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China Information
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China
History and Dynasties, China Archaeology |
Chinese Chronology
Dynasties |
Period |
Xia (Hsia) |
2205 B.C.-1766
B.C. |
Shang |
1766
B.C.-1122 B.C. |
Zhou (Chow) |
Western
Zhou (Chow) |
1122
B.C.-770 B.C. |
Eastern
Zhou (Chow) |
770 B.C.-256 B.C. |
Spring
& Autumn Annals |
770 B.C.-476 B.C. |
Warring
States Period |
475 B.C.-221 B.C. |
Qin (Chin) |
221 B.C.-207 B.C. |
Han |
Western
Han |
206 B.C.- 24 |
Estern
Han |
25-220 |
Three Kingdoms
Period |
Wei |
220-265 |
Shu |
221-263 |
Wu |
222-280 |
Jin (Tsin)
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Western
Jin (Tsin) |
265-316 |
Eastern
Jin (Tsin) |
317-420 |
Southern and
Northern Dynasties |
Southern
Dynasty |
Song |
420-479 |
Qi |
479-502 |
Liang |
502-557 |
Chen |
557-589 |
Northern
Dynasty |
Northern
Wei |
386-534 |
Eastern
Wei |
534-550 |
Northern
Qi |
550-577 |
Western
Wei |
535-556 |
Northern
Zhou |
557-580 |
Sui |
581-618 |
Tang
|
618-907 |
Five
Dynasties |
Later
Liang |
907-923 |
Later
Tang |
923-936 |
Later
Jin |
936-947 |
Later
Han |
947-950 |
Later
Zhou |
951-960 |
Song (Sung) |
Northern
Song (Sung) |
960-1127 |
Southern
Song (Sung) |
1127-1280 |
Liao
|
916-1125 |
Jin
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1115-1234 |
Yuan
|
1271-1368 |
Ming
|
1368-1644 |
Qing
(Ching)
|
1644-1911 |
Republic
of China (ROC)
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1911-
(moved
to Taiwan after 1949) |
People's
Republic of China (PRC)
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1949- |
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Chinese
History Related Article and Report Links |
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On Party Anniversary, China Rewrites
History (details)
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Mao's Legacy Still Divides China (click
for details on
the New York Times)
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One-fingered dinosaur fossil found in
China (click
for details)
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China observes 2,561st birthday of
Confucius (click
for detailed report.)
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2,500-year-old chess pieces found in
China (click
for details on Sify news)
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China opens museum on sex slaves
(click for details on Sify news)
- Why a map is a window on to history (click
for details)
- China art smashes records (click
for details)
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Students discover
clawed dinosaur in China
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7,000-year-old
bricks discovered in China (link to
sifynews)
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700 km long
ancient Great Wall found in northwestern
China (link to Sify.com)
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China to save its
oldest cliff Buddha from collapse China's
oldest cliff-carved Buddha statue is to be
saved from collapse - with a $10.8m (£6.6m)
facelift, a state-run news agency has
reported. (link to BBC News)
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Ancient map with China
at centre goes on show in US - A historic
map of the world, with China at its centre,
has gone on display at the Library of
Congress in Washington. (BBC News)
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Review: China's Mystery Lady - The troubled
times and varied ambitions of Madame Chiang
Kai-shek. (The Wall Street
Journal)
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New statue of Chairman
Mao surprises China
(Telegraph, UK)
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China’s history
doesn’t belong to Communists - By
Steven Shi
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'China to Study British Museum for
Looted Artefacts (telegraph.uk)
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Huge
dinosaur find in China 'may include new species' (The
Gazette, Montreal)
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RED
CHINA AT 60 - China grapples with its icon-in-chief
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An
Investor's Guide to China: Brief
History
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China's
Terracotta Army to show true
colors in new dig
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China
plans new terracotta army dig
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China
to begin third excavation of terracotta army site
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'Oldest pottery' found in China
(BBC)
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Journey into China's imperial past
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The
day China trampled on freedom
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Battle To Write China's History
(Radio Free Asia)
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China
names newly discovered dinosaur after the Great Wall
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China
Exclusive: China's "first emperor" banned Buddhism,
expert says
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China
launches new website honouring Communist revolution
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China
launches martyrs web link
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China's Gobi desert source of rare dinosaur find
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China's last eunuch spills sex secrets
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Peking Man Lived 200000 Years Earlier Than Thought
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Ancient 'Peking Man' way
older than thought
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China's hidden history
- Lesie Scrivener
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Patriotic twist over China YSL sale - Aljazeera.net
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China defends its Khmer Rouge ties as trial opens -
Reuters
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China to lend treasures to
Taiwan - BBC News
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Japan-China joint history
study delayed: project head - AFP
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US
diplomat's ashes now at home in China.
AP
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1000 artworks to see before
you die: Ancient China. Guardian.co.uk
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A tombstone on China's
history. Telegraph
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1,000-year-old mystery
Buddhist steel case opened in east China. Xinhua Aug. 7,
2008
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How
Chairman Mao led China to humiliation. Times Online
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China earthquake: Seven
terracotta warriors damaged. Telegraph, UK
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Between 1949-1966 |
- The untold story of China's Great Famine
- The famine that killed up to 45
million people remains a taboo subject
in China 50 years on. Author Yang
Jisheng is determined that will change.
(link to full story)
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China rewrites history of Korean War
(click
for details)
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