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History of China
Questions about Chinese people, events, customs and cultures, including the various Chinese dynasties in existence throughout nearly 5000 years of China's history.
6,134 Questions
Foot binding started among the upper class in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. It began as a status symbol to represent affluent people.
How was the china's one child policy set up?
today, China's population is 1.4 billion; if there was no one child policy, the number would be 1.8 billion. Do you think China would become to a world power and build world's second largest economy with another 400 million people? Government couldn't even feed them.
What did the Zhou dynasty do to improve farming?
china increased the land because they had rich soil and it was fertile such rich soil is called "silt".
China under the Han dynasty and the Roman Empire were similar in that both grew wealthy because they Developed extensive trade networks.
Which was a result of the growing prosperity China experienced under the Song Dynasty?
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Did the ottoman empire have control of the silk road?
The Ottoman Empire controlled one leg of the Silk Road and it would have been practically impossible for the Silk Road to have passed outside of Ottoman Territory if a land route were used. (The northern path through Kipchak and Russian territory was so dangerous that nobody would attempt it.) As a result, all silk road trade was controlled and delimited by the Ottomans.
What are some conflicts between China and Taiwan?
The politicians want Taiwan to be separate from China and they tried to gain UN membership as Taiwan as opposed to Republic of China (they failed). During the Chinese civil war most Nationalists escaped to Taiwan and developed its economy but both governments claimed to be in control of both China and Taiwan. Eventually the Nationalists gave up the idea. There is constant conflict between Taiwan and China as Taiwan wants to declare independence. Taiwan buys weapons from US in order to protect themselves from a possible invasion.
What about imperialism in China?
Imperialism in China was largely a result of a combination of internal and external factors. Internally the period of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) saw a period of economic and political stagnation which left the country vulnerable to foreign powers. Externally the industrial revolution and the rise of Western powers meant that China was seen as a land of opportunity for these foreign powers. This led to the signing of various unequal treaties including the Treaty of Nanking in 1842 which ceded Hong Kong to the British and opened up several ports to foreign trade. Other unequal treaties granted foreign powers extraterritorial rights and gave them access to Chinese resources and markets. This opened the way for foreign economic and political domination in China which led to the rise of imperialism in the country.
Does china have a law that says that they can only have one baby?
they can have only one baby so they could reduce the population in their country. from what i heard if the parent got a brother or sister they can only have one baby, but if the parent got no brother or sister they could have babies up to 2.
How did the Han Dynasty unify Chinese culture?
They were unified because they were very isoslated during to their location and surrounding mountains and seas, therefore they develpoed their own culture.
No. The notion of Chinese and yellow comes from a stereotype created describing the Chinese people in a condescending way based on calling their skin color yellow, probably a play on/the same way of calling Native Americans red. Both terms are considered offensive and negative stereotypes from depictions of those people.
How was Liu bang's philosophy of rule different from Shi hunangdi's?
The biggest difference was that Shi Huangdi was a harsh Legalist who felt the people should adhere to strict rules and be governed with an iron fist. This is why his dynasty, the Qin, only lasted for 15 years. Liu Bang adopted and popularized Confucianism.
Why did Chinese government like Buddhism?
Buddhism came to China during the 1st century CE. It was not welcomed by the established Confucians and Daoists because it was a foreign religion that taught the individual was more important than the whole of society. The Chinese eventually adopted Buddhism because it answered questions that the other two could not. These included where suffering came from and how to rid oneself of it. The "Four Noble Truths" of Buddhism are: 1) life is suffering; 2) the source of suffering is desire; 3) the cessation of desire can end suffering; and 4) the way to do this is to follow the 8 fold path. Later on, Mahayana Buddhism became very popular because it taught people that they could be taken into the Buddhist heavens if they only payed homage to various saviors like the Buddha and his helpers.
What were some geographical features in China around the Han Dynasty and how did they help China?
In the official history of China , Xia is the first dynasty of China , when it was still slavery society.Qing was the last dynasty and replaced by the china Republic in 1911, witch was treated as the capitalist society in Chinese history.Nearly 40 years later, it was replaced by the people's republic of china in 1949.
Was the yuan dynasty meritocracy or aristocracy?
They were 'government by foreigners' which is not meritocracy or aristocracy.
What was the result of the struggle between the Nationalist Party and the Communist Party of China?
China adopted a totalitarian form of government under Mao Zedong.
How did trade help Ancient China develop?
China is a big country.
Later in it's history it had everything it needed inside the borders and the government would only accept silver or gold from European traders. But before it became such a large nation the thing they mainly imported was Horses, they bought them from the Altaic peoples living on the steppes north of China. It was horses that allowed to State of Qin to conquer the rest of China and unite it.
What were the reasons for the one child policy in china?
Acually the most common policy is two children and that is because china is so over populated.
Elective monarchy and Hereditary monarchy government is the mangols empire.
