 中國文化) is home to one of the ... period that saw the brutal unification of China by Shi Huangdi. A major shift ...
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  • or Taiwanese Hok-kiàn) is a province of China located on the southeast ... Taiwan. Isolated from the power centers of China by mountains and sea, Fujian ...
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  • , was one of the Four Beauties of ancient China (Si Mei Ren). She was the ... not correspond to the autonym of either China or modern-day Korea) ...
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  • military in and around the then capital of China, Nanjing, after it fell to ... The extent of the atrocities is debated between China and Japan, with ...
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  • province of the People's Republic of China. Its abbreviation is 鄂 ... economic, and political region for China since ancient times until ...
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  • ) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located on ... through along with the Grand Canal of China, cast the province into a ...
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  • heredity. Theoretically, any male adult in China, regardless of his wealth ... the Sung dynasty (960–1279). Throughout China, public schools were established ...
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  • ) is a province of the People's Republic of China located along ... with its eastern border on the East China Sea, the province enjoys ...
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  • In the People's Republic of China, Red Guards ( s=红卫兵|t ... led by Zhang Chengzhi (who later became China's leading Muslim author ...
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  • part of the People's Republic of China. The city is also known by ... After China brought Taiwan under its control in 1683, the Qing government ...
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  • by similar treaties with the United States, China, Great Britain, Italy, and ... Korea, a government-in-exile based in Shanghai, China and later in Chongqing ...
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  • a master. The geographical isolation of China resulted in many regional ... about 5,000 years; the legendary figures of China's pre-history—Fuxi ...
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  • Chinese Chan master in Tang-era China. He founded one of the five ... of Jiaxing near Suzhou and southwest of Shanghai to the Zhang family (but ...
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  • significantly influenced the other arts in China. The flowing lines and linear ... items in a tomb at Mawangdui, Changsha, Hunan, China China Heritage ...
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  • Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of ... given during the Manchu Qing Dynasty in China. It is home to a number of ...
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  • thumb|400px|Non-imperial Chinese dragon in Shanghai.]] The first depictions ... [[Image:Ancient-china.gif|400px|thumb|Chinese dragon]] The general ...
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  • American Ballet Theatre made its first visit to China, appearing in both Shanghai and Hong Kong. The Company also appeared in Taipei and Singapore for ...
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  • Korea Strait, the Yellow Sea, and the South China Sea, about midway among China ... regular international flights to Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka ...
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  • ), is a province of the People's Republic of China located in ... Henan is the most populous province in China. It is often called Zhongyuan ...
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  • Square in the People's Republic of China (PRC) between April 15 and ... protests also occurred in cities throughout China, including Shanghai, which ...
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  • Caracas, Mexico City) and Asia (Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore). ... building booms in skyscrapers include Shanghai in China and Dubai in the ...
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  • a major war fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan before ... imperialist policy aiming to dominate China politically and militarily ...
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  • as one of the cultural treasures of China.Colin Patrick Mackerras, ... of the People's Republic of China, the name of Beijing opera ...
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  • them as a group. Hu Shi argues that China during Jin's life was ... After the establishment of the People's Republic of China in ...
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  • The history of the missions of the Jesuits in China in the early modern ... The first attempt by Jesuits to reach China was made in 1552 by Saint ...
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  • a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northeast ... as Dí (狄) invaded the plains of northern China and established Zhongshan ...
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  • Rhee Syngman, who had emigrated there via China to head a Methodist school ... of the New Korea Youth Association in China sent Kim Kyu-sik to the Peace ...
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  • ) is the smallest province of the People's Republic of China ... the island. The People's Republic of China government claims Hainan ...
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  • and is the most populous city in central China. It lies at the east end ... Wuhan speedy rail access to the rest of China. The city of Wuhan, has a ...
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  • a province of the People's Republic of China located in the far southwestern ... its distance from the centers of power in China. Bordering Tibet, Vietnam ...
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  • ), which lasted from April 1927 to May 1950, was a war in China between ... 1950, with the CCP in control of mainland China (including Hainan Island ...
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  • of cabbage use in the Shensi province in China dating back to 4,000 B.C.E.) ... - garden.JPG|thumb|right|Cabbage garden in Shanghai, China.]] ...
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  • Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period in China. The dynasty was founded ... early rule). The enormous Grand Canal of China (still the longest canal ...
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  • market is the United States, followed by China, Canada, the United Kingdom ... === GM in China === General Motors is the best selling auto maker in China. ...
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  • with freshwater mussels in the region of Shanghai, China, and in Fiji. Freshwater pearls are characterized by the reflection of rainbow colors in ...
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  • . It is located in the middle of Beijing, China and now houses the Palace ... refers to the North Star, which in ancient China was called the Ziwei Star ...
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  • Qing Dynasty China and Meiji Japan fought over the control of Korea ... with the Self-Strengthening Movement in China. A shift in regional dominance ...
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  • by the Red Armies of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the forerunner of ... in the history of the Communist Party of China. Other participants in the ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • cultured pearls sold today come from China. By contrast, saltwater pearls ... freshwater mussels in the region of Shanghai, China, and in Fiji. Freshwater ...
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  • District, Yichang, Hubei province, central China, downstream of the Three ... of up to 4 million people. As a result, China regards the project as a ...
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  • The modernization of China, beginning in the middle of the nineteenth ... suggest the all-embracing nature of imperial China. This emphasis on ...
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  • is a form of fine art developed in China during the dynastic periods ... of porcelain, but this is not the case in China, where any thick or opaque ...
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