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…Republic of China furnished munitions to North Vietnam and the Vietcong. On both sides, however, the burden of the war fell mainly on the civilians. The war also engulfed Laos, where the Communist Pathet Lao fought the government from 1965 to 1973 and succeeded…

…issues, including Columbus’ true motives and the darker side of his encounters with the Natives. To the average American, the motives behind Columbus’ search for a new route to China and the Indies were honourable; however, there is considerable evidence…

…to their war-ravaged countries face this life-threatening obstacle to rebuilding their lives. Leading producers and exporters of antipersonnel mines in the past 25 years include China, Italy, the former Soviet Union, and the United States. More than 50 countries…

…never stayed in the same spot for a long time. He would travel from place to place in China for long periods of time. The books calls these times as “periods of wanderings.” It was during these periods of wanderings that the books were written that recorded…

…mothers and four Chinese-American daughters, I was able to see a massive difference between their corresponding lifestyles. The generation gap of the women born during the first quarter of the century in China, and their daughters born in the American…

…The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan is a story base on Chinese women in American tradition. One of the characters in the novel, Lindo Jong was born as a female in China. Lindo was undervalued because as a Chinese woman, she had an arranged marriage, she…

…and the MFN concept had more force, because those outside of GATT could not receive MFN treatment except by specific bilateral extension. The annual congressional fuss over China's trade status occurs because China, which is not in the WTO, does not automatically…

…were created. In the United States, the Christian view of creation that is often believed or referenced to, is called Genesis. In China the creation story is one of the God, Pan Gu. Both have helped people to cope with the mystery of creation. Genesis…

…no time thinking about where American troops are stationed throughout the world. Most Americans only become aware of troops in a foreign country when one dies, or a big catastrophe occurs. China’s economy is growing a mile a minute; they have the fastest…

…Japanese occupancy of Indochina in 1941. These actions surprised US officials, who had strong economic ties to China and had long been applying diplomatic pressure on Japan to not invade China. In response to Japanese occupancy, Roosevelt, along with Great…