Throughout Chinese history, movements that have toppled dynasties have sometimes started as gangs and secret societies.
Philips itself has a long Chinese history, having first opened its doors there in the 1920s.
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In the 1950s, during Communist solidarity with China, the Russians acknowledged the region's Chinese history.
It was unprecedented in Chinese history, yet their very rebellion was directed from above.
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According to official Chinese history, things would have been much worse without Zhou.
It has since closed again but there are plans for it to reopen as a museum of Chinese history and culture.
Saturday's quake rekindled memories of the 2008 earthquake, which measured 7.9 and ranks among the most destructive natural disasters in recent Chinese history.
When I said it was because I teach Chinese history in the U.S. and my research focus is on Shanghai history, he also said something striking.
The National Library of China (NLC) contributed manuscripts, maps, books, and rubbings of steles and oracle bones that span the range of Chinese history from ancient to modern times.
He says his decision to begin stepping down now is inspired by Chinese history, specifically the Qianlong Emperor, who ruled from 1736 until 1796, when he was 84 years old.
This picture is totally outdated, says Mahlon Meyer, who teaches a class in Chinese history at the University of Washington to about 200 students, one third of whom are Chinese.
How, though, can all this modernisation be squared with the maintenance of what every senior official says is the capital's great quality, its function as the ancient vessel of Chinese history and culture?
By framing the event in terms of a "rupture, " the authors are playing on the notion of cultural disconnect and intergenerational conflict that provides much of the defining vocabulary of 20th century Chinese history.
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When freedom was finally granted to Mr Chang in 1990 it was assumed he would stay on in his Taipei home, and continue his studies of Chinese history, which had been his main occupation.
While all countries experience leadership changes that can be described as generational in one sense or another, modern Chinese history has been so eventful as to have created generations that, as a group, share distinct characteristics and are markedly different from their forebearers in their historical, educational and career experiences.
Americans, as the video suggests, will be working for the Chinese if history travels in a straight line.
Horrocks earned his PhD in Chinese Economic History from Leeds University in the United Kingdom, and is fluent in Mandarin.
It was the worst recorded crash in Chinese aviation history.
Defending Olympic champion Park Ta-Hwan was leading at the final turn, but the 20-year-old Sun surged past his South Korean rival in the final length to seal a place in Chinese Olympic history.
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He is a towering figure in Chinese art history and the pivot around which two exhibitions one in Los Angeles, the other in New York turn, even though Dong's work makes only a modest appearance in one and none at all in the other.
Tian Yuan Tan of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London is a specialist in the history of Chinese drama.
The allegations are all the more topical for the fact that there seems to have been a long history of Chinese penetration of key American institutions.
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One reason many Chinese soccer fans favor European teams over the locals is that they love to bet on sports--and Chinese teams have a history of fixed games.
After all, the history of foreign investment in China is now entering its fourth decade, while the history of Chinese companies doing business abroad is only now being written.
The Ascend P2 is getting the bulk of the attention at Huawei's booth at MWC 2013, but the Chinese company has a history of hiding an unannounced phone or two in less-visited corners of the booth.
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Statistics compiled by an online badminton publication suggest Chinese badminton players have a history of taking steps to avoid playing each other.
There are also a number of examples in history of the Chinese (and other Asian cultures) enduring harsh, distressed, unfair circumstances for generations.
When the finance ministers from the G20 nations gather in Seoul in November, they will encounter a Chinese delegation that understands this history, and is determined not to repeat it.
Mr. Lin has thus far managed to steer clear of controversy by giving a nod to both his Taiwan and Chinese heritage, but if history is any guide, Mr. Lin's politicization is unlikely to stop there.
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