Chinese Incursion in Ladakh: Rationale and Gains Although for centuries‚ the Himalayas served as a natural barrier between the Tibetan plateau and the Indian subcontinent‚ it was also a space of exchange for constant flow of knowledge‚ traditions and goods transiting up and down from faraway places in Central Asia‚ China or Mongolia to the entire subcontinent. But the drawing of borders based on modern nation state model so as to define territorial limits of every state has led clashes
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China‚ officially the People’s Republic of China‚ is a country located in East Asia. It is the world’s most populous country‚ with a population of over 1.3 billion. The PRC is a single-party state governed by the Communist Party of China‚ with its seat of government in the capital city of Beijing. It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces‚ five autonomous regions‚ four direct-controlled municipalities‚ and two mostly self-governing special administrative regions . The PRC also claims Taiwan – which
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Title: The Chinese Economic Miracle [copyright 2007] Open up virtually any major newspaper and you’d likely to find an article about chines economy. Now this might take the form of the article about America’s trade deficit with china‚ or maybe it’s an article about how chines demand for oil is driving up prices of gasoline in United States. But if you keep reading in those articles and you get a little bit further into it‚ you’d likely to read a line this says something like‚ "China has
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China 1900 – 2000 The Fall of the Qing Dynasty (1900-1912) Most of the enemies of the Manchu Empire after the nineteenth century‚ were led by Sun Yatsen‚ a good-looking 34 year old doctor. Doctor Sun Yatsen had been educated in an American school in Hawaii and therefore he was Christian. He had spent many years of his life traveling the world. He saw how advanced technologically other countries were and realized how weak China was. He found that the only way for China to come out of its stall
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I am just a college student now‚ travel around the world with my lover and family is one of my dreams‚ they are so many countries in this world‚ the 3 country that I wish to go was Taipei City-Taiwan‚ Hokkaido-Japan and Beijing-China. Taiwan is known for its towering mountains‚ and is reputable as a "Mountainous Island". The island is spotted with numerous mountains over 3‚000 meters. It is also home to the Northeast Asia’s tallest mountain‚ Yu Mountain (Yushan)‚ which is nearly 4‚000 meter
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plight of the Red Guards and the persecution of party cadres and intelligentsia‚ that class struggle is not always initiated from unprivileged or discontented classes‚ but also from those aspiring to retain their new elitist position in society. Zhou Enlai proclaimed the CR in 1964 to transform “all bourgeois‚ feudal
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In ancient China and Egypt‚ two civilizations came to be. Egypt grew to be a vast empire while the Zhou dynasty was one of the longest lasting Chinese dynasties. They both had many similarities and differences in their social and political structure. The political structure in Egypt was based on a theocracy with a centralized control of administration‚ while the Zhou had a decentralized administration and left much power in local hands. They both had in common the fact that the leaders of these civilizations
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Hồ Chí Minh (Vietnamese pronunciation: [hô̤ tɕǐmɪŋ] ( listen)‚ Chữ Nôm: 胡志明)‚ born Nguyễn Sinh Cung and also known as Nguyễn Ái Quốc (19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969) was a Vietnamese Marxist revolutionary leader who was prime minister (1945–1955) and president (1945–1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). He formed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and led the Việt cộng during the Vietnam War until his death. Hồ led the Việt Minh independence movement from 1941 onward‚ establishing
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The Neolithic Age • Archeological evidence o Humanoids lived as long as 1 million years ago in Southwest China; used fire ▪ Fossils discovered in Yunnan province o Peking man (a proto-human) lived about half a million years ago in North China; used fire & primitive flaked/stone tools ▪ Fossils discovered near Beijing • Neolothic ( cultures with polished stone implements‚ pottery‚ agriculture o South China
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the room’s design. In the palace room‚ one would see Zhou Yu enjoying the scenery from the room’s window. Zhou Yu would be wearing a simple Chinese robe usually with two more layer under it. His hair is long but it would be tied nicely into a bud at the back of his head. I assume that Zhou Yu is a handsome man since the beautiful harpist seems to be attracted to him. His physical features must be very well developed. As a strategist‚ Zhou Yu would most likely seem to be lost in his thoughts thinking
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