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  China
China had taken it for granted that its relations with Europeans would be conducted according to the tributary system that had evolved over the centuries between the emperor and representatives of the lesser states on China's borders as well as between the emperor and some earlier European visitors.
China was reunified in A.D. 589 by the short-lived Sui dynasty (A.D. 581-617), which has often been compared to the earlier Qin dynasty in tenure and the ruthlessness of its accomplishments.
In 1951 the UN declared China to be an aggressor in Korea and sanctioned a global embargo on the shipment of arms and war materiel to China.
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 Emperor Kang of Jin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Emperor Kang of Jin (晋康帝/晉康帝, pinyin Jìn Kāngdì, Wade-Giles Chin K`ang-ti) (322-November 17, 344), personal name Sima Yue (司馬岳), courtesy name Shitong (世同), was an emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (265-420).
He was a son of Emperor Ming and younger brother (by the same mother) of Emperor Cheng.
In fall 344, Emperor Kang grew ill. Yu Bing and Yu Yi wanted to support his uncle Sima Yu the Prince of Kuaiji as emperor, but He Chong, consistent with his prior advice to Emperor Cheng, suggested that Emperor Kang should pass the throne to his son Sima Dan.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Emperor_Kang_of_Jin_China   (669 words)

  
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In 1951 the UN declared China to be an aggressor in Korea and sanctioned a global embargo on the shipment of arms and war matriel to China.
China and the Four Modernizations, 1979-82 The culmination of Deng Xiaoping's re-ascent to power and the start in earnest of political, economic, social, and cultural reforms were achieved at the Third Plenum of the Eleventh National Party Congress Central Committee in December 1978.
China's ethnically diverse population is the largest in the world, and the Chinese Communist Party and the government work strenuously to count, control, and care for their people.
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 boycott made in china : why boycott? : q&a
China has not met even the minimum of requirements to qualify for acceptance as a democracy, even on the somewhat dubious level of Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe, which has a parliament and an opposition party, though a much-harried one.
A clear indication of China's steady regression into anti-democratic authoritarianism is evident in its premeditated step-by-step campaign to undermine Hong Kong's autonomy and democracy that was guaranteed by the Joint Declaration by Britain and China in 1984.
In Kang's view, Confucius was a forward looking "sage king" who saw history as a progressive unilinear development from an age of disorder where kings and emperors ruled over people, to an age of universal peace and democratic government.
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 CHINA
Emperors turned to palace eunuchs (castrated men who served as palace servants) for help in ousting the maternal relatives, only to find that the eunuchs were just as difficult to control.
China also had critics of Buddhism, who labeled it immoral, unsuited to China, or a threat to the state because monastery land was not taxed.
China enjoyed a respite from Western pressure from 1914 to 1918, when European powers were preoccupied by World War I. Chinese industries expanded, and a few cities, especially Shanghai, Canton, Tianjin, and Hankou (now part of Wuhan), became industrial centers.
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 Ethics of China 7 BC To 1279 by Sanderson Beck
As the Sui empire was disintegrating, Yang Di fled to southern China, where he was assassinated in his bath by a descendant of the Yuwen family and the son of his general Yuwen Shu in 618.
Bei was drawn to Chinese culture and in 934 urged the Khitans to invade northern China.
While Emperor Gaozong was negotiating a peace treaty with the Jin empire in 1140, Yue came to Hangzhou to protest.
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 The Issue of South China Sea
China is ready to shelve the disputes for the time being and conduct cooperation with the countries concerned pending settlement of the disputes.
China is ready to work together with the littoral states of the South China Sea to safeguard the safety the international water lanes in the area of the South China Sea.
China and the countries concerned are fully capable and confident of handling their disputes appropriately.
www.fas.org /news/china/2000/china-000600.htm   (4629 words)

  
 Beijing Travel Guide, Beijing Tours
It was not until the Jin dynasty in the 12 century that Beijing became the capital city for the first time.
It was originally built in 1694 and originally used as official residence for court eunuchs of the Ming dynasty and was converted to the royal court of Prince Yongzheng(Yin Zhen) a son of Emperor Kang Xi of the Qing Dynasty.
In old China, all the structures and roads were required to be symmetrical.
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 The Homosexual Tradition in China
The names of the emperors, with their acknowledge favorites were recorded in the official histories of the period by Sima Qian and Ban Gu.
Ruan Ji (210- 263CE), lover of Xi Kang, was one of the most famous poets to apply his brush to a homosexual theme.
The commission of this detestable and unnatural act is attended with so little sense of shame, or feelings of delicacy that many of the first officers of the state seemed to make no hesitation in publicly avowing it.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/pwh/china-gaytexts.html   (1342 words)

  
 Emperor Long Jing Tea - TeaSpring.com
During the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Kang Xi was known to travel from the Forbidden City just to get a taste of the freshest Long Jing.
This emperor grade Long Jing is made using very fine pre-Qing Ming tea leaves.
Emperor Long Jing has a soothing nut-like aroma and flavor.
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 China
Note: Emperors are listed with their personal name (ming), followed by their temple name (miaohao), posthumous name (shi), and the era name (nianhao) roughly coextensive with the particular reign (note that the overlap is not perfect).
On 5 Nov 1924, the Emperor was forced to leave the Forbidden City by a faction of the army of the Republic of China and the above mentioned privileges ended.
Note: The name of the polity is still Republic of China, but it overlaps the preceding polity of that name, has a different flag and government system, and eventually a different capital (Nanjing; Beijing is in fact deprived of the name-part jing, meaning capital, and is renamed Beiping after the demise of the "warlord" regime).
www.worldstatesmen.org /China.html   (4427 words)

  
 A Brief Chronology Of China
Empress Wu Zetian [woo-dzuh-tee-'en]; concubine of Li Shimin, wife of Li Chi from 674; declared emperor 690; ancestor of all later Tang rulers
Named after the reigning emperor, a figurehead for Cixi.
Cixi, Dowager Empress and effective ruler of China through a series of figurehead child emperors.
www.art-and-archaeology.com /timelines/china/chinahist.html   (1146 words)

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