History of China Summary

Cheng Hao CHENG HAO (1032–1085) and his younger brother Cheng Yi were two of the most important thinkers of Song dynasty (960–1279) China, and their writings in such fields as cosmology,... Read more

China—Economic System In the last two decades of the twentieth century, the Chinese economic system changed from a command economy, which dated from shortly after the Communists took control in... Read more

China—Internal Migration From the 1950s to late 1978, strict controls limited population mobility in China. Even by the time of the 1982 census, China still had a very low level of migration to... Read more

China—Population Resettlement Compared with Westerners, the Chinese are relatively immobile. China's 1990 census and sample surveys during the 1990s estimated that on average less than 1... Read more

China–Korea Relations It is difficult to overstate the comprehensive influence of traditional China on Korea's cultural development and social institutions. That influence remained the ... Read more

China–United States Relations Two centuries of relations between China and the United States have included conflict and cooperation in the diplomatic, economic, and social spheres. This relatio... Read more

Chinese Influence in East Asia In the seventeenth century, European scholars presented their latest maps to the Chinese court. Although the Chinese were impressed with the cartographers' skills... Read more

Humor in Chinese History Humor has a rich history in China. As in other cultures, comedy and humorous literature have often been criticized as immoral by somber ideologues. Nevertheless, playful writi... Read more

China and Asean Agree to Free Trade Area: but Why? The Conflict On November 6, 2001, China and the ten countries that comprise the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) agreed to set up a new... Read more

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Foodstuffs. The old reliable foodstuffs—millet, rice, pork, beans, chicken, plums, spring onions, and bamboo shoots—remained popular in Tang times (618-907). Wheat vastly increased in impo... Read more

Dynastic Changes. Chinese history from 617 to 1644 can be divided into several major dynastic periods. The Tang dynasty (618-907) marked significant military and administrative achievements in Chinese... Read more

Art. The artworks of the Tang dynasty (618-907) are romantic, optimistic, and energetic. Buddhist influences led to the development of vigorous and colorful figure painting, such as the religious work... Read more

Terrain. China Proper is an immense mountainous area bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the east and south, the massive Himalaya and Pamir mountain ranges to the west and southwest, and the steppes to th... Read more

When Mao and the Communist party came into power, there were many problems to solve. The country was poverty stricken because landowners made the peasants pay high rents on property and land. Both peo... Read more

The three inventions that effected the people were gunpowder, compass, and printing. Chinese alchemists (chemists) first discovered gunpowder. The basic ingredients for gunpowder are charcoal, salt... Read more

The Sino-Japanese War officially commenced after the Marco-Polo Bridge incident, July 7 1937, which temporarily halted the Chinese civil war situation and united the two parties CCP and GMD to form a ... Read more