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The insurgents finally fell to an international force, with British general Gaselee acting as the commanding officer, the Eight-Nation Alliance, eventually numbering 54,000: Japanese (20,840), American (3,420), Austro-Hungarian (75), British (12,020), French (3,520), German (900), Italian (80), Russian (13,150) and anti-Boxer Chinese troops, which captured Tianjin on July 14 and Beijing on August 14. In the United States military, the suppression of the ...

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The events were made into the 1963 film 55 Days at Peking. The film, which was shot in Spain, needed thousands of Chinese extras, and the company sent scouts throughout Spain to hire as many as they could find. The result was that many Chinese restaurants in Spain closed for the duration of the filming because the restaurant staff - often the restaurant's owners - were hired away by the film company. The company hired so many that for several months there was scarcely a Chinese restaurant to be found open in the entire country.^{See also:}

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Aaliyah - Albums. Aaliyah - Chart Singles. ^  Did not chart on the Hot 100, but hit number 60 on Hot 100 Singles Sales. ^  Did not chart on the Hot 100 or Hot R&B/Hip-Hop charts (Billboard rules at the time prevented album cuts from charting). Chart peak listed here represents Hot 100 Airpla ...

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"Rock the Boat" went on to become a posthumous hit on radio (reaching number two on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles charts and number 14 on the Hot 100) and video channels, and the news of Aaliyah's death gave her album a notable sales boost, pushing it to number one on the Billboard 200. The album's two subsequent singles, "More than A Woman" reached number seven on Billboard's Hot R&B singles chart and number 25 on Hot 100. "I Care 4 U" reached number three on Billboard's Hot R&B singles chart and number 16 on the Hot 100, the latt ...

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Nanjing Road by night Xin Tian Di District at night Shanghai (Pudong district) - panoramic view Pudong seen from the Huangpu River The old Chinese City in Shanghai still remains very traditional (2005 photo). A typical Shanghai street (2005 photo). ...

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During the 1840s, the Opium Wars broke out between Britain and China. The wars were fought after China had banned the importation of opium, which the British demanded they had a right to sell to the Chinese population. The French, Russian, and Japanese also soon advanced on China. Due to their inferior weapons and navy, the Qing Dynasty was forced to sign many Unequal Treaties including Treaty of Nanking (1842), the Treaty of Aigun (1858), the Treaty of Tientsin (1858), the Convention of Peking (1860), the Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895) ...

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Jet Li (李連杰) is possibly the most famous wushu practitioner in the world. He started wushu as a competition sport and gained fame as he took the National Wushu Champion of China title five times, later demonstrating his wushu on the silver screen. Many of his old teammates have also appeared on-screen with him, especially in his older movies. British actor and stuntman Ray Park (Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, X-Men) is a well-known practitioner. Richard brandon is a 6 time wor ...

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The oldest evidence of martial arts in China goes back to the Zhou dynasty (1111-255 BC). There are passages in the Zhuang Zi (a.k.a. Chuang Tzu) that clearly pertain to the psychology and practice of martial arts. The Dao De Jing by Lao Zi contains many principles that are applicable to martial arts, and is similar in point of view to the Sun Zi Bing Fa (Sun Zi's Art of War) which deals directly with martial arts. History says that Zhuang Zi lived during the reign of King Hui of Liang and King Xuan of Qi, which m ...

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The majority of routines used in the sport are new, modernized recompilations of traditional routines. However, routines taken directly from traditional styles, including the styles that are not part of standard events, may be performed in competition, especially in China. These routines generally do not garner as many points as their modern counterparts, and are performed in events separate from the compulsory routine events. Among these, the more commonly seen routines include: Baguazhang (八卦掌) - Eight-Trigrams Palm ...

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Wuxia film (or wuxia pian, Mo Hap film, Mo Hap Pin) (Traditional: 武俠片; Simplified: 武侠片; Hanyu Pinyin: wǔxiá piān) is a film genre originating in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Because of its distinguishing characteristics (a historical setting, action scenes centred on swordplay, a stronger emphasis towards melodrama and themes of bonding, friendship, loyalty, and betrayal), this genre is con ...

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Most styles of Chinese martial arts contain practice of the application of techniques (both as prepared drills and as free sparring), but also the practice of what is known as forms, or taolu (套路 - tào lù) in Chinese. Forms are a pre-choreographed series of techniques and movements, performed alone or with one or more partners. Another important part of the training, as in most other physical activities, is what is referred to as basics, such as various exercises for strengthening the body, and regular stretchi ...

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Wuxia - Plot and setting. The modern wuxia stories are basically adventure stories with a strong dose of cultural and historical context. Plot differs largely from writer to writer. A common plot typically features a young male protagonist (only two modern wuxia novels have detailed female protagonists) in ancient China, who experiences a tragedy (e.g. the loss of a family or an old master), goes through exceeding hardship and arduous trials, and studies under a great master(s) of martial arts, or comes in ...

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The tallest structure in China, the distinctive Oriental Pearl Tower, is located in Shanghai. Its lower sphere is now available for living quarters, starting at very high prices. The Jin Mao tower located nearby is mainland China's tallest skyscraper, and ranks fifth in the world. Shanghai will be the host of the Expo 2010 World's Fair between May to October 2010 Professional sports teams in Shanghai include: Chinese Football Association Super League Shanghai Shenhua Shanghai Zobon Inter ...

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Shakespeare on screen - Antony and Cleopatra. BBC Television Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra (TV, UK, 1981) Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series. Carry On Cleo (UK, 1965) is a Carry On film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra and Julius Caesar. Gerald Thomas director Kenneth Williams as Caesar Sid James as Mar ...

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The city operates its own school district, Arcadia Unified School District, outside of the LAUSD. The city has one major and prestigious high school Arcadia High School, three middle schools (First Avenue Middle, Richard Henry Dana Middle, and Foothill Middle), and six elementary schools (Baldwin Stocker, Camino Grove, Highland Oaks, Holly Avenue, Hugo Reid and Longley Way). The city also operates its ...

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In the Arcadia Civic Center, Methodist Hospital, previously "Methodist Hospital of Southern California", sits on 22 acres of land. It has 284 beds in the facility. Methodist was the state's first community hospital to have a psychiatric unit. Plus, its nursery school was one of the first corporate daycares in the U.S. Several upgrades have been made to the original facility. For instance, in 1998, the Berger Tower was completed and it holds 169 additional beds. The hospital opened as Arcadia Methodist Hospital on May 27, 1957, having moved from downtown Los Angeles. It was an O ...

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The median income for a household in the city is $56,100, and the median income for a family is $66,657. Males have a median income of $50,594 versus $36,138 for females. The per capita income for the city is $28,400. 7.9% of the population and 6.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 7.8% of those under the age of 18 and 6.1% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. The economy of Arcadia is driven by wholesale trade, retail trade, manufacturing, health care and social assistance, arts, enter ...

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Arcadia has experienced a tremendous demographic shift in recent years. A city that was almost uniformly white Protestant 30 years ago is now 45% Asian and is expected to have an Asian majority before the 2010 census. The transformation is linked to a rapid increase in wealth in Asian countries such as Taiwan, China, Korea and Hong Kong. This has led to the immigration of many Asians to countries like the United States. Arcadia offers excellent public schools, which are seen by many young upper-middle class Asian immigrant families as a tick ...

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Shakespeare on screen - Henry IV Part 1. BBC Television Shakespeare Henry IV Part I (TV, UK, 1979) Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series. The Wars of the Roses (English Shakespeare Company) Henry IV Part 1 (UK, 1990) is a direct filming, from the stage, of Michael Bogdanov and Michael Pennington’s 7-play sequ ...

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The famous Route 66, immortalized in song and literature, passes through Arcadia, where it is known as Huntington Drive. Running parallel to and about a mile south of the 210 freeway, it cuts across the middle section of Arcadia. The city is mentioned by Jack Kerouac in his novel On The Road: Dean, the protagonist, is run out of town by a group of hostile teens when he stops for food at a local drive-in restaurant with a young Mexican woman. The vignette demonstrates the intolerance and racism prevalent in many places during 1950s America. The drive-in restaurant may be based o ...

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