Chinese History 1-24
24 entries in the Chinese History compendium.
GuanzhongHistorical heartland of Qin, Han, and Tang dynasties.HetaoFertile flood plains in the Ordos Loop of the Yellow River.Hexi CorridorA historic corridor linking China to Central Asia.Imperial examinationThe imperial examination (Chinese: 科舉) was a civil service examination system in Imperial JiangnanProsperous region south of the Yangtze River in East China.Jiayu PassWesternmost Ming Great Wall fortress and Silk Road gateway.Mandate of HeavenChinese doctrine legitimizing rule through Heaven's favor.Pax SinicaHistoriographical term for periods of Chinese-led regional peace.SanxingduiBronze Age site revealing a unique civilization in ancient China.Shanhai PassFortified gateway at the eastern end of the Great Wall, commanding the narrowest choke poiThree Departments and Six MinistriesPrimary administrative structure in imperial China from Sui to Yuan.Tributary system of ChinaA Sinocentric network of tributary relations lasting two millennia.Self-Strengthening MovementLate Qing reform movement to strengthen state through Western technology.Smashing the Gang of FourBloodless coup that ended the Cultural Revolution.Reform and opening upEconomic reforms that transformed China's economy after 1978.Taiwan under Japanese ruleThis began after the Qing dynasty ceded Fujian-Taiwan Province in the Treaty of ShimonosekRepublic of China (1912–1949)First Chinese republic, ruled mainland until 1949.Retreat of the government of the Republic of China to TaiwanRetreat of ROC government to Taiwan after civil war defeat.Territorial disputes in the South China SeaMultiple nations contest islands and waters in the South China Sea.Tibetan independence movementIt is principally led by the Tibetan diaspora in countries like India and the United StateTongzhi RestorationA Qing-era attempt to restore traditional order amid decline.Taiwan independence movementMovement advocating Taiwan as a de jure sovereign state.Sino-French WarLimited conflict for influence in Vietnam without declaration of war.Sino-Vietnamese WarThe conflict highlighted the Sino-Soviet split and demonstrated that the Soviet Union coul
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