Xinjiang

6000 wounded, but this attack was also only with knives. This attack was orchestrated by a group of extremists that fall into the term from a larger group of people called the “Uighur”, a group of predominantly Muslim people who are concentrated in Xinjiang, China. They make up around 45% of the population there and the other largest group in that area are the Han Chinese who make up 40%. (Gohel) Originally, this term was created to ease some of the tension…

the Black Sea. Once he persevered through them, he had to pass through the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. He finally made it to Baghdad. From there, he went to the mouth of the Persian Gulf, and he crossed the Iran Plateau and Pamirs. He made it to Xinjiang after 3 years. In 1275, the ruler of China today, Kublai Khan, brought Marco Polo and those who traveled with him to Dadu (also known as current Beijing). Khan brought Marco Polo to Dadu to go to his court. Khan had him go on a mission which…

Ancient China was a highly successful civilisation. Contributions to its success include the philosophy-based religion of Confucianism that gave people guidelines on how to live their lives (and which is still followed today). Another highly influential aspect to Ancient China’s success was the Silk Road which enabled Ancient China to trade with other civilisations, with merchants bringing back not only goods, but also new religions. Furthermore, the inventions created in Ancient China have…

1) Baby Squirrel —> most curious and bold of the animals In This is the Greatest Place!, Baby Squirrel is the most curious and bold of the little animals. It is Baby Squirrel who initially approaches Uncle Builder in the forest, asking him “Sir, are you a woodcutter?” Baby Squirrel follows Rabbit and his friends around for the remainder of the book. Baby Squirrel is also very good at climbing trees, which he does numerous times throughout the story. In China, squirrels (Sōngshǔ; 松鼠) can be…

from urban homes to the countryside and tens of millions were humiliated or tortured”. This is best seen through the story of a Chinese poet named Ai Qing. He and his family, because they thought differently than Zedong, were banished from China to Xinjiang. There they lived in hunger and poverty. Ai Qing watched his family suffer day after day. One Chinese source said, “girls were raped; boys were starved. No wonder older Chinese do not want to revive such memories”. The culture of China…

How Aksai Chin became the bone of contention? Mohan Guruswamy 1,260 words Indian and Chinese troops are in yet another face-off in the Aksai Chin region. How this cold and wind-swept desert became a seemingly intractable dispute is tale worth telling. It was the ambitions of two Kashmir Maharaja’s that saddled India with its two biggest security challenges. We know how Hari Singh’s vacillation led to the invasion of his realm by the Pakistani raiders in 1947 and what followed is well known. But…

Xenophobia is a tradition in America, often manifesting in public policies adversely affecting the targeted group. There were/are other ethnic groups that faced a nationalized form of xenophobia besides Latino Americans in the United States. Indigenous Indians; African-Americans; Italians; Germans; Chinese; and Japanese Americans were all faced with – sometimes government mandated – discrimination. Although African-Americans did not immigrate to America voluntarily, since their arrival via the…

The basic attribute of the government determines that it is a basic duty of the government to manage the public affairs in any society, and it is also the basic content and the main form of the government 's social management functions. In modern society, the government maybe not the only subject of the management of public affairs, but based on the government 's basic attribute and market economy, the government 's specific position determines that the government is the most basic organization…

In this topic, there is a complex detail of history regarding the Manchu Qing and the expansion of their rule. The history of China and Central Eurasia is very much interlinked and should be studied together in order to understand the real challenges faced by the Manchus when the Qing were ruling. In this conquest, many different people and empires participated in creating a highly sophisticated historical period. There were empires that were very successful in ruling and on the other hand,…

To begin, the economic situation prior to the onset of the revolution needs adequate explanation. According to political economist, Dr. Eugene Nelson White, “In the century preceding the Revolution, the French Crown was subject to persistent budgetary crises.” These budgetary crises stemmed from Imperial Overstretch and the Great Price Revolution. While the stress caused from these situations was profound, many other European nations and nation-states found ways of working around this issue…