Papers 1241-1250 of total 46463 found.
…Quick History Taiwan is a small island off the shores of China. In 1895, military defeat forced China to cede Taiwan to Japan, however it reverted to Chinese control after World War II. Following the Communist victory on the mainland in 1949, 2…
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…believed that its claim to Tibet to be valid for three reasons. The Chinese government believed it had the right to the Tibetan territory left from the thirteenth century, when Tibet and China were incorporated into Kublai Khan's empires. The government also…
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…trade beyond its own frontiers.         The British empire in India was established by a private trading firm, the East India Company, which governed with the consent of Parliament until 1858. The company bought a strip of sandy beach at Madras…
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…After Marco Polo traveled to China in the early 1200's the Chinese called westerners "hairy, white barbarians". Portuguese "barbarians" then named what is now Taiwan Formosa in the 1590's. In 1644 the Manchu people invaded China and established…
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…The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan, is a powerful portrayal of four Chinese women and the lives of their children in America. The book discusses the conflicting cultures between the United States and China, and how men treat women throughout…
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…The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan, is a powerful portrayal of four Chinese women and the lives of their children in America. The book discusses the conflicting cultures between the United States and China, and how men treat women throughout their lives…
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…in China by Indian poet Asvaghosha. Daoism and Confucianism were replaced by Buddhism and many sects were formed The Language of Faith: Symbolism and the Arts Diocletian : divided Roman Empire into Western and Eastern Halves and appointed a coemperor…
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China is everywhere these days. Powered by the world's most rapidly changing large economy, it is influencing our lives as consumers, employees and citizens. China's miracle economy, though largely initiated by Deng Xiaoping's market reforms in 1978, has…
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…the Roman Empires political structures. He writes how it went through the transition from a monarchy, early in the empires existence, to a Republic where the people had more say over the countries actions. He discusses the political scheme of Rome and how…
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…the tow great thinkers have so many common places in their theories, it doesn't mean Emerson's philosophical thoughts root in Confucius'. At the very beginning, Emerson didn't know about China and Chinese culture, even was hostile. In the early time…
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