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    Jessica Afonso 999565938 HIS385H1 Professor Lim How China-Hong Kong Relations Have Resulted in Today’s Occupy Movement Introduction This paper will use various scholarly articles to explain how China-Hong Kong relations ultimately impacted Hong Kong and resulted in the present-day pro-democracy protests (Occupy) throughout the territory. The Succeeding History on the Government of Hong Kong British Colonization and Beginning of Settlement The British occupied Hong Kong in 1841, which provided

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    dynasties in china Introduction Rhoads Murphey describes the history of China history is on the succession of dynasties that ruled it over a period of time until around 1912 when Republic of china was formed before rising to the current People’s Republic of China was formed in 1949. In China, a dynasty was made up of Kings or emperors that came from the same family. They ruled in succession where a king could be inherited by his son or his immediate relatives. Although china’s history is majorly

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    The Major Change in Sui, Tang Song Dynasty What are the major changes in political structures, social, and economic life in The Sui, Tang, and Song Dynasty. Well during the period of the dynasty that China was unified again when Young Jian a member of aristocratic family from northern china founded a new dynasty known as Sui. The Sui dynasty started 581 and ended 618bit was founded by Sui Wendi or Yang Jian. The major changes that occurred were reduce the rich-poor social gap, enhanced agricultural

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    Speaking of ancient China and its enormous influence in East Asian history, the first dynasty that comes into people’s mind must be Tang dynasty. Tang is universally acknowledged as one of the most powerful dynasties in Chinese history, attracting many vassal states to study the political system and culture of Tang dynasty. Almost every main country in East Asian history has the slight trace of Tang; and even today, Chinese often proudly call themselves “Tang people”. Contrasting to Tang, Song dynasty

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    Shi Huangdi was a part of China. He was the first to unite all the states in China during the Warring States period and became the first self-proclaimed Emperor of China. Also to top it off, Shi Huangdi was considered a ruthless tyrant; a person who is cruel to all the people of China and is considered this in history. Shi Huangdi’s strict attitude towards the empire was essential for his Legalist beliefs. Although he is considered to be a tyrant, Shi Huangdi helped China to be in a strong, well-vised

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    young emperor who ruled China at that time had dreamed about that fisherwoman. In his dream, his father gave him a missionary dream that beautiful fisherwoman with Qipao by the Jingbo Lake would be the queen. After waking up from a deep dream, the emperor commanded his servant to look for her. Soon as his men find the fisherwomen, obviously, she became queen, bringing her Qipao with her. All Manchu women started to follow the style and Qipao suddenly became popular(History and Legend of Chinese Dress

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    Index.html The People's Republic of China established in 1949.The flag is red and yellow,It symbolizes the soldiers blood. Five yellow star represents the government and unity of the people. Red on flag symbol of revolution and yellow star said the Chinese nation for the Yellow race. Five star means we are big group. China is located in the eastern and Central Asia the west coast of Pacific Ocean.But its shape on earth like a chicken. In fact China total land area of 9600000 square kilometers.

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    The Great Wall Of China

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    It has been said that the Great Wall of China is so immense that it can be seen from space with just the human eye. Unfortunately, that is simply a rumor and has been confirmed false. Nonetheless, the Great Wall of China is also the world’s longest wall and biggest piece of ancient architecture, which is still a pretty big deal. Its official length is about 13,170 miles long, more than four times the width of the United States. The wall crosses over ten provinces and cities, including Qinghai, Gansu

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    Remembering Nanjing for historic justice and morality The recognition of history can neither be Japan's strategic card nor diplomacy.    Dec.13 marks the third Remembrance Ceremony for Nanjing, known as Nanjing Ji. An estimated 300,000 Chinese massacred during a six-week period 79 years ago by the imperial Japanese army are remembered. Over the past few years, the world is gaining a deepening recognition of the Nanjing Massacre, following the establishment of the National Memorial Day, the

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    The book 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created by Charles C. Mann is mainly talk about the history of species changes around the world. It focuses on the Columbian Exchange as it disclosing the details when Columbus arrived the New World. Unlike the usual way we analysis globalization from economic point of view, the author of the book thinks that globalization is a biological phenomenon. He points out that we are unable to fully understand the process and consequences of the formation

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