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  Chinese units of measurement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chinese units of measurement (Chinese: 市制; pinyin: Shìzhì; literally "market system") are the customary and traditional units of measure used in China.
The units were standardized during the twentieth century to make them approximate SI units.
However, in the Zhou Dynasty, the king conferred nobles with powers of the state, and the measurement units began to be inconsistent from state and state.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chinese_units_of_measurement   (526 words)

  
 Politics Under Mao
Unlike the United States, where state policies are ultimately in the hands of the populace, in China, state policy is handed down from the top of the government to the common people.
Economically, labor units were an integral part of the Chinese ideological mandate to treat labor not as a commodity bought by wages in a traditional free labor market, but rather as a commodity allocated by the state in proportions necessary for achieving state economic goals.
The units often try to use this fact to sidestep responsibility for those people, however, the sheer volume of people coming to the cities is large enough that they create demands on resources that must be dealt with.
www.gwu.edu /~ylowrey/JHPolitics.htm   (1755 words)

  
 Civilizações
Chu-ko-nu The unique unit for the Chinese is the Chu-Ko-Nu, which is a crossbowman who wields a hi-tech crossbow capable of rapid-firing multiple bolts at a time.
Basically, since the second Chinese villager is delayed anyway (because of their initial food shortage), they get the full use of all their civilians for those first two minutes." While these two bonuses (extra villagers and larger town centers) are very helpful in the first two ages, their usefulness diminishes by the Castle Age.
The Chinese, because of their bonuses and their general technology and unit paths, tend to be a strong early- to midgame civilization.
members.tripod.com /ps_aoe/chinese.htm   (1751 words)

  
 The Korean War: The Chinese Intervention
Chinese roadblocks halted the columns repeatedly as the casualties mounted.
These units were to guard the corps rear, relieve the marines of any port protection duties, and prepare to conduct offensive operations in support of corps operations as needed.
Although the unit was called the 31st RCT, the 31st regimental commander, Col. Allan D. "Mac" MacLean, was to command the 1st Battalion of the 32d Infantry along with his 2d and 3d Battalions of the 31st Infantry.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/brochures/kw-chinter/chinter.htm   (9759 words)

  
 Weights
The actual weight of the different units varied in different periods, and some of the states before the Qin used other units which are not mentioned here.
unit in 621 A.D. in the Tang dynasty.
From the Jin to the Tang the Wen was the monetary unit.
chinesecoins.lyq.dk /weights.html   (1231 words)

  
 China's Navy Today
Chinese marines are supported by amphibious tanks and armored personnel carriers, howitzers, and multiple rocket launchers.
The PLAN's four Kilo units remain the submarine force's most capable boats, although the capability of their crews to operate them effectively in a tactical environment is suspect.
Third, the Chinese Navy has focused on improving training for both its officer and enlisted ranks and, in consonance with overarching PLA programs, developing a cadre of experienced noncommissioned officers.
www.navyleague.org /seapower/chinas_navy_today.htm   (3888 words)

  
 UNE - LCL - Chinese Language
Graduates with Chinese are also sought in exporting and importing businesses, international banking, tourism, teaching, multinational corporations, and in the public service in areas such as foreign affairs, defence, trade and immigration.
Chinese, a major world language, is taught in the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics.
Chinese can be included in the Bachelor of Arts, the Bachelor of Languages and International Business, and combined degrees such as BA/BTeach, BA/BCom, BA/LLB and in the MA by coursework.
www.une.edu.au /lcl/asianlang/chinese   (874 words)

  
 Chinese Program -- Degree programs
After the basic language sequence is completed or waived, a minimum of 30 units of upper division coursework (21 units for Chinese minors) is required.
At least 9 of the required units (3 units for Chinese minors) must be electives.
Upper division courses are generally conducted in Chinese, and students are expected to use Chinese in their speaking, reading and writing.
www.sfsu.edu /~sfsuchin/degree.html   (195 words)

  
 Chinese Department | Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The department of Chinese and Japanese provides studscents with a coherent study of a cultural region, which primarily encompasses China, Korea, and Japan -- countries that spring from a common historical experience and share many common values and traditions.
Iconoclastic works of modern Chinese vernacular fiction from 1919 through the post-Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) will be juxtaposed alongside films dealing with the same period, such as Yellow Earth (1984) and Farewell, My Concubine (1992) made by the so-called Fifth Generation of film directors (born after 1949, when the People’s Republic was founded).
Advanced students of Chinese language may take concurrently CHJA 190, for three units, and work with the instructor to read excerpts in the original Chinese.
www.lawrence.edu /dept/chja/chinese/curriculum   (2194 words)

  
 China: The Story of a Partnership
Unit 1 has entered the startup phase and the year 2000 will be remembered as a very good year for this project.
Major improvements of the CNP1000 units, compared to French and Chinese units, will allow the operator to further increase its availability factor, which is already one of the best in the world.
Chinese enterprises are responsible for civil construction as well as system installation and startup.
www.framatech.com /envision/winter2001/focus.htm   (2537 words)

  
 1871 Los Angeles Chinese Massacre: A Statement of Remembrance
Historically, this event was one of the worst occurrences of anti-Chinese violence in the United States during an era of virulent discrimination against the Chinese.
The growing integration of the Chinese into the region's economy was followed by a gradual acculturation, which fostered the development of settlement and family life: first in Old Chinatown, at today's El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument and Union Station, and later in the Chinese American neighborhoods of Southern California.
On the other hand, those who moved to aid and protect Chinese people during the occurrence, and the subsequent steady but measurable progress of the community's leadership toward healing and harmony over the years that have since followed were among the most noble of decent human reactions.
www.camla.org /history/massacre.htm   (1105 words)

  
 Generals: USA Units
In addition to being a light fighting unit, each Ranger has the ability to take over an enemy structure after being upgraded.
Instead, it heals your units on the battlefield, which can be pretty useful in the heat of battle.
The TOW missile is ideal for hit and run tactics on enemy positions when a commander wants to get in, destroy an objective, and get out with a minimal of casualties.
www.angelfire.com /games5/thenetwork/cnc/generals/us_units.shtml   (1266 words)

  
 Chinese Paper Arts
A second part focuses on Chinese paper cutting, especially the intricate cutting of the brilliantly colored figures in the Wei Xian county style.The third button takes you to some examples of modern money folds as practiced in the West, and links to other paper art resources.
This is a traditional boat made from over one thousand modular units and measures about 18 inches in length.
The refugeeb.gif file is in Chinese and uses the traditional characters used on the mainland.
www.wgn.net /~nienhuis/chinese.html   (894 words)

  
 WWII Campaigns: China Defensive
The primary American goal was to keep the Chinese actively in the Allied war camp, thereby tying down Japanese forces that otherwise might be deployed against the Allies fighting in the Pacific.
Some Chinese were supporters of the Nationalist Kuomintang government; some supported one of the numerous former warlords nominally loyal to the Nationalists; and some supported the Communists, who were engaged in a guerrilla war against the military and political forces of the Nationalists.
By the late 1920s, the Chinese government had gained at least nominal control over most of the country and embarked on a path of reform and modernization, with advice and support from selected foreign governments and individuals.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/brochures/72-38/72-38.htm   (6743 words)

  
 Course Offerings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Chinese Studies is an interdisciplinary major that is offered as an alternative to the Chinese departmental major, and is designed for students whose primary interests are in areas other than language or literature.
At least three of the nonlanguage units must be from outside the Chinese Department.
Honors candidates ordinarily enroll in Chinese Studies 360 during the fall and Chinese Studies 370 during the spring semester of the senior year and are expected to write a thesis based substantially on original research in primary sources, although these sources do not necessarily have to be in Chinese.
www.wellesley.edu /Chinese/studies.html   (522 words)

  
 Any all female military units in Chinese history? - China History Forum, chinese history forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
In the Uighur army, one of the units was led by a Uighur princess and all the soldiers were female.
In times of siege, units of women, of children, and of old men were formed to help with defense, but in support rather than combat roles.
So basically, the statement that Chinese women took up arms under the influence of the Qiang should mean that due to Qiang raids even the women of the western provinces fought beside their men in the defense of their villages and cities.
www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=11692   (2124 words)

  
 Chinese B.A. Program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The BA degree in Chinese program is designed to provide students with the functional skills necessary to teach, to engage in international business, private industry, and government agencies, or to pursue graduate studies in higher education.
The required units include courses in advanced grammar (Chinese 300AB), linguistics (Chinese 305 and 315), culture and civilization (Chinese 310), classical Chinese language (Chinese 401), literature (Chinese 408, 410) and an upper-division writing course ML 400.
The Chinese major is a balanced program that includes language, culture and civilization, literature, and linguistics courses.
www.calstatela.edu /faculty/khsu2/ChineseBA.html   (500 words)

  
 index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Unlike English, an alphabetic language, in which letters combine to represent both phonetic and semantic aspects, Chinese is a logo graphic language, in which strokes combine to form orthographic units such as semantic radicals and phonetic components.
Thus, it is very important for beginning CFL (Chinese as a Foreign Language) students to learn the different formation of the Chinese characters and to develop the awareness of this two-level presentation of Chinese characters and gain analytical skills to break down the characters into assembling units.
Since Chinese characters are the combination of three parts: graph, sound and meaning, voice is recorded into the project so that the pronunciations can be heard while the characters are displayed.
www-unix.oit.umass.edu /~weijial/TeachingChinesecharacters/index.html   (295 words)

  
 Alternate Campaigns: China and Asia
Some of the French units were newly formed of aircraft that were impounded on their way to China; after the fall of France, Vichy received "requests" passed through Germany from Japan not to send arms through to China.
The United States brought the matter before the United Nations, and (with the Soviet Union's representative not present to supply a veto) got the United Nations to pass a resolution allowing the use of force to aid the Republic of Korea.
US air units stationed in Japan were sent into service - and units from the United States were sent over, later joined by other allies, including Australia and the United Kingdom.
world.std.com /~Ted7/altcamp5.htm   (3372 words)

  
 DOD’s efforts to stave off nation-state cyberattacks begin with China
Chinese military writings make it clear that in cyberspace there are no boundaries between military and civilian targets.
Chinese leaders have a conundrum of their own—how the People’s Liberation Army can move against Taiwan but forestall U.S. action long enough to make it a fait accompli.
The Chinese pilot died as a result of the accident.
www.gcn.com /print/25_25/41716-1.html   (3098 words)

  
 Washington University - Asian and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures
Students who enter with advanced proficiency in Chinese may be allowed to waive the language requirement but must enrollin additional prograrm-related courses to meet the required total).
The examination is administered near the end of the candidate's term of study, and is followed by a short oral examination in which the student discusses with advisors his or her comprehensive examination.
The focus of this program is comparison of the contents, theoretical bases, and methodologies of Chinese or Japanese literature and a second literature (Western or non-Western), within the context of a familiarity of the cultural context and historical background of the literatures, and the critical and historical methodology of modern literary study.
www.artsci.wustl.edu /~anell/grad_progs.html   (2763 words)

  
 Chinese Administrative Units
The following table shows terms used for various Chinese governmental units at different periods in history.
You will notice that sometimes in the same period the same term is used at more than one level of the organizational chart, often producing a slightly different English translation.
Both the ROC and the PRC use these units, with some variation from place to place.
weber.ucsd.edu /~dkjordan/chin/hbgovernment-u.html   (139 words)

  
 HyperWar: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II: China Defensive
Nationalist Army units were not only uneven in loyalty but also in quality.
Because of production problems in the United States, however, the War Department was able to forward only 3,500 tons per month to China through most of the rest of 1942.
Force units were undergoing initial training, the enemy struck.
www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-C-ChinaD   (6719 words)

  
 Degree Requirements - B.A in Chinese
Chinese 110 Structure of the Chinese Language (3 units)
Chinese 140A Contemporary Chinese Lit (from 1949) (3 units)
Chinese 140B Classical Chinese Drama and Poetry (3 units)
www.sjsu.edu /foreignlanguage/foreign_chin.html   (157 words)

  
 SFSU Bulletin - CHIN Discipline Course Listing
Chinese Cultural Treasures and Heritage in English (3 units)
Chinese Linguistics and Chinese as a Second Language (3 units)
Morphology and Syntax in Chinese Dialects (3 units)
www.sfsu.edu /~bulletin/courses/chin.htm   (93 words)

  
 Units of study
CHN116 - Introductory Chinese for Background Speakers II - Chinese Civilisation
CHN242 - Chinese Literature from Hong Kong and Taiwan
CHN343 - Advanced Chinese for Background Speakers II - HSK Chinese Proficiency Examination
www.asianlang.mq.edu.au /units.htm   (237 words)

  
 Imperial Chinese Unit Conversion Tool - Kongming's Archives
You can use this tool to translate the various units found in the novel and associated historical records to familiar English forms (e.g.
distance/length) then use the conversion tool form to enter the number of original units, the unit’s type (e.g.
Now, enter the number of units, the type, and finally, what you want to convert them to!
www.kongming.net /novel/chinese_units   (213 words)

  
 TeacherView.com - Theme Units : Holidays : Chinese New Year
TeacherView.com - Theme Units : Holidays : Chinese New Year
Home > Theme Units > Holidays > Chinese New Year
Find other Chinese New Year sites in our Resource Library!
www.teacherview.com /themes/holidays/chinese/index.htm   (43 words)

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