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Unequal Treaties and the Treaty Ports, The
Dong Wang
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2018-07-24
The Unequal Treaties and the Treaty PortsIntroductionThe “unequal treaties” and the treaty ports are two intricately linked elements of modern China’s...
United States-China Relations, 1949-present
Ralph W. Huenemann
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2016-11-28
United States–China Relations, 1949–PresentIntroductionIn broad-brush terms, United States–China relations since 1949 have passed through three phases...
Urban Change and Modernity
Kristin Stapleton
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Urban Change and Modernity Introduction China has a long and rich urban tradition. At many periods in human history, Chinese cities were the w...
Uyghurs
David O'Brien
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2021-04-21
UyghursIntroductionThe Uyghur (alternatively spelled Uighur) are the largest and titular ethnic group living in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,...
Vernacular Language Movement
Jeffrey Weng
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2020-10-28
Vernacular Language MovementIntroductionThe English term ‘vernacular language’ is more capacious than any of its Chinese equivalents. When discussing ...
Warlords, The
Edward A. McCord
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2018-07-24
The WarlordsIntroductionThe appearance of warlords, who wielded significant autonomous political power on the basis of their personal control of milit...
Water Management
James E. Nickum
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2019-04-24
Water ManagementIntroductionNature did China few favors in its allocation of water, either spatially or seasonally. The South has abundant water but l...
Xunzi
Winnie Sung
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2016-02-25
XunziIntroductionXunzi (ca. 310 bce–ca. 215 bce), also known by the personal name Xun Kuang 荀況 or the epithet Xun Qing 荀卿, is generally considered one...
Yan'an and the Revolutionary Base Areas
Pauline Keating
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2014-04-28
Yan’an and the Revolutionary Base Areas Introduction The field of base area studies grew, in part, out of the search by Western analysts to un...
Yuan Dynasty
David Robinson
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Yuan Dynasty Introduction The Yuan dynasty sits awkwardly in Eurasian history. The dynastic name, Yuan, is Chinese, as is the practice of nami...
Yuan Dynasty Poetry
Ming Tak Ted Hui, Tian Yuan Tan
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2022-04-25
Yuan Dynasty PoetryIntroductionYuan poetry refers to the poetry composed during the Yuan dynasty, a period when China was under Mongol rule. The datin...
Zhu Xi
Kirill O. Thompson
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2020-01-15
Zhu XiIntroductionZhu Xi (1130–1200) was the most influential Chinese Neo-Confucian (Daoxue) scholar of imperial China (220 bce–1908 ce). He is ranked...
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