Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: 1947 Chinese Constitution


Related Topics

  
  China - QuickSeek Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Chinese was the official language, though periods of Mongol and Manchu conquest saw the arrival of Mongol and Manchu as alternate official languages.
In 1947, constitutional rule was established, but because of the ongoing Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China (CPC), many provisions of the 1947 ROC constitution were never put into actual practice on the mainland.
Chinese characters have had many variants and styles throughout the Chinese history, and were "simplified" in the mid-20th century on mainland China.
china.quickseek.com   (11454 words)

  
 Canada - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Canada
In 1947 residents of Canada became ‘Canadian citizens’ as well as British subjects, and Canada was declared to be of equal status to Great Britain within the Commonwealth.
The position was resolved with the passing of the Constitution Act 1982, the last piece of UK legislation to have force in Canada.
In 1983 Clark was replaced as leader of the Progressive Conservatives by Brian Mulroney, a corporate lawyer who had never run for public office, and in 1984 Trudeau retired to be replaced as Liberal Party leader and prime minister by John Turner, a former minister of finance.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Canada   (4111 words)

  
 1947 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar).
The 1988 movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit was set in Hollywood, 1947.
In Back to the Future Part III, Doc Brown said that suitable parts for his time-circuits are invented.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1947   (3140 words)

  
 WikiMiki.net - Russia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Slavs constituted the bulk of the population from the 8th century onwards and slowly assimilated both the Scandinavians as well as native Finno-Ugric tribes, such as the Merya, the Muromians and the Meshchera.
Initially constituted in 1867, the country's constitution was patriated in 1982 from the United Kingdom.
The patriation of the Constitution included the adoption of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which guarantees basic rights and freedoms for Canadians that, generally, cannot be overridden by legislation of any level of government in Canada.
russia.en.wikimiki.net   (10543 words)

  
 Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Japan adopted its first constitution, establishing the country as a pacifist constitutional monarchy, in 1947 under the occupation authority.
Sovereignty, previously embodied in the Emperor, is vested in the Japanese people by the Constitution, and the Emperor is defined as the symbol of the State and of national unity.
The Imperial Household Law of 1947 limits succession to males: since neither of the former Emperor Hirohito's sons have a direct male descendant, some public and parliament members perceive Chrysanthemum Throne continuity to be in jeopardy Despite a line of succession seven levels deep.
japan.iqnaut.net   (4250 words)

  
 Japan - QuickSeek Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Japanese did not start writing their own histories until the 5th and 6th centuries, when the Chinese writing system, Buddhism, advanced pottery, ceremonial burial, and other aspects of culture were introduced by aristocrats, artisans, scholars, and monks from Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.
The Constitution of Japan states that the nation's "highest organ of state power" is its bicameral parliament, the National Diet.
The Constitution of Japan defines the emperor to be "the symbol of the state and of the unity of the people".
japan.quickseek.com   (5045 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Chiang Kai-shek Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Chiang Kai-shek, known primarily to Chinese speakers as Chiang Chung-cheng, was the leader of the Kuomintang.
In January 1927, allied with the Chinese Communists and Soviet Agent Michael Borodin, KMT leftists moved the civilian government from Guangzhou to Wuhan in central China.
In 1928, having consolidated power, Chiang was named Generalissimo of all Chinese forces and Chairman of the National Government, a post he held until 1932 and later from 1943 until 1948, when, under a new Constitution passed in 1947, he was elected by the National Assembly to be President.
www.ipedia.com /chiang_kai_shek.html   (1313 words)

  
 Christmas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Every year since 1947 the city of Oslo has presented the British a spruce tree as a token of appreciation for British support during the Second World War.
In Taiwan, December 25 is the date of the signing of the Constitution of the Republic of China in 1947.
The cliché recreation for them is "movies and Chinese food"; movie theaters remaining open to bring in holiday dollars and Chinese restaurants being less likely to be closed.
christmas.iqnaut.net   (5940 words)

  
 Articles index started with 19
1954 Constitution of the People's Republic of China
1975 Constitution of the People's Republic of China
1978 Constitution of the People's Republic of China
www.kiwipedia.com /19-index.html   (32 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.