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    China is one of the oldest civilizations on this earth. This is, after all, the country that gave us Peking Man, who lived three-quarters of a million years ago. More realistically, the Chinese figure their civilization dates back just 5,000 years.

    The Chinese base their history through the ages on dynasties, and generally consider the Xia Dynasty (2000 – 1200 BC) to be the first dynasty. The last dynasty was the Qing Dynasty which ended in 1911 when the youngster Pu Yi abdicated as the last emperor of China.

    In decades past, China was considered a Third World country. No more. In the 21st century, it is emerging as a Super Power. To understand how China got to the point it is today, it is important to understand its past.

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    Early Medieval China and the Makings of Chinese Civilisation

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    China's history 'between the empires', the Han and Tang dynasties, was a formative period for Chinese culture civilisation. The dearth of close studies of the...

    The Original Building of The Forbidden City in 1420

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    It was the Yongle Emperor (1403-24) who moved the capital from Nanjing ‘the southern capital’ to Beiping and renamed it Beijing meaning ‘the northern...

    Mongol Warriors and the Composite Bow

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    Genghis Khan began the Mongol invasions but it was the powerful composite bow which carried their civilization out of the steppe. The Mongol tribes of...

    China Christian Church History: Catholic, Protestant and Baptist

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    Christianity first came to China in early Tang Dynasty (628–907). But it was banned by Emperor Tang Wuzong (814–846) in 845A.D. Tang Wuzong was...

    Zhang Qian, the Chinese Marco Polo

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    Over one thousand years before Marco Polo the Han emissary Zhang Qian traveled west to present day Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, opening routes later called...

    Chinese Furniture from the Ming and the Qing Dynasties

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    The later years of the Ming dynasty were a period of rising affluence among the elites of China following the austerity of earlier years....

    The Fairmont Peace Hotel in Shanghai

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    The Fairmont Peace Hotel was the brainchild of Sir Victor Sassoon, Anglo-Jewish real estate tycoon and visionary. Work on the Cathay Hotel (its original...

    Shanghai in the 1930s

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    In the 1930s Shanghai was the stuff of legend. It was a thriving commercial center, but also known for every kind of vice. The...

    Gaozu: The First Emperor of the Tang Dynasty

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    Emperor Gaozu established the Tang Dynasty in 618 and ruled for eight years before being ousted by his ambitious second son. Gaozu (or Kao Tzu)...

    Chinese Philosophy: An Idiom of Hard Work and Patience

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    In the century of Confucius, Lao Tzu and Sun Tzu, some of the states in Zhou Dynasty (about 1,000B.C.–221B.C.) became strong and tried to...
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