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| | Chinese History |
 | | His most important contribution to Chinese history was that he wrote a book known as Records of the Grand Historian (actually, he claimed to just be completing a book that his father, Sima Tan, had started, but most of the book is Sima Qian's). |
 | | In 1950, China intervened in the Korean War to save the North Koreans from being wiped off the map, and by 1953, the Korean War was over (actually, South Korea and North Korea are still technically at war with each other, even though the fighting stopped in 1953). |
 | | One of the most significant developments in recent history was the death of Deng, on February 19, 1997. |
| www.chinatour.com /countryinfo/history.htm (5732 words) |
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