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Wang Ch'ung-hui
(Encyclopedia) Wang Ch'ung-huiWang Ch'ung-huiwäng ch&oomacr;ng-hwē [key], 1881–1958, Chinese jurist. He was educated in China, Japan, Europe, and the United States. He was greatly influenced by…Pinyin
(Encyclopedia) PinyinPinyinpĭnˈyĭnˈ [key] [Chin. Hanyu pinyin = Chinese phonetic alphabet], system of romanization of Chinese written characters, approved in 1958 by the government of the People's…coolie labor
(Encyclopedia) coolie labor, term applied to unskilled laborers from Asia, especially from India and China. With the discontinuance of slavery, the use of Chinese and Indian contract labor in British…Chinese Communist party
(Encyclopedia) Chinese Communist party: see Communist party, in China.Chinese Dynasties (table)
(Encyclopedia) Chinese Dynasties Dynasty Characteristics and History Hsia c.1994–c.1523 b.c. Semilegendary Emperor Yu built irrigation channels, reclaimed land. Bronze weapons, chariots,…Chinese examination system
(Encyclopedia) Chinese examination system, civil service recruitment method and educational system employed from the Han dynasty (206 b.c.–a.d. 220) until it was abolished by the Ch'ing dowager…Chinese Nationalist party
(Encyclopedia) Chinese Nationalist party: see Kuomintang.Han, Chinese dynasty
(Encyclopedia) HanHanhän [key], dynasty of China that ruled from 202 b.c. to a.d. 220. Liu Pang, the first Han emperor, had been a farmer, minor village official, and guerrilla fighter under the Ch'…Wei, Chinese dynasty
(Encyclopedia) Wei, dynasty of China: see Three Kingdoms.Cholon
(Encyclopedia) CholonCholonchōlônˈ, Fr. shôlôNˈ [key], district and former city, since 1932 part of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; on the right bank of the Saigon River, a tributary of the Dong Nai.…Trending
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