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…mother's mysterious disappearance. Winnie, whose name in China was Weili, is forced to live with her Uncle and his two wives (New Aunt and Old Aunt). She never feels as loved as her uncle's true daughter, Weili's cousin, Peanut. Nevertheless, when the time comes…

…In the 1850’s the early immigrants to Canada suffered also of ethnic prejudice and were considered “unfit for full citizenship.” Even though residents of BC considered the Chinese unassailable under any circumstances, they tolerated them because…

…through General Assembly December 1995, and was ratified in early 1996.... France has defied this moratorium on nuclear tests by making five nuclear tests in late 1995, taking place under Morora atoll in the South Pacific, amid international outcry. China…

…plague was of the greatest economic and social importance as well as hideously dramatic in its progress. (form the book “The Black Death” by Phillip Ziegler) In the early 1330’s the black plague started to form…

…" flashes between the live of four Chinese-American women during their lives in pre-revolutionary China ad present day San Francisco, which is place where each finds herself confronted, at times, by difficulties with her daughter. At the center of it all…

…Vietnamese independence. But expanding communist control of Eastern Europe and the triumph of the communists in China made France's war against Ho Chi Minh seem anticommunist. When France agreed to an independent Vietnam under Bao Dai as an alternative to Ho's DRV…

…Bay. The rival powers were the victorious Allies (Great Britain and the Commonwealth, France, the United States, the USSR, and China). The losing side consisted of Germany, Italy, and Japan, as well as smaller nations. World War II killed more people…

…was involved in the early stages of the industrial revolution. The government's decision of this era laid the ground work of the future U.S. growth of the nation. Without these pro-business decisions, the United states would not have made the change from being…

…, and that by trading with China the United States is being hypocritical. Firstly the embargo is in fact working, although in its early days the results were hard to see, as a result of the USSR giving $5 billion a year to Castro; with which he used to create a murderous…

…and cultural influence in Chinese society. There are many legends about jade¡¦s origin; according to the famous one, China was invaded by the Tartar barbarians, the Imperial Dragon shed tears of sorrow, and these tears petrified into jade. Also, ancient jades were…