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71. The 'Beggar King' and His Empress
ALMOST everybody in China is familiar with the story of Zhu Yuanzhang, the "Beggar King" who founded a great dynasty, the Ming. The son of a tenant farmer in Anhui province, Zhu (1328-1398) and his
Author: WEI TANG Year 1985 Issue 7 PDF HTML
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72. Zheng He the Navigator
THE VOYAGES of the Ming dynasty navigator Zheng He to Southeast Asia, India, the Arabian peninsula and the east coast of Africa, and stories about the people he met there were legendary even in his
Author: WEI TANG Year 1985 Issue 8 PDF HTML
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73. The Gaoshan Nationality from Taiwan Province
EXCEPT for about 1,300 now residing in mainland China, the 300,000 people of the Gaoshan nationality live in Taiwan province, where they make up 2 percent of the island's population. They are
Author: WEI XIUTANG Year 1985 Issue 9 PDF HTML
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74. Li Zicheng, the Peasant Emperor
ACROSS the pages of history rides a heroic figure clad in a felt peasant hat and a jacket of plain black cloth. He is Li Zicheng, leader of a great peasant army, who momentarily captured Beijing and
Author: WEI TANG Year 1985 Issue 9 PDF HTML
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75. Koxinga Drives the Dutch from Taiwan
ZHENG CHENGGONG (1624-1662) known in the West as Koxinga, for freeing Taiwan from the Dutch colonialists, lives in both history and legend.In the 16th century European colonialists, beginning their
Author: WEI TANG Year 1985 Issue 10 PDF HTML
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76. Emperor Kang Xi Defeats Aobai
KANG XI (1654-1722), second Qing dynasty emperor, is considered a brilliant statesman who made significant contributions to developing China as a unified multinational country. He ascended the throne
Author: WEI TANG Year 1985 Issue 11 PDF HTML
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77. Who Killed Yong Zheng?
THE REASON for the sudden death of the third Qing dynasty emperor, Yong Zheng (r. 1723-35), has remained a mystery down to this day.The way it is told in the book Tales of the Qing Court is that one
Author: WEI TANG Year 1985 Issue 12 PDF HTML
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78. Great Novelist's Mystery Life
THE NOVEL A Dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin is one of China's most outstanding classics. Extremely popular among the Chinese people, it has been adapted into various forms of opera. The names of
Author: WEI TANG Year 1986 Issue 1 PDF HTML
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79. Lin Zexu's Struggle Against the Opium Trade
THE Chinese official Lin Zexu (1785-1850) is hailed as a hero for attempting to drive the opium trade out of China. In the 18th century Britain's increasing purchases of goods from China were
Author: WEI MING Year 1986 Issue 2 PDF HTML
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80. The Empress Dowager: Reign Behind a Curtain
THE WOMAN who was virtually to rule China for most of 47 years had come to the palace as a candidate for imperial concubine. Born Yehonala (Orchid) to an impoverished Manchu family, the beautiful
Author: WEI MING Year 1986 Issue 4 PDF HTML