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Tian : Gods and Goddesses , Devil and Demons
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The Chinese word denotes both the sky and its personification. Tian fused partly with the ancient sky-god → Shang-di, partly with the supreme being of Taoism → Yu-di. From the Zhou Dynasty (c. 1050–256 BC) onwards, the Chinese Emperor...
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TIAN. A term of basic importance in the worldview and religious life of the Chinese from the remote past to the present, tian has two principal senses: as the supreme god of the universe, and as impersonal nature. Often it is not clear in a particular...
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Tian (Chinese: 天; pinyin: tiān; Wade-Giles: t'ien; literally "heaven, heavens; god, gods") is one of the oldest Chinese terms for God and a keyword in Chinese mythology, philosophy, and religion. During the Shang Dynasty (17th-11th centuries BCE) the...


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China closes 400 companies for pollution
9/4/2007: 256 words, approx. 1 pages
China's environmental watchdog has closed down 400 factories since it started a national campaign in July to tackle water pollution, an official said Tuesday.China's waterways are dangerously polluted after decades of rapid economic growth and lax enforcement of pollution controls.Tian Weiyong, deputy environmental supervision chief...
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China asks leeway on greenhouse gases
9/4/2007: 590 words, approx. 2 pages
China said Tuesday it was working hard to increase its use of renewable energy, but needs to be given some leeway in the global effort to reduce greenhouse gases.China's contribution over time to climate change has been relatively small, an economic planning official said when...
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China extends panda cub's stay in D.C.
4/24/2007: 267 words, approx. 1 pages
Chinese officials on Tuesday granted Tai Shan, the National Zoo's popular giant panda cub, an extra two years at the Smithsonian Institution park with his parents.Under a panda loan agreement with China, any cub born at the National Zoo would be returned for breeding sometime...
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Russia, Spain set to kick off Fed Cup
4/20/2007: 525 words, approx. 2 pages
The two highest-ranked players in the first round of the Fed Cup will play in the opening singles matches for Russia on Saturday.Ninth-ranked Nadia Petrova and fifth-ranked Svetlana Kuznetsova were picked Friday to lead a deep Russian team against Spain on clay at the Luzhniki...
 


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