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Why didn't Chiang mention technological self-reliance?
In China's Destiny & Chinese Economic Theory, Chiang Kai-Shek wrote that:
The two most important ways to understand and utilize man's nature are: First, to preserve the inherited ethics of the ...
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Was there animosity between Mandarin-speaking and Cantonese-speaking Chinese?
The PRC-ROC schism aside, has there historically been (or is there today) any animosity or feelings of cultural or racial superiority between Mandarin-speaking Chinese and Cantonese-speaking Chinese?
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What was the Chinese impact on Japanese culture and the arts after ~1750?
What significant and subtle impacts has China had on Japanese social dynamics and the arts from ~1750 to the early nineteen hundreds?
If at all possible include dates on which changes happened ...
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Why women in English-speaking world commonly assume husband's family name after marriage, but women in China do not? [closed]
In English-speaking world, it is a common practice that women assume their husband's family name after marriage. This seems to be a practice that somewhat reflect patrilineality.
In contrast, ...
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How was Chinese Communism connected to the New Culture Movement?
Looking for ways that the New Culture Movement was associated with Chinese Communism or the Chinese Communist Party.
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What was the social status of a man who failed the civil service exams in Imperial China ( 1200 - 1800 AD )?
Generally the merchant class was viewed with disdain while peasants were viewed with more respect as they were the producers. Scholars were perhaps most respected, and many important posts were held ...
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