The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following: Han Chinese, sometimes referred to as "ethnic Chinese" ethnic groups of China (with list) overseas Chinese zhonghua minzu (Chinese nationality), a concept incorporating ethnic minorities with Han Chinese See also: list of Chinese people Other related archivesHan Chinese, ethnic groups of China, list of Chinese people, overseas Chinese, zhonghua minzu

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List of Chinese people, List of Chinese people - Non-political royalty, List of Chinese people - Artists and perfomers, List of Chinese people - Painters and calligraphers, List of Chinese people - Actors and actresses, List of Chinese people - Film-makers, List of Chinese people - Singers, List of Chinese people - Musicians, List of Chinese people - Comedians, List of Chinese people - Martial Artists, List of Chinese people - Athletes, List of Chinese people - Educators, List of Chinese people - Business tycoons, List of Chinese people - Explorers, List of Chinese people - Law, List of Chinese people - Military officers and soldiers, List of Chinese people - Philosophers and writers, List of Chinese people - Linguist, List of Chinese people - Religion, List of Chinese people - Scientists and engineers, List of Chinese people - Others, List of Chinese people - Burmese Chinese, List of Chinese people - Fictional Chinese people

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List of Chinese people - Painters and calligraphers. Dong Yuan Fu Baoshi Jiang Tingxi Leung Long Chau Liang Kai Qi Baishi Wang Xizhi, calligrapher Wei Shuo, female calligrapher Xu Peiheng Xu Wei Xue Wei, painter Zhao Mengfu Zhu Da, also known as Bada Shanren See also: List of Chinese painters List of Chinese people - Actors and actresses. Nichola ...

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Taiwan: Tsai Wan Lin Wang Yung-ching Terry Gou Koo Chen-fu John Tu and David Sun, cofounders of Kingston Technologies Hong Kong: Li family Li Ka-shing Victor Li Richard Li Walter Kwok Thomas Kwok Raymond Kwok Lee Shau Kee Michael Kadoorie Nina Wang Patrick Wang Cheng Yu-tung Stanley Ho Chen Din Hwa Henry Fok Ying Tung< ...

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Anglo-Chinese relations - Statesmen. Sir Robert Hart was an Anglo-Chinese statesman. George Ernest Morrison resident correspondent of The Times, London, at Peking in 1897, and political adviser to the President of China from 1912 to 1920. Anglo-Chinese relations - Diplomats. Sir Thomas Wade - first professor of Chinese at Cambridge University Herbert Giles - second professor of Chinese at Cambridge University Harry Parkes Sir Claude MacDonald Sir Ernest Satow served as Minister i ...

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Anglo-Chinese relations, Anglo-Chinese relations - Chronology, Anglo-Chinese relations - British people in China, Anglo-Chinese relations - Statesmen, Anglo-Chinese relations - Diplomats, Anglo-Chinese relations - Military, Anglo-Chinese relations - Chinese statesmen

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In the early years of the People's Republic of China, the development of Beijing opera was encouraged; many new operas on historical and modern themes were written, and earlier operas continued to be performed. As a popular art form, opera has usually been the first of the arts to reflect changes in Chinese policy. In the mid-1950s, for example, it was the first to benefit under the Hundred Flowers Campaign. Similarly, the attack in November 1965 on Beijing deputy mayor Wu Han and his historical play, "Hai Rui's Dismissal from Office," signa ...

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Chinese opera, Chinese opera - Modern developments, Chinese opera - Opera in the People's Republic of China, Chinese opera - Different branches unfinished

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The Chinese in Hawaii constitute about 4.7% of the state's population, most of whom (75%) have ancestors from Zhongshan in Guangdong. This number does not include people of mixed Chinese and Hawaiian descent. If all people with Chinese ancestry in Hawaii (including the Chinese-Hawaiians) are included, they form about 1/3 of Hawaii's entire population. Being U.S citizens, they are a group of Chinese Americans. Chinese in Hawaii - Origins. Historical records indicated that the earliest of the Chinese from Gua ...

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Chinese in Hawaii - Origins Chinese in Hawaii - Religion Chinese in Hawaii - List of notable Chinese people from Hawaii

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Like most other nations, the formal foreign policy of the PRC is carried out by the Foreign Ministry of the People's Republic of China. However, the Foreign Ministry is in practice subordinate to the Foreign Affairs Leading Small Group of the Communist Party of China. Unlike most other nations, much of Chinese foreign policy is formulated in thinktanks sponsored and supervised by, but formally outside of the government. One distinctive aspect of Sino-American relations is that much of the foreign policy discussion takes place between ...

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Foreign relations of the People's Republic of China, Foreign relations of the People's Republic of China - Institutions of Chinese foreign policy, Foreign relations of the People's Republic of China - History of Chinese foreign policy, Foreign relations of the People's Republic of China - Modern foreign policy, Foreign relations of the People's Republic of China - International disputes

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The Law of China, for most of the history of China, was rooted in the Confucian philosophy of social control. These influences remain in the Soviet-influenced system of the People's Republic of China and the German-based system of the Republic of China. Chinese law - Imperial era. Main article: Traditional Chinese law The teachings of Confucius have had an enduring effect on Chinese life and have provided the basis for the social order through much of the country's history. Confucians believed ...

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Chinese law - Imperial era Chinese law - Qing Dynasty Everlasting Period Chinese law - Republic of China Chinese law - People's Republic of China

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Life in the People's Republic of China Chinese art is art, whether modern or ancient, that originated in or is practiced in China or by Chinese artists or performers. Early so-called "stone age art" dates back to 10,000 BC, mostly consisting of simple pottery and sculptures. This early period was followed by a series of art dynasties, most of which lasted several hundred years. The art of Taiwan and that of Chinese Emigrants can also be considered part of Chinese art where it is based in or draws on the heritage of Chines ...

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Chinese art - Historical development to 221 BC
Chinese art - Neolithic pottery Chinese art - Jade culture Chinese art - Bronze casting Chinese art - Early Chinese music Chinese art - Early Chinese poetry Chinese art - Chu and Southern culture
Chinese art - Early imperial China 221 BC–AD 220
Chinese art - Qin sculpture Chinese art - Pottery Chinese art - Han poetry Chinese art - Han architecture Chinese art - Other Han art
Chinese art - Period of division 220–581
Chinese art - Influence of Buddhism Chinese art - Secular culture Chinese art - Poetry Chinese art - Calligraphy Chinese art - Painting
Chinese art - The Sui and Tang dynasties 581–960
Chinese art - Buddhist architecture and sculpture Chinese art - Golden age of Chinese poetry Chinese art - Li Po and Du Fu Chinese art - Late Tang poetry Chinese art - Painting
Chinese art - The Song and Yuan dynasties 960–1368
Chinese art - Song poetry Chinese art - Song painting Chinese art - Yuan drama Chinese art - Yuan painting
Chinese art - Late imperial China 1368–1895
Chinese art - Ming Poetry Chinese art - Ming prose Chinese art - Ming painting Chinese art - Qing drama Chinese art - Qing poetry Chinese art - Early Qing painting Chinese art - Decorative arts Chinese art - Qing fiction
Chinese art - Modern Chinese art
Chinese art - Painting Chinese art - Poetry Chinese art - Influence of the West Chinese art - People's arts
Chinese art - Contemporary art since 1979
Chinese art - Performing arts Chinese art - Visual arts
Chinese art - Unsorted
Chinese art - Performing arts Chinese art - Visual arts

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Chinese economic reform (Chinese: 改革开放; pinyin: Găigé kāifàng) refers to the program of economic changes called "Socialism with Chinese characteristics" in the mainland of the People's Republic of China (PRC) that were started in 1978 by pragmatists within the Communist Party of China (CPC) led by Deng Xiaoping and are ongoing as of the early 21st century. The goal of Chinese economic reform was to generate sufficient surplus value to finance the modernization of the mainland Chinese economy. Neither the socialist command ...

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Chinese economic reform - History of Chinese Economic Reform Chinese economic reform - Comparison to Perestroika

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The following is a timeline of the history of China: For a summary table of the dynasties in Chinese history and their dates, check here. Timeline of Chinese history - Ancient China. Note: dates prior to 841 BCE are provisional and subject to dispute. History of China, History of the Republic of China, History of the People's Republic of China, Chinese sovereign, Dynasties in Chinese history, Table of Chinese monarchs (very ...

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Timeline of Chinese history - Ancient China Timeline of Chinese history - Imperial China Timeline of Chinese history - Modern China

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Chinese opera is a popular form of drama in China. In general, it dates back to the Tang Dynasty with Emperor Xuanzong (712-755), who founded the "Pear Garden" (梨園), the first known opera troupe in China. The troupe mostly performed for the emperors' personal pleasure. To this day operatic professionals are still referred to as "Disciples of the Pear Garden" (梨園弟子). In the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), forms like the Zaju (雜劇, variety plays), which acts based on rhyming schemes plus the innovation of having speciali ...

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Chinese opera - Modern developments Chinese opera - Opera in the People's Republic of China Chinese opera - Different branches unfinished

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The Chinese Civil War (Traditional: 國共内戰; Simplified: 国共内战; Hanyu Pinyin: guógòng neìzhàn; literally "Nationalist-Communist Civil War") was a conflict in China between the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party; KMT) and the Communist Party of China (CCP). It began in 1926 when the KMT, led by newly-appointed Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek put a stop to leftist and Communist party-infiltration by purging these members fro ...

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Chinese Civil War - The First United Front Chinese Civil War - Northern Expedition 1926–1928 and KMT split Chinese Civil War - Agrarian Revolution 1927–1937 Chinese Civil War - Second Sino-Japanese War 1937–1945 Chinese Civil War - Post-war power struggle 1945–1947 Chinese Civil War - Final stage of fighting 1946–1949 Chinese Civil War - The War after 1949 Chinese Civil War - People
Chinese Civil War - Kuomintang Chinese Civil War - Communist Party Chinese Civil War - Warlords

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This article is about the political movement in China. For the Guns N' Roses album, see Chinese Democracy. The Chinese democracy movement (Chinese: 中國民主運動 Pinyin: Zhōngguó Mínzhúyùndòng) is a loosely organized political movement in the People's Republic of China against continued one-party rule by the Communist Party of China. The movement began during Beijing Spring in 1978 and was important in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. In the 1990s, the movement underwent a sharp decline both within China and overseas, and is currently fragmented and not considered by most an ...

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Zhang (Traditional Chinese: 張, Simplified Chinese: 张, pinyin: Zhāng, Wade-Giles: Chang, Yale: Jeung, Jyutping: Zoeng1, Hong Kong Government: Cheung) is among the most common Chinese surnames. There are currently well over 100 million people worldwide with this surname. The use of this surname dates back to about 4,700 years ago. This surname is often mispronounced by American English speakers as IPA [ʒæŋ]; its actual pronunciatio ...

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Zhang surname - Character Analysis Zhang surname - History of the Surname 張 Zhang surname - Prominent people with Chinese family name 張/张 Zhang surname - Prominent people with Chinese family name 章 Zhang surname - Prominent people with Korean family name 장 張/章 Zhang surname - Prominent people with Vietnamese family name Trương 張 Zhang surname - Prominent people with Vietnamese family name Chương 章

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Porcelain is a hard ceramic material. It is fired at a higher temperature than that used to fire glazed earthenware and stoneware pottery. It is white or off-white in colour, translucent and can be decorated to provide additional colour. Porcelain is made by firing a mixture of materials including China clay and China stone in a kiln at temperatures in the region of 1200 to 1350 degrees Celsius. The resulting material is hard, strong, glassy and durable, but also brittle. The main components of porcelain, China clay (kaolinite) and cr ...

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Porcelain - Techniques Porcelain - Chinese porcelain
Porcelain - History Porcelain - Some notable Chinese porcelain wares Porcelain - Fakes and reproductions
Porcelain - Japanese porcelain Porcelain - European porcelain
Porcelain - Key people and places

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Since its establishment, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has worked vigorously to win international support for its position that it is the sole legitimate government of all China, including Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. Until the early 1970s, the Republic of China government in Taipei was recognized diplomatically by most world powers and the UN. After the Beijing government assumed the China seat in the United Nations in 1971 (and the ROC government was booted out) and became increasingly more significant as a global player, most nati ...

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Foreign relations of the People's Republic of China, Foreign relations of the People's Republic of China - Institutions of Chinese foreign policy, Foreign relations of the People's Republic of China - History of Chinese foreign policy, Foreign relations of the People's Republic of China - Modern foreign policy, Foreign relations of the People's Republic of China - International disputes

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The Anti-Secession Law (Chinese: 反分裂国家法; Pinyin: fǎn fēnliè guójiā fǎ; literally "Against-Splitting-the-State Law") is a law passed by the third conference of the 10th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China. It was ratified on March 14, 2005, and went into effect immediately. Hu Jintao, President of the People's Republic of China, promulgated the bill with Presidential Decree No. 34. The law is relat ...

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Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China - Background Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China - Content Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China - Development Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China - Reaction
Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China - Reaction in mainland China Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China - Reaction in Hong Kong Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China - Reaction in Taiwan Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China - International response
Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China - Proposed National Unification Promotion Law

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In common usage in Europe, Asia and former USSR countries, "Caucasian" is a collective term which refers to anyone descended from native ethnicities of Caucasus. Confusingly, the Russian language stereotypes of Caucasian people are in the direct opposition to the common colloquial English language meaning of "Caucasian" as the "white race". Typically, Caucasian people are considered "dark" or "black", with negative connotations ...

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Racism in Russia - Racism towards peoples of the Caucasus Racism in Russia - Racism towards Central Asians
Racism in Russia - External links
Racism in Russia - Anti-semitism in Russia Racism in Russia - Racism towards Chinese and other East Asians
Racism in Russia - Extrnal link
Racism in Russia - Racism towards Africans
Racism in Russia - Soviet roots Racism in Russia - External link

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