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    What Is The Dalai Lama?

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    advocate non-violent approaches to policies and has never claimed to be seeking an independent nation status for Tibet, disputes between the two States have frequently escalated into violent conflict. After almost 10 years of the guerrilla war between Tibetan rebels and China’s The People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers, on the 17th March 1959, the political and spiritual leader of Tibet, the Dalai Lama was forced to flee his own country into India. Tibet during this period saw thousands of…

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    Por-Bajin Research Paper

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    Abstract Located in southern Siberia, just 20 miles north of Mongolia you can find one of Russia’s most mysterious archaeological sites. Por-Bajin, also known as “clay house” in the Tuvan language, is the name of the site, and it is located on a small island in lake Tere-Khol. Although there has been archeological work done at the site, the purpose of Por-Bajin remains unknown. We believe that uncovering the true purpose of this site will give the world a greater understanding of history in…

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    Involvement In Vietnam

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    Both China and the Soviet Union aided and reinforced Vietnam during the Vietnam War; however they each helped Vietnam differently and had a dissimilar advice and counsel to Vietnam. With both China and Soviet Union, Ho Chi Minh never accepted direction from either of them, as he did with the French and the Japanese, but he does in fact receive openly their help and support for the war. Ho remains independent concerning the decisions made in North Vietnam, he is not dependent on the Soviet…

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    “The people and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.” This quote by Mao is key to understanding Chinese Communist Party (CCP) thought, especially during the Chinese Civil War and the war of liberation from the Japanese. These events were key to the CCP’s eventual victory over the nationalists. They were key not only in terms of military victories, but in persuading the Chinese people that the CCP cared for them far more than the “authoritarian” nationalist. And…

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    At 0755, December 7th 1941 the empire of Japan Attacked a naval base on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. As a result, thousands of men and women lost their lives. This act of savagery sent tremors throughout the United States. Citizens, including me have been in a state of panic ever since the brutal attacks on Pearl Harbor commenced. People from all across America paid tribute to the fallen soldiers, victims of a devious attack. Flowers were laid at sites such as the statue of liberty in honor of…

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    Yellow River, one of China’s mother river which fostered the Han ethnicity throughout history, turned into a ruthless murder killing nearly millions of people during the second Sino-Japanese war. The 1938 Yellow River Flood, also known as “Huayuankou (Flower Garden mouth) embankment breach event” was one of the most severe ecological disaster and the largest act of environmental warfare in history. Though the flood was claimed to be a strategic decision in order to halt Japanese marching to…

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    In 1840 the Qing dynasty was in control of the Chinese government. China was threatened by the British and Western Barbarians. This resulted in what is known as the Opium War. The British government was exporting Opium to China. Chinese citizens were getting addicted to opium and eventually the Chinese government stopped opium import from Great Britain. This hurt the British economy and resulted in a war between the two countries. At the end of the Opium War China was forced to give up land and…

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    Nanking Massacre Theory

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    The Nanking Massacre. The invasion of China by the Japanese before and during the World War II lasted from 1930 to 1945. During this period, the Japanese military motivated by an unconscionable wish for expansion, aggression and imperialism commited major crimes. The atrocities and brutalities committed by Japanese military ended with destruction on Japanese soil-the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima in 1945. The victims’ of Japanese militarists’ aggression included peace-loving and…

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    Second Sino-Japanese War

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    The Second Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945, is widely considered to begin with the Marco Polo Bridge incident of July 1937 and end with the Japanese surrender in September 1945. I would argue that to understand the motives as to why Japan invaded China, it is essential to grasp their previous history of conflicts and tensions, beginning with the Japanese claim of Taiwan from China’s Qing Dynasty after the First Sino-Japanese war in 1895, right through to the invasion of Manchuria in 1931. This…

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    The battle of Nanjing was depicted in many ways but altered throughout the years because of the argument “Is it appropriate for the ninth-grade textbook?” The battle of Nanjing was depicted as: a battle, a massacre, rape and an invasion. Through research, the answer that has arose is that it should be depicted as a massacre, it’s school appropriate and follows the facts. “Over a period of six weeks, Imperial Japanese Army forces brutally murdered hundreds of thousands of people–including both…

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