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…China’s Three Gorges: Before the Flood China’s Three Gorges Dam is the largest project in history since The Great Wall. When the dam is completed twelve years from now, it will be the most powerful dam ever built. The dam will stand 607 feet high…

…CHINESE SOCIETY Even since the dramatic post-1949 changes in China regarding the role of women, China has remained paternalistic in it's attitudes and social reality. The land reform, which was intended to create a more balanced economic force…

…The debatable one child policy of China has ultimately stirred many people’s emotions and views on how to solve the population problem. Carroll Bogert et al are a fraction of those people whose viewpoint concerning the one child policy leans towards…

…Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), economic and social plan initiated by Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung), with the intent of radically increasing agricultural and industrial production in the People's Republic of China, and of bringing…

…, the northwestern-est province in China, to visit friends and family. Since my trip to Xin Jiang in 1995, so much had changed and some areas were virtually unrecognizable. My family is not originally from Xin Jiang. My mother’s family moved there from He Nan during…

…For millennia before the nineteenth century, China appeared to be a "master civilization," integrating and ruling millions of square miles, suzerain over other Asian countries, sophisticated, populous and unparalleled in longevity of success. Japan…

…into a responsible young adult, these stages are marked by their own specific traits. Growing up in Shen-Young China, my experiences were no different than those of a typical child who came from a family with a strong moral background. However, when I started maturing…

…Empires of Asia Section 1: Muslim Empires - The Ottoman Empire lasted from about 1300 to 1922. The Ottomans were named after Osman I, a Turkish chieftain who founded a state in Anatolia, now Turkey, in the late 1200's. - The Ottomans claimed…

…in that short time it was able accomplish more than many countries, empires, or kingdoms could ever hope to. At its height the empire covered an area from modern day Korea, China, Russia, the Middle East, India, and all the land in between. However in many ways…

…on history and the way of life of Europe at that time. If there weren’t any trade routes with the Mongol Empire Christopher Columbus, might not have discovered the New World. Trade in china mostly came through the Silk Road. The Silk Road linked China…