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Jun 13, 2009, China - Post-Mao Interlude, 1976-78 Studies | China-Hongkong-TravelGuide.com
About China Post-Mao Interlude, 1976-78 article - After the fall of the Gang of Four, the leadership under Hua Guofeng--and by July 1977 the rehabilitated Deng Xiaoping-- reaffirmed the modernization program espoused by Zhou Enlai in 1975. They also set forth a battery of new policies for the purpose of accomplishing the Four Modernizations.
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Jun 13, 2009, China - Readjustment and Recovery: "Agriculture First," 1961-65 Studies | China-Hongkong-TravelGuide.com
About China Agriculture First 1961-65 article - Faced with economic collapse in the early 1960s, the government sharply revised the immediate goals of the economy and devised a new set of economic policies to replace those of the Great Leap Forward.
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Jun 13, 2009, China - Readjustment and Recovery, 1961-65 Studies | China-Hongkong-TravelGuide.com
1961-65 Readjustment Readjustment and Recovery
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May 26, 2009, Annual Hong Kong Events | HongKong TravelGuide Through the Year
Hong Kong Festivals and Public Holidays
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May 26, 2009, Must See Hong Kong Tourism Sights | HongKong TravelGuide
The territory is full of events and attractions. Below are a some of the must-see Hong Kong Tourism Sights, Big Buddha Enlightenment, Alfresco Seafood Restaurants, Up the Peak at Night, Unique Dragon Boat Races, Aboard the Tram Ride Across the Island, Horse Racing Fix, Symphony of Lights
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May 26, 2009, Hong Kong Travel | HongKong TravelGuide
Hong Kong Travel and Tourism: Hong Kong tourists now come virtually year-round, especially from neighboring mainland China. We suggest that you make hotel reservations in advance, particularly if you're arriving during the Chinese New Year or one of the festivals described below.
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May 26, 2009, Hong Kong Travel Guide | HongKong TravelGuide
Hong Kong Travel Guide to various areas of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula, the New Territories and the many Outlying Islands.
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May 26, 2009, Compare the Best from Top Hong Kong Hotels | Reviews, Photos and Maps
Compare discounts from top Hong Kong Hotels which are naturally among the best in the world. These hotels offer unparalleled service, state-of-the-art business and health-club facilities, guest rooms equipped with everything you may need, some of the city's best restaurants, and views of famous Victoria Harbour.
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May 26, 2009, Hong Kong Food and Cuisine | HongKong TravelGuide
Hong Kong Food and Drink: Hong Kong is one of the great centres for international cooking. Chinese regional variations on food include Cantonese, Northern (Peking), Chiu Chow (Swatow), Shanghai, Sichuan and Hakka. Apart from Chinese food, which is superb, there are also many Indian, Vietnamese, Filipino, Singapore/Malaysian and Thai restaurants.
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May 26, 2009, Hong Kong Tours around the City | HongKong TravelGuide
Hong Kong Tours Going around the City
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May 26, 2009, Hong Kong Attractions | HongKong TravelGuide
The territory is full of events and attractions. Below are a some of the must-see Hong Kong attractions.
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May 26, 2009, Hong Kong Nightlife | HongKong TravelGuide
Hong Kong Nightlife - insider destination guide on maps, landmarks, disneyland and other theme parks, Hong Kong movies, food and general Chinese culture. China travel and Asia travel articles are provided.
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May 26, 2009, Hong Kong Shopping -life is a mall | HongKong TravelGuide
Hong Kong Shopping - If Hong Kong is the ‘City of Life’, then life is a mall. Some speculate that Hong Kongers need to shop to escape their cramped dwellings. Others simply ascribe the shopping mania to disposable income and greed.
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May 26, 2009, Hong Kong Activities and Sports | HongKong TravelGuide
Hong Kong Activities and Sports - plenty of other ways to spend your time. While the city is very built up and heavily populated, but Hong Kong does have many green areas for outdoor activities
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May 26, 2009, Experience Hong Kong Restaurants | HongKong TravelGuide
Hong Kong Restaurants: Hong Kong is one of the great centres for international cooking. Chinese regional variations on food include Cantonese, Northern (Peking), Chiu Chow (Swatow), Shanghai, Sichuan and Hakka. Apart from Chinese food, which is superb, there are also many Indian, Vietnamese, Filipino, Singapore/Malaysian and Thai restaurants.
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Apr 12, 2009, China Four Modernizations, 1979-82 Studies
Four Modernizations, 1979-82, The culmination of Deng Xiaoping's re-ascent to power and the start in earnest of political, economic, social, and cultural reforms were achieved at the Third Plenum of the Eleventh National Party Congress Central Committee in December 1978.
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Apr 12, 2009, China Post-Mao Period, 1976-78 Studies
Post-Mao Period jubilation following the incarceration of the Gang of Four and the popularity of the new ruling triumvirate (Hua Guofeng, Ye Jianying, and Li Xiannian, a temporary alliance of necessity) were succeeded by calls for the restoration to power of Deng Xiaoping and the elimination of leftist influence throughout the political system.
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Apr 12, 2009, China - End of the Era of Mao Zedong, 1972-76
End of the Era of Mao Zedong, 1972-76 The radical clique most closely associated with Mao and the Cultural Revolution became vulnerable after Mao died, as Deng had been after Zhou Enlai's demise. In October, less than a month after Mao's death, Jiang Qing and her three principal associates
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Apr 12, 2009, China Cultural Revolution, 1966-76 Studies
By mid-1966 Mao's campaign had erupted into what came to be known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, the first mass action to have emerged against the CCP apparatus itself.
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Apr 12, 2009, China Great Leap Forward, 1958-60 Studies
Great Leap Forward The antirightist drive was followed by a militant approach toward economic development. In 1958 the CCP launched the Great Leap Forward campaign under the new "General Line for Socialist Construction."
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Apr 12, 2009, China Transition to Socialism, 1953-57 Studies
About China Socialism article - covering cultural, political, economic, social, security and institutions
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Apr 12, 2009, History of China - People's Republic of China Studies
History of China - People's Republic of China
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Apr 12, 2009, China - Return to Civil War Studies
About China Civil War article - covering cultural, political, economic, social, security and institutions
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Apr 12, 2009, China-Japanese War Studies
China-Japanese War - Few Chinese had any illusions about Japanese designs on China. Hungry for raw materials and pressed by a growing population, Japan initiated the seizure of Manchuria in September 1931 and established ex-Qing emperor Puyi as head of the puppet regime of Manchukuo in 1932.
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Apr 12, 2009, China Nationalism and Communism Studies
In the early 1930s, amid continued Political Bureau opposition to his military and agrarian policies and the deadly annihilation campaigns being waged against the Red Army by Chiang Kai-shek's forces, Mao's control of the Chinese Communist movement increased.
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Apr 12, 2009, China - Nationalism Studies
About China Nationalism article - covering cultural, political, economic, social, security and institutions
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Apr 12, 2009, Republic of China - History Studies
About Republic of China article - covering cultural, political, economic, social, security and institutions
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Apr 12, 2009, China Republican Revolution of 1911
Failure of reform from the top and the fiasco of the Boxer Uprising convinced many Chinese that the only real solution lay in outright Republican Revolution of 1911
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Apr 12, 2009, China Hundred Days Reform and Aftermath Studies
About China Hundred Days Reform and Aftermath article - covering cultural, political, economic, social, security and institutions
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Apr 12, 2009, China Self-Strengthening Movement Studies
About China Self-Strengthening Movement article - covering cultural, political, economic, social, security and institutions
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Apr 12, 2009, China Taiping Rebellion, 1851-64 Studies
the Taiping Rebellion is the largest uprising in modern Chinese history
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Apr 12, 2009, China History - The Opium War, 1839-42
The British retaliated with a punitive expedition, thus initiating the first Anglo-Chinese war, better known as the Opium War (1839-42).
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Apr 12, 2009, China Western Powers Arrive Studies
Western Powers - Portuguese were the pioneers at Macao from which they monopolized foreign trade at the Chinese port of Guangzhou or Canton. Soon the Spanish arrived, followed by the British and the French.
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Apr 12, 2009, End of the Qing Dynasty and Emergence of Modern China
End of the Qing Dynasty and Emergence of Modern China - inability to evaluate correctly the nature of the new challenge or to respond flexibly to it resulted in the demise of the Qing Dynasty and the collapse of the entire millennia-old framework of dynastic rule
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Apr 12, 2009, China - Society Studies
CHINA, THE WORLD'S LARGEST SOCIETY, is united by a set of values and institutions that cut across extensive linguistic, environmental, and subcultural differences.
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Apr 12, 2009, China - Politics Studies
the Third Plenum of the Eleventh Central Committee (December 18-22, 1978) marked a major turning point in China's modern political history, as it was intended to make China's institutions and political process supportive of the Four Modernizations, a national program of social and economic development.
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Apr 12, 2009, China - Party and Government Studies
China Party and Government political structure in 1987 seemed to represent consensus andcontinuity, but it continued to undergo the test of accommodation and aprocess of trial and error.
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Apr 12, 2009, China - Geography and Population Studies
Higly varied geography landscapes suggest the disparate climate and broad reach of China, the third largest country in the world in terms of area. China's climate ranges from subarctic to tropical.
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Apr 12, 2009, China foreign affairs
China foreign affairs IN THE 1980s CHINA pursued an independent foreign policy, formally disavowing too close a relationship with either the United States or the Soviet Union.
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Apr 12, 2009, China - Education and Culture Studies
SINCE THE REPUDIATION of the Cultural Revolution (1966-76), the development of the Education and Culture system in China has been geared particularly to the advancement of economic modernization. Among the notable official efforts to improve the system were a 1984 decision to formulate major laws on education in the next several years and a 1985 plan to reform the education system.
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Apr 12, 2009, China Economy Studies
THE LATE 1980s Chinese economy was a system in transition, moving cautiously away from central planning and gradually adopting some of the institutions and mechanisms of a market economy.
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Apr 12, 2009, About China Studies
Historical Setting The Ancient Dynasties The Zhou Period The Hundred Schools of Thought The IMPERIAL ERA - The First Imperial Period Era of Disunity Restoration of Empire Mongolian Interlude The Chinese Regain Power The Rise of The Manchus EMERGENCE OF MODERN CHINA
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Apr 9, 2009, China - Manchu Qing Dynasty
Manchu Qing Dynasty assimilated a great deal of Chinese culture before conquering China Proper. Realizing that to dominate the empire they would have to do things the Chinese way, the Manchus retained many institutions of Ming and earlier Chinese derivation.
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Apr 9, 2009, China - Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
Ming dynasty (1368-1644) was founded by a Han Chinese peasant and former Buddhist monk turned rebel army leader.
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Apr 9, 2009, China - Mongolian Yuan Dynasty
Mongolian Yuan Dynasty Even before the extinction of the Song dynasty, Kublai Khan had established the first alien dynasty to rule all China -- the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368)
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Apr 9, 2009, China - Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties
China was reunified in A.D. 589 by the short-lived Sui dynasty, The Tang dynasty (A.D. 618-907), with its capital at Chang'an, is regarded by historians as a high point in Chinese civilization and Song (960-1279), reunified most of China Proper
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Apr 9, 2009, China - Era of Disunity Studies
the era of the Three Kingdoms began with the collapse of the Han dynasty was followed by nearly four centuries of rule by warlords. The age of civil wars and disunity
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Apr 9, 2009, History of China - the Imperial Era - 221 B.C. - Qin and the Warring States Studies
The First Imperial Period - Much of what came to constitute China Proper was unified for the first time in 221 B.C. In that year the western frontier state of Qin, the most aggressive of the Warring States, subjugated the last of its rival states.
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Apr 9, 2009, History of China - The Hundred Schools of Thought Studies
China's Hundred Schools of Thought - the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, though marked by disunity and civil strife, witnessed an unprecedented era of cultural prosperity--the "golden age" of China.
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Apr 9, 2009, History of China - The Zhou Period Studies
Zhou Period dynasty had its capital at Hao, near the city of Xian, or Chang'an, as it was known in its heyday in the imperial period. Sharing the language and culture of the Shang, the early Zhou rulers, through conquest and colonization, gradually sinicized, that is, extended Shang culture through much of China Proper north of the Chang Jiang - Yangtze River
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