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War and Power Play at the Yellow River - The Chinese Bronze Age
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When you talk about the history of China, you have to go back in time starting in the Bronze Age which is the time of China's first dynasties: namely the Xia-, the Shang- and the .. show full overview
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The Invention of Writing, Paper and Print!
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The invention of script, paper and printing can be credited to the Chinese. It was in China that Cai Lun, in his emperor’s service, made the production of paper suitable for the masses. .. show full overview
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Confucius - Master of Philosophy and Fortune Cookies!
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Confucius is probably the best known Chinese philosopher of all times. Although he developed his theories about 2500 years ago, his ancient ideas of morality can still be applied today. .. show full overview
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Imperial China Is Born! - The Qin and Han Dynasty
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Some linguists say, the name of today's China originates from the name of the Qin dynasty. Marking the beginning of the age of empire in China and founded by Qin Shi Huang, the first .. show full overview
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Martial Arts - Fighting for the Perfect Body and Mind
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Kung fu, tai chi, Wing Chun - China's martial arts have many faces. Used as a mean of attack, self-defense or merely to train for the perfect balance between body and mind, many of the .. show full overview
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The Three Teachings - Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism
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The Three Teachings Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism have been a backbone of Chinese society and culture since the bronze age. The Three teachings are still intertwined strongly with .. show full overview
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The Fall of the Golden Age - The Tang Dynasty
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The Tang Dynasty has left legacies that remained until the end of imperial China. Founded after the victory of Li Yuan, who became the first Emperor of the Tang. He soon would fall to .. show full overview
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How a Concubine Became the Empress of China - Wu Zetian
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Wu Zetian was the first and only Empress of China. Skillfully, she worked her way up, entering the imperial court of Emperor Tang Taizong as a concubine. After his death she would marry .. show full overview
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Sun Tzu - The Art of War
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Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" is a book on military strategies written around 500 BC, between the collapse of the Zhou dynasty and the rise of the first emperor of imperial China. Today .. show full overview
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And Then Came Genghis Khan - Sorrow of the Song Dynasty
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The Song dynasty is often described as an early modern economy. It marked a lot of economical changes from previous dynasties. Starting with the decentralisation of power and reduced .. show full overview
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A Tale of Swords and Gunpowder - Weapons in Ancient China
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Dao, Gun, Jian and Quiang are the four main traditional fighting weapons of China. Even though, the Chinese had already invented gunpowder by the end of the tenth century. So besides of .. show full overview
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Battle of the Red Cliffs - Three Kingdoms for China
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The legendary Battle of the Red Cliffs marks the end of the four century old Han dynasty. Poverty, famine and floods lead to uprisings such as the Rebellion of the Yellow Turbans. The .. show full overview
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Downfall of the Superpower China - Ming and Qin Dynasty
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With the dynasties of the Ming and the Qing came social security and flourishing international trade. The White Lotus Movement advocated progressive thinking in the time of the .. show full overview
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China Rules the Seas - The Invention of the Junk
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Imperial China was a great seafaring nation. With the invention of the junks, massive, nearly unsinkable ships, it is safe to say that by the 14th century China had the best sea vessels .. show full overview
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The Opium War - Lost in Compensation
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The Opium War started as a dispute over trading rights between China and Great Britain. Regular trade between Europe and the Chinese had been ongoing for centuries. But China's trading .. show full overview
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The Century of Humiliation - Part 1
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The period between the 1840s and the 1940s is known as China’s Century of Humiliation. During this time, the country suffered huge internal fragmentation, embarrassing loss of territory .. show full overview
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The Boxer Rebellion
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The Boxer Rebellion was one of China's biggest uprisings against the unwanted European, US-American and Japanese Imperialism. Distrust and tensions marked all contacts with foreigners. .. show full overview
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Cixi: All Power to the Empress Dowager
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Empress Dowager Cixi took over the rule of mighty Imperial China in the late 19th century. After her son Tongzhi succeeded his father Emperor Xianfeng, she made herself custodian to the .. show full overview
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The Century of Humiliation - Part 2
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The oppression of the Chinese people during the first half of the Century of Humiliation increased unrest in the country. More and more revolutionary groups formed and tried to destroy .. show full overview
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The Father of Modern China - Sun Yat-sen
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Sun Yat-sen is known as the 'father of modern China'. He spent his adult life fighting against imperial China and the ruling Qing dynasty. First as revolutionary leader and later as .. show full overview
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The Chinese Civil War - Blood for Unity
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After the fall of the Qing dynasty China fell apart and both, forces loyal to Chiang Kais-shek's National Kuomintang Party and as Mao Zedong's Communist Party of China, fought to rule .. show full overview

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