1900 revolt that was aiming to end foreign rule over parts of their country 1905 World Tour - Where the Chinese went to other countries to study their ways and copy some Constitution - Wrote their constitution based off of Germany Kuomintang – Nationalist party; led by Sun Yixian; a forerunner of the party‚ overthrew the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1644) in 1912 Sun Yixian – 1st great leader of the Kuomintang; wanted a government based on the “three principles of the people” (nationalism‚
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Hallyu—the Korean Wave: The Past‚ Present and Future • Lecture Outline • 1. Hallyu: An Introduction • 2. Factors for the Popularity of Hallyu • 3. Perspectives on Hallyu a. nationalist perspective b. neoliberal perspective c. postcolonialist perspective • 4. A New Korean Wave I. HALLYU: AN INTRODUCTION • Hallyu‚ also known as the Korean Wave‚ refers to the spread and surge of South Korean popular culture‚ particularly its dramas and music‚ around the world. • The term was first
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Vietcong Memoir The book A Vietcong Memoir by Truong Nhu Tang gives a first person account of the Vietnam War through the eyes of a Vietnamese revolutionary. Tang tells of how he was a pharmaceutics student in Paris and was inspired to join the nationalist movement when he met Ho Chi Minh. This newfound pride in his country led Tang to become the Minister of Justice for the Vietcong. His story revolves around the themes of nationalism and sacrifice. In the years leading up to and during the Vietnam
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The Third Wave of Democratization - The Spanish Paradigm History of the Third Wave History has proven that democratization around the world has occurred in stages. Samuel P. Huntington breaks these stages into three waves‚ with the final wave being the current wave. The third wave of democratization began in 1975 with Portugal’s transition. The vast majority of the countries that democratized during this time were transformed from a one-party system‚ a military regime or a personal dictatorship
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During the cold war‚ many nationalist revolts against the Soviet Union occurred in Eastern Europe‚ but they only after the nationalist had their dinner plate filled did a small portion of the population began revolts for “independence and freedom.” WWII was too destructive to the degree that it took decades for countries to recover
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both the communist party and the nationalist party in China was far behind Japan. The CCP’s red army had used weapons like “old-fashioned firearms‚ spears‚ knives‚ poles‚ axes‚ hoes‚ and stones” (Fan‚ 209). As for the nationalist party‚ the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) “had historically been poor in modern artillery‚ and most field guns were of light and mountain classes.” In 1941‚ there were only 800 artillery pieces in the entire Chinese army (“Chinese Nationalist Army”).
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Nigeria gained its independence on October 1‚ 1960. In 1963 it became a Federal Republic and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa‚ with about 140 million people (2006 national census) and the largest concentration of Black people in the world. One in five Africans is a Nigerian. There are about 250 ethnic groups‚ with three major tribes constituting over 40 percent of the population: the Hausa‚ Ibo and Yoruba. Other major ethnic/linguistic groups
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I have chosen two poems‚ A Song of The Republic‚ by Henry Lawson (1867-1922)‚ and ’If You Forget Me ’ by Pablo Neruda (1904-1973). Both of these poems use many different techniques to reflect the context of their time and their values and beliefs. Pablo Neruda was a Nobel prize winning Chilean poet who lived during the times of World War 1 and 2 as well as the Spanish civil war. Due to his first hand experiences‚ his poems changed overtime from love poems to political poems. Neruda firmly believed
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1) Irish Potato Famine. 1845-1849. Called the Great Famine. In the early 19th century‚ Ireland’s tenant farmers struggled to provide for themselves and to supply the British market with cereal crops. By the early 1840s half the Irish population‚ mostly the rural poor‚ became to depend almost exclusively on the potato for their diet. The rest of the population also consumed it in large quantities. A heavy reliance on just one or two high-yielding types of potato greatly reduced the
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not and ithe election was therefore a defeat for the Conservatives. However‚ the Liberals no longer had an overall majority in the commons so they could only get their bills passed if they got the support of the Labour party and Irish Nationalists. The Irish Nationalists would only give their support in return for granting of Home Rule for Ireland‚ so the Liberal party had to include Home Rule in their policy. The Liberals were reliant on the Labour Party as Labour would only support them in return
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