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Xi Jinping
(Encyclopedia) Xi Jinping Xi Jinping shē jēnpēng [key], 1953–, Chinese political leader, b. Beijing. He is the son…Boxer Uprising
(Encyclopedia) Boxer Uprising, 1898–1900, antiforeign movement in China, culminating in a desperate uprising against Westerners and Western influence. By the end of the 19th cent. the Western powers…Guo Moruo
(Encyclopedia) Guo Moruo or Kuo Mo-joGuo Moruoboth: gwôˈ môrhwôˈ, –zhôˈ [key], 1892–1978, Chinese writer and scholar. He co-founded the Creation Society, which promoted a romantic style of writing.…Ku K'ai-chih
(Encyclopedia) Ku K'ai-chihKu K'ai-chihg&oomacr; kī-jûr [key], c.344–c.406, Chinese painter, one of the most eminent painters before the T'ang dynasty. He was especially noted for his portraits…Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
(Encyclopedia) Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, period of Chinese history between the fall of the T'ang dynasty (a.d. 907) and the establishment of the Sung dynasty (a.d. 960). It is named for the…Yüan
(Encyclopedia) YüanYüanyüän [key], Mongol dynasty of China that ruled from 1271 to 1368. It was a division of the great empire conquered by the Mongols. Kublai Khan, who adopted the Chinese dynastic…Ba Jin
(Encyclopedia) Ba Jin or Pa ChinPa Chinboth: bäˈ jĭnˈ [key], pseud. of Li Yaotang (also Li Feigan), 1904–2005, one of China's most acclaimed modern novelists, b. Chengdu. Born into a wealthy family,…pidgin
(Encyclopedia) pidginpidginpĭjˈən [key], a lingua franca that is not the mother tongue of anyone using it and that has a simplified grammar and a restricted, often polyglot vocabulary. The earliest…Opium Wars
(Encyclopedia) Opium Wars, 1839–42 and 1856–60, two wars between China and Western countries that marked the shift of wealth and power from East to West. The first was between Great Britain and China…Annam
(Encyclopedia) AnnamAnnamənămˈ, ăˈnăm [key], historic region (c.58,000 sq mi/150,200 sq km) and former state, in central Vietnam, SE Asia. The capital was Hue. The region extended nearly 800 mi (1,…Trending
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