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In the News (Tue 17 Nov 09)

  
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The former general secretary of the party, Zhao Ziyang, in particular was held responsible for the spread of "bourgeois liberal" tendencies.
It is only by appreciating this premise that one can comprehend the motives and con- cerns of post-Mao reformers, their views of the system to be rectified, the context of their choices and constraints, and the meaning and nature of their break with the past.
The former Soviet Union provides an ideal case for comparison because both regimes came to power through a hard-won indigenous revolution and both undertook serious reappraisals of social- ism during their recent reform courses.
academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu /core9/phalsall/texts/yansun1.txt   (6840 words)

  
 METRO MANILA AT VIRTUAL STANDSTILL AS RICO YAN IS BURIED   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Yan, 27, who died in his sleep on Good Friday, was interred around noon at the Manila Memorial Park in Parañaque City with some 20,000 people in attendance, the fourth-largest funeral in the private cemetery’s history.
Manila Memorial Park Officials said Yan’s funeral was the fourth largest crowd drawer after the 1983 burial of assassinated former Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr., the 1977 burial of singer Eddie Peregrina and the 2000 funeral of former Pasay City Mayor Pablo Cuneta.
Yan’s maternal uncle, Metro Manila police chief Director Edgar Aglipay was already at the cemetery three hours before the hearse’s arrival but police were clearly outnumbered by fans, some of whom even chanted the names of Yan’s showbiz friends during the interment rites.
www.newsflash.org /2002/04/sb/sb002117.htm   (611 words)

  
 Li Yan (Zhengfang) - Sanguozhi (Records of the Three Kingdoms) Biography - English Translation
Li Yan was appointed as Zhong Du Hu; he was to be in charge of all internal and external military affairs and stationed at Yong An.
When Li Yan heard of the withdrawal, he pretended to be surprise and said to Zhuge Liang “the provisions are abundant, why have the troops withdrawn?” His intent was to avoid the blame that may be placed on him for not executing his duties, and to show Zhuge Liang’s fault in not advancing his troops.
Li Yan also said to the emperor: “The troop has made a false retreat, in order to draw out the enemies and battle them.” Zhuge Liang presented all the letters and memorials written by Li Yan, which were self-contradicting from beginning to end.
www.kongming.net /novel/sgz/liyan.php   (1161 words)

  
 Yang Xiong [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
Yang Xiong was born in 53 BCE in the western city of Chengdu in the province of Shu.
Finally, both the Lunyu and Fa yan can be characterized as works of frustration that lament the political instability of their respective times, the tendency of princes and officials to overstep their roles, and the failure of Confucius (Kongzi) and Yang Xiong to gain recognition or to exercise political influence.
For example, in Fa yan 8:21, there is a terse passage that reads, “The Red and Black Bows and Arrows do not amount to having it.” Centuries earlier the Imperial house of the Zhou dynasty awarded princes a set of bows and arrows as symbol of investiture to punish all within their jurisdiction.
www.iep.utm.edu /y/yangxion.htm   (4927 words)

  
 Zhao Pinlu
Former director of the Chinese Research Institute for Reform of the Economic Structure in Beijing.
Former deputy director of public relations at the Chinese Research Institute for Reform of the Economic Structure.
Former director of the Hong Kong bureau of Xinhua.
www.freechina.net /cgi-bin/prn_version.cgi?file=2004/heroes/00047.htm   (9010 words)

  
 The Epoch Times | Beijing's Response To Zhao Ziyang's Death Will Reveal Its Governing Ability
Yan Jiaqi, former director of the Institute of Political Science at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and one of Zhao Ziyang’s advisors in political system reforms, spoke to The Epoch Times.
Yan: On an important question like this, for the president of a country, the premier, or the leader of the government, it should be easy to come to a basic conclusion.
Yan: This is a challenge to the CCP leaders’ governing capability.
www.theepochtimes.com /news/5-1-18/25787.html   (1369 words)

  
 Chinese History - Sixteen States 十六國 - Former Yan 前燕 (www.chinaknowledge.de)
Murong Jun 慕容雋 was able to conquer the whole northeast of China and threw away the charge of the Jin Dynasty, calling himself emperor of (Former) Yan (Qianyan 前燕).
In 370, the young emperor Murong Wei 慕容暐 submit to the Former Qin (Qianqin 前秦) army.
The Yan empire is named after the old feudal state of Yan 燕 during the Zhou Dynasty 周.
www.chinaknowledge.de /History/Division/rulers-qianyan.html   (329 words)

  
 Former Qin (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Former Qin (Chinese character: 前秦, Hanyu pinyin Qiánqín) (351-394) was a state of the Sixteen Kingdoms in China.
Please note that, despite its name, the Former Qin was much later and less powerful than the Qin Dynasty which ruled all of China during the 3rd century BCE.
The defeat of the Former Qin in the Battle of Fei and the subsequent uprisings split the court into two after the death of Fu Jian: one located at present day Taiyuan, Shanxi and was soon overwhelmed in 386 by the Xianbei under the Later Yan and the Dingling.
former-qin.kiwiki.homeip.net.cob-web.org:8888   (361 words)

  
 Yan Li: ZoomInfo Business People Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Yan Li's summary was automatically generated using 2 references found on the Internet.
Yan Li, part-time faculty member at Renison College, is this year's winner of the Taiwan-based Honorable Literary Medal for Overseas Chinese Writer.
Former Beijing journalist Yan Li, now living in Waterloo, sits beside a number of her published books.
www.zoominfo.com /people/li_yan_175712627.aspx   (646 words)

  
 RICO YAN'S FAMILY TO SUE OSANG
Roces claimed she was told by a reliable source that actor Dominic Ochoa, who was one of Yan’s companions at Dos Palmas resort in Palawan when the actor died, bought 12 tablets of the designer drug Ecstasy, in Cubao, Quezon City before they left for a vacation.
Yan died March 29 and his body was flown late in the afternoon to Manila on board an ABS-CBN plane.
Meanwhile, the sisters of Yan’s former girlfriend, Claudine Barreto, Marjorie and Gretchen Barreto cried foul yesterday about stories blaming their younger sister for the death of the actor.
www.newsflash.org /2002/04/sb/sb002125.htm   (665 words)

  
 News about Rico ll
Yan was appointed ambassador of the youth sector by former president Joseph Estrada.
Yan was the No. 3 buzz leader in the actors and actresses section of the Yahoo Buzz Index for April 2, 3 and 5, outperforming the likes of recent Oscar winners Halle Berry and Jennifer Connelly.
Yan's former girlfriend Claudine Barreto, whom the actor broke up with a few days before he died, also figured high in the "movers category" of the Yahoo Buzz Index.
www.ricoyan.8m.com /custom2.html   (2968 words)

  
 16 kingdoms - China History Forum, chinese history forum
The dynasty called itself Yan, but historians call it Former Yan to distinguish it from the Later Yan, Western Yan and Southern Yan states later founded by the Murong Xianbei, and also the Northern Yan founded by the Korean Gao Yun.
The Western Yan soon pulled out of Chang'an and migrated to Shanxi, where it engaged in rivalry and warfare with the Later Yan and was finally destroyed by the latter.
When the Former Zhao, Later Zhao and Former Qin were strong, they had no choice but to submit as vassals and accept the title of 王 (prince), but they hid this from the Eastern Jin and continued to claim to be Dukes of the Eastern Jin.
www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=769&st=15   (3444 words)

  
 Integrated Learning Philadelphia: Yan Gelman, Private GMAT Tutor
Yan’s success working with students of all ages (14 to 64) makes him an excellent tutor.
Yan’s former students speak highly of his teaching methods and unequivocally recommend him to their friends.
Yan is currently a second-year MBA student at The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania.
www.integratedlearning.net /city_phil_gmat.shtml   (221 words)

  
 Retired Olympic champion Kong to coach women team
BEIJING - China's former Olympic and world champion Kong Linghui was appointed assistant coach for the women's national table tennis team on Sunday, three days after he announced his retirement from the sport.
Hints have speaked out of itself, however, as the former star paddler deeply ruined his public image in the mid of last summer when Kong slammed his Porche to a cab and been charged with drunken driving.
Kong was arrested but narrowly escaped a detainment after his navy-blue Porche Boxster-s clashed with a taxi on July 21 with no casualty was caused in the accident, and he later made a public apology while paying 1800 yuan RMB penalty with his driving licence suspended for six months.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /sports/2006-10/15/content_708401.htm   (749 words)

  
 16 kingdoms - China History Forum, chinese history forum
Zhang Jun of the Former Liang was still known to the Eastern Jin as Duke of Xiping 西平公, but his father Zhang Mao had already received the title of King (or Prince) of Liang from the Former Zhao in 323.
Murong Huang of the Former Yan, on the other hand, did not declare himself King of Yan 燕王 until 337; until then he held the title of Duke of Liaodong 辽东公 conferred by the Eastern Jin.
Murong Yong, the Western Yan ruler, appointed Di Zhao as a general, but in 393 Di Zhao attempted to rebel and was executed by Murong Yong.
www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=769&st=15   (2827 words)

  
 SPCNET.TV - Deun and Mo Yung Imperial Bloodlines (originally posted by Laviathan)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Former Yan began to decline during his reign and in 370 Emperor Fu Jian of the Qin Empire attacked the capitol, taking Murong Wei and the entire Murong Family as prisoners of war.
When the Former Yan empire was destroyed by Fu Jian, both Murong Wei and Murong Hong were taken prisoner and brought to Chang'an.
The Latter Yan army attacked the Western Yan, Murong Yong could not withstand the military might of Murong Chui and the capitol was surrounded.
www.spcnet.tv /forums/showthread.php?t=8957&page=1&pp=20   (7938 words)

  
 The Epoch Times | Zhao’s Advisor Yan Jiaqi: The Chinese Communist Party Will Cause Mass Movements
The farewell ceremony for Zhao Ziyang, the former general secretary of the CCP, was held at Babaoshan Public Cemetery in Beijing on the morning of January 29, 2005.
The report failed to mention that Zhao was premier of the State Council and former General Secretary of the CCP, or the important contributions he had made since the reform.
Yan Jiaqi, former director of the Institute of Political Science at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, was the most influential political scholar after reform and opening up.
www.theepochtimes.com /news/5-2-3/26236.html   (991 words)

  
 Keuka College News Release: Freshmen, New Transfers Welcomed
Also at the convocation, Walt Scott, a former resident of Penn Yan and current member of the Keuka College Board of Trustees, received the Norton-Blyley Presidential Medallion.
Strong, a former member and chair of the Board of Trustees, twice served as interim president of the College.
He is a former director of the Center for Environmental Information and former vice president of the Cornell Cooperative Extension Association.
www.keuka.edu /communications/NewsReleaseItem.php?ReleaseItemID=5   (546 words)

  
 DVD of the Week: (8/3/2003): Infernal Affairs
Both Yan and Ming have women in their lives -- in Yan's case, a therapist (Kelly Chen), who doesn't think he needs therapy and lets him waste his mandatory sessions sleeping on the couch in her office.
Yan's former girlfriend and present therapist linger in his life without ever actually touching him.
Tony Leung, as Yan, does a great job of showing one man stuck inside another -- that the criminal facade he has been wearing for more than a decade is getting mighty thin, and the real man is oozing through in many different ways.
www.thegline.com /dvd-of-the-week/2003/08-03-2003.htm   (1205 words)

  
 Chinese History - Sixteen States 五胡十六國 (www.chinaknowledge.de)
This short-eyed policy of the "barbarian" rulers lead to the economical and cultural backwardness of China's north during the 4th and 5th centuries.
The period of the Sixteen Kingdoms (in fact, there were even a few more) can be divided into three stages: From 300 to 350, the Former Liang 前涼, the two Zhao 前後趙 and the Cheng-Han 成漢 empires rule the north and Sichuan.
The dominating force from 350 to 380 is the Former Qin 前秦 empire.
www.chinaknowledge.de /History/Division/shiliuguo.html   (423 words)

  
 Former Qin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Former Qin (Chinese: 前秦; pinyin: Qiánqín; 351-394) was a state of the Sixteen Kingdoms in China.
The defeat of the Former Qin in the Battle of Fei and the subsequent uprisings split the Former Qin territory into two noncontiguous pieces after the death of Fu Jiān: one located at present day Taiyuan, Shanxi and was soon overwhelmed in 386 by the Xianbei under the Later Yan and the Dingling.
All rulers of the Former Qin proclaimed themselves "Emperor" except for Fu Jiān, who claimed the title "Heavenly Prince" (Tian Wang) but was posthumoustly considered an emperor.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Former_Qin   (239 words)

  
 Tampabay: LaBrake left N.Y. under a cloud
A look at LaBrake's history in Penn Yan, where he worked from 1980 to 1985 as director of the city's community planning and development department, shows this isn't the first time he has faced scrutiny on ethical matters or allowed his private dealings to become tangled with his official role.
In Penn Yan, where LaBrake oversaw building projects, housing redevelopment and millions of dollars in state and federal grants, he steered funds to builders who did poor work or no work at all, said Dan Taylor, the former Penn Yan city attorney who investigated the case.
Robert K. Hull, who became mayor of Penn Yan in 1987, two years after LaBrake left, said that LaBrake damaged the city's reputation with HUD and that the FBI had investigated the case.
www.sptimes.com /News/080801/TampaBay/LaBrake_left_NY_under.shtml   (722 words)

  
 Random Works of the Web » Blog Archive » Later Yan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Later Yan (Simplified Chinese: 后燕; Traditional Chinese: 後燕; Pinyin: Hòuyàn; 384-407 or 409) was a state of Xianbei ethnicity during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in China.
All rulers of the Later Yan declared themselves “emperors”;.
If Gao Yun was counted as a ruler of the Later Yan, the state would end in 409.
random.dragonslife.org /later-yan/4387   (155 words)

  
 Former Liang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Former Liang (Chinese: 前凉; pinyin: Qián Liáng; 320–376) was a state of the Sixteen Kingdoms during the Jin dynasty (265–420) in China.
All rulers of the Former Liang remained largely titularly under the court of the Jin dynasty as the Duke of Xiping except Zhang Zuo who proclaimed himself "wang" (prince/king).
However, at times the other Former Liang rulers also used the wang title when imposed on them when they were forced to submit to Han Zhao, Later Zhao, or Former Qin.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Former_Liang   (149 words)

  
 Introduction of Xiong Yan
Mr.Xiong Yan, Law School graduate student of Beijing University in 1989, was the chief member of Students' Dialogue Group during the Democracy Movement in 1989.
Former detainees have reported the use of cattle prods, electrodes, prolonged periods of solitary confinement and incommunicado detention, beatings, shackles, and other forms of abuse against detained women and men.
Former University of Arizona student Yang Wei, several other dissidents, and the families of some dissidents residing in the United States were also allowed to leave China in 1991.
www.freechina.net /pfdc/members/xiongy.html   (18125 words)

  
 Chinese History - Sixteen States 十六國 - [Western Yan 西燕] (www.chinaknowledge.de)
Taiwan R.O.C. The empire of Western Yan (Xiyan 西燕) is not counted among the Sixteen Kingdoms.
Its founders were descendants of the Former Yan (Qianyan 前燕) Empire and had been resettled near Chang'an 長安 (modern Xi'an) by the Former Qin (Qianqin 前秦) Empire.
On their way back to the east, the house of Murong was weakened by permanent power struggles and was finally defeated by the empire of Later Yan (Houyan 後燕).
www.chinaknowledge.de /History/Division/rulers-xiyan.html   (228 words)

  
 Sixteen States - (AD 304 to 443 -- 141 Years)
The northern tribes constantly invaded China throughout the third and fourth centuries A.D. In 304 Liu Yuan, a Xiongnu noble, established the Kingdom of Han in the southwestern part of present day Shanxi Province.
He was succeeded by Liu Yao who renamed his state The Kingdom of Former Zhao, and rebelled against the Jin Dynasty.
His forces overran Luoyang, the capital of Jin, and forced Emperor Jin Yuandi (317-322) to remove his capital to Jiankang (present day Nanjing): hence the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317-420) began in Central and South China.
www.paulnoll.com /China/Dynasty/dynasty-sixteen-states.html   (196 words)

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