Questions tagged [china]
Generally refers to the country referred to as the People's Republic of China, a country in E Asia. With a surface area of 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). The current Capital is Beijing.
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Where can I find the original “On the New Rules for Destroying Countries” (1901) by Liang Qichao?
From a Crash Course World History video:
In China, Liang Qichao came up with a different source of reform, the Strong State, after the failure of the Boxer Rebellion in 1901, he wrote his awesomely ...
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Did the Ancient Chinese people use lead poisoning, arsenic, and radiant for art? [closed]
Did the Chinese die of dangerous colors in art?
LETS FIND OUT
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What have been the major milestones in the creation of state literacy policies?
There have been times as literacy was not obligatory. So, many people were not able to read/write in their mother tongue, but it was just normal.
Today, most people are literate, and this is a result ...
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What were the political beliefs of Sir Robert Hotung regarding socialism and communism?
Sir Robert Hotung Bosman, KBE JP (1862 – 1956) was a Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist in British Hong Kong known as "the grand old man of Hong Kong". He has a colorful history, being the ...
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Did any Western consulates remain open or re-open after WWII in the same buildings in which they had resided in Wuhan, Hebei, China?
The recent CNN article From one-time Chinese capital to coronavirus epicenter, Wuhan has a long history that the West had forgotten
Two generations ago, this city of 11 million people, on the ...
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Was there some deliberate significance to the number of divisions in the proposed post-WW2 joint communist-nationalist Chinese army being 108?
https://www.britannica.com/event/Chinese-Civil-War
(Search "108".)
It's a sacred number in the Dharmic religions, was the number of outlaws in The Water Margin, and (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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Did any Chinese revolutionaries being helped by the Japanese get suspicious of Japan's intentions?
From the way things went, it seems to me that Japan played Chinese nationalists into breaking up the Qing empire, in order to expand Japanese power in the region.
Were any Chinese revolutionaries ...
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How did Chinese triads with the slogan “oppose the Qing, restore the Ming” adapt ideologically to the fall of the Qing and the rise of republicanism?
Clearly triads didn't disappear, but how did they react to this part of their raison raison d'être slipping away?
Edit: I went through the first five links searching this on google and couldn't find ...
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There are two restaurants (one in Saigon, one in Hong Kong) called “全記”. Where does that name come from and what does it mean? [closed]
Name seen at 0:07
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kyqE2Nq3pc
Second restaurant comes up with a google search for "全記".
Have no idea how to proceed from here.
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Was there intermixing between Brits and Hong Kongers during Britain's control of the territory?
When Britain took control of Hong Kong at the end of the First Opium War did British Europeans stay and intermix (intermix=make new humans)?
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Why do graduates of Nanjing Political College receive a dagger that says “military spirit” (“軍魂”)?
Beyond the generality of the college being administered by the PLA, why are they given a dagger, and more specifically, why does it say "military spirit"?
I've looked at the Wikipedia article about ...
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How could I determine the value of a a 1921 Yuan Shikai Chinese silver dollar? [closed]
I have a 1921 Yuan Shikai Chinese silver dollar. What is the history of this coin, and how could I determine the worth/value of my coin?
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Was it against protocol for the Emperor to pray inside the Forbidden City?
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An oft reproduced narrative about the Empress Dowager Cixi asserts that she held the Guangxu Emperor captive within the Forbidden City. Lately, I heard a version that disputes all of this ...
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How do we know that this decree was written by Cixi?
In another, extremely helpful answer we found the handwritten text underlying many claims about Empress Dowager Cixi’s illiteracy (see aforementioned answer for example of such claim). But how do we ...
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Did the US manage to eavesdrop on KMT communications during World War 2?
I was reading How frequently did the KMT use telegrams to communicate; from where (roughly) and to whom?, which contains a quote:
Following is a telegram code "dictionary" used by Japan military ...
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Why didn't the Chinese attack Hungnam during the evacuation?
The Hungnam evacuation was a notable event during the early years of the Korean War. Retreating to the port of Hungnam from the recent defeat at Chosin Reservoir, UN forces managed to evacuate about ...
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Which Nazi functionary is shown here?
Wikipedia says that the following image depicts the Chinese leader of a Japanese puppet state, Wang Jingwei, with Nazis. The full information on Wikipedia reads:
Wang Jingwei having a toast with ...
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Which 'evidence' is there for a claim that 'Chinese discovered America in 636'?
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics is a branch of the Ministry of Planning, Budget, and Management. On its own website it has a history timeline with a few curious dates:
catálogo ...
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Book (and/or podcast) recommendations for providing a historical & cultural context for Sichuan?
A couple friends and I plan on taking a tour in the southwestern region of China, specifically Sichuan & Yunan, around spring of next year. I find that it always makes the trip more engaging and ...
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How much (area) territory did Chinese dynasties control?
I am looking for the area of the territories controlled by the different Chinese dynasties since Zhou all the way to the Qing. There are maps available of the different territories but I haven't found ...
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Were Soviet Union's best trained and equipped forces deployed on the Chinese border and not against NATO?
I heard a scholarly gentleman make this claim (without giving any details of his sources) that after the Sino-Soviet split the most capable forces were not aligned for a war with the West but were ...
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Has China ever sent officials to collect tribute under the tributary system, instead of receiving missions, besides Zheng He's voyages?
The usual picture I have of tribute to the Chinese emperor, is that tributaries were dispatched to present their tribute to the court, that is in China.
But it seems there were exceptions to this ...
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What was the de facto rule by which the imperial title was transmitted in various Chinese dynasties?
I seek to find information about which rules or trends - if any - applied in Chinese imperial succession during different dynasties.
I found this source, but I can’t get access and what I see in the ...
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What does Deng Xiaoping mean by "Hide your capacities, bide your time '?
I came across this interesting quote by Deng Xiaoping:
Hide your capacities and bide your time
however I didn't find much about this quote on the Internet explaining the exact context and meaning ...
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Had there been instances of national states banning harmful imports before the mid-19th C Opium Wars?
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To my current understanding, James Matheson in his »The British trade with China« argued that China might have originally had the right to refuse trading with Britain, but that they lost ...
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Why did the Soviet Union not “grant” Inner Mongolia to Mongolia after World War Two?
In the brief Soviet anti-Japanese campaign of 1945, Soviet and Mongol troops entered Inner Mongolia. Mongolia itself had been essentially a client state of the Soviet Union since 1921. Also the ...
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What taxes were legally required to be paid in silver in Qing China?
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It is often argued that the following mechanism heavily contributed to the commencement of the Opium trade between the Qing and British Empires (you are welcome to correct my understanding)...
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Were there violence before July 3 and July 4 during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests?
Were there violence before July 3 and July 4 during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests? I heard the protests were peaceful, but I learned recently that there were a lot of soldiers who got injured, so ...
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How did the the Soviet-China near-war in 1969 affect the supply of arms to North Vietnam?
This is a bit of what I am looking for:vietnamwar/chinese-and-soviet-involvement/, but it seems incomplete.
Specifically, as the Soviets increased their aid to North Vietnam, where did Soviet weapons ...
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Why did sailing ships so often employ Chinese cooks?
During the age of sail, it was common for Western ships to employ Chinese cooks. I don't have any numbers except that there are pages and pages of relevant results from search queries including "...
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Why do all my history books divide Chinese history after the Han dynasty?
I will be teaching middle school World History this year. I surveyed seven different textbooks from different publishers and notice, unlike all other histories of other regions in the world, Chinese ...
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Did the Portuguese get anything in return when they handed back Macau?
In 1999, Portugal fully returned Macau to China. However, did they get something for giving Macau back to China, or was it just a sign of good faith and decolonization in general?
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What was China's claim line in the Aksai Chin before the 1962 war?
The original mutually agreeable boundary seems to have been the McCartney-MacDonald line since the late 1890s. In the 1910s and 1920s China seems to have accepted even the Johnson line, by publishing ...
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Why weren't the New Territories ceded to the British instead of leased in 1898?
Note New Territories is abbreviated to NT. Here's an overview of the UK's acquisition of HK -
The handover of Hong Kong was in 1997 so it's safe to discuss the
PRC's land policy in Hong Kong. But ...
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Did America help the Chinese nationalists to repel the communist advance?
As an answer said in this subject (What are some major military successes the Soviet Union achieved against the Western World?), it seems that the politics of USA had a great issue on the help of ...
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Was Kerala part of Vijayanagara Empire under Deva Raya II
This question is in the context of my previous question.
Wikipedia article on Deva Raya 2 mentions that he defeated the ruler of Quilon, and also that Zamorin paid tribute to Deva Raya 2. But Kingdom ...
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Was Kingdom of Cochin the only kingdom in South Asia to be a protectorate of (any empire of) China?
The Wikipedia article on the Kingdom of Cochin says:
The kingdom of Cochin was the only kingdom in South Asia to be a
protectorate of China. The King of Cochin received special treatment,
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How did laborers travel from China to Malaya in the early 19th century?
There was a wave of Chinese emigration to Malaya beginning in the early 19th century. Those who emigrated were mostly laborers seeking to work in tin mines, rubber plantations, and other agricultural ...
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Why is ancient chinese rocket so decorated?
This picture doesn't make sense. Who would want to carve a head statue just for a rocket that will blow up?
How does it work?
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What title did the merchants permitted to deal with Canton's 13 Factories carry?
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During the period leading up to the Opium Wars, trade into China from Europe was locked down to 13 buildings in Canton known as the 13 factories. European merchants were only permitted to ...
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How did Qing China keep in contact with other places?
Imperial China received diplomatic missions from other places whenever those places decide to send a mission (for example: Japanese missions to Imperial China). These missions were irregular, and were ...
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Has anyone recently seen Chinese old customary greeting pose?
This may be a personal question ( meaning, coincidentally the conduct of the question has not happened in my life. ).
Fist and Palm Salute ( English ) is the traditional Chinese greeting pose, ...
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Why did the Republic of China retract its simplified Chinese characters?
The image below shows part of the list of simplified Chinese characters introduced by the Republic of China Department of Education in 1935. They were retracted in 1936, so China continued to use ...
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Why were the Yellow River dyke repairs delayed?
In 1938, in a desperate bid to slow the Japanese advance, Chinese forces breached the Yellow River dykes at Huayuankou, killing hundreds of thousands of civilians and displacing millions more. The ...
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What were Stilwell's plans had his coup succeeded?
Joseph Stilwell, the caustic American Chief of Staff assigned to Chiang Kai-Shek, famously clashed with his superior over the prosecution of war in the China-Burma-India theatre. Things came to a head ...
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What anti-Japanese guerrilla units were active in Manchuria from 1944-1945?
I am writing a historical fiction novel with a North Korean protagonist joining anti-Japanese guerrilla forces in Manchuria in 1944.
I understand that major anti-Japanese resistance in Manchuria was ...
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Why did China begin persecuting Falun Gong after tolerating the movement for nearly a decade?
My Question:
Why did China begin persecution of Falun Gong midway through 1999 following nearly a decade of tolerating the movement?
Freedom House - The Battle for China's Spirit ...
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During the Míng Dynasty could local authorities make laws?
I have been unable to find how much, if any, authority was had for the creation of local laws in Míng China. Was it allowed to create local laws at the town, city, or provincial level in Míng China? ...
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Where is an image of the oracle bone that describes the nova?
(Related to my previous question)
Does anyone have a link to an image of the oracle bone that has this specific inscription:
The inscriptions include the oldest observation of a nova (1300BCE) ‘A ...
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What are the best resources for studying oracle bone inscriptions?
Can someone please recommend the best resources for studying Chinese oracle bone inscriptions?
Rather than general or specific information about oracle bones, I'm looking for collections or catalogs ...
