China Profiled: Essential Facts on Society, Business, and Politics in China / Edition 1

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Overview

A new series of easy-to-digest profiles on individual countries and regions, featuring everything you'll ever need to know about the places, people and practices of each country. The series will continue with eight further titles to launch in Spring/Autumn 2000, on Scandinavia, Southern Africa, and Central Europe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312227258
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	03/04/2000
Series:	SYB FactBook Series
Edition description:	2000
Pages:	179
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Barry Turner is the editor of The Statesman's Yearbook. He has been a full-time writer for twenty years and has worked as a journalist and broadcaster in the fields of politics, biography, travel, and education. He holds a Ph.D. in political history.

Table of Contents

	Territory and Population	2
	Time Zone Information	7
	Regions	7
	Anhui Province	7
	Beijing Municipality	8
	Fujian Province	8
	Gansu Province	9
	Guangdong Province	10
	Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region	11
	Guizhou Province	11
	Hainan Province	12
	Hebei Province	13
	Heilongjiang Province	13
	Henan Province	14
	Hong Kong Special Administrative Region	15
	Hubei Province	15
	Hunan Province	16
	Jiangsu Province	16
	Jiangxi Province	17
	Jilin Province	18
	Liaoning Province	18
	Nei Mongol Autonomous Region (Inner Mongolia)	19
	Qinghai Province	19
	Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region	20
	Shaanxi Province	21
	Shandong Province	21
	Shanghai Municipality	22
	Shanxi Province	22
	Sichuan Province	23
	Taiwan Province	24
	Tianjin Municipality	24
	Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region	25
	Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region	26
	Yunnan Province	27
	Zhejiang Province	28
	Key Historical Events	28
	Chronology	46
	Xia and Shang Dynasties	46
	Zhou Dynasty	46
	Qin Dynasty	47
	Han Dynasty	47
	The Three Kingdoms	47
	Sui Dynasty	48
	The Tang Dynasty	48
	The Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms Period	48
	The Song Dynasty	49
	The Yuan Dynasty (Mongol Invaders)	49
	The Ming Dynasty	49
	The Qing Dynasty	50
	The Republic	50
	The People's Republic	51
	The Cultural Revolution	51
	Cultural Briefing	53
	Calligraphy	53
	Painting	53
	Theatre	54
	Literature	55
	Cinema	57
	Ceramics	58
	Architecture	59
	Temple Architecture	59
	Selected Historical and Political Biographies	60
	Dr Sun Yatsen	60
	Mao Zedong	61
	Deng Xiaoping	61
	His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet	62
	Mei Lan-Fang	62
	Major Cities	63
	Beijing (Peking)	63
	Shanghai	68
	Guangzhou (Canton)	73
	Temple of the Six Banyan Trees	75
	Octagonal Flower Pagoda	75
	Sacred Heart Church	76
	Mausoleum of the 72 Martyrs & Memorial of Yellow Flowers	76
	Memorial Garden to the Martyrs	76
	Hong Kong	76
	Victoria Peak	80
	University Museum & Art Gallery	80
	Sam Tung Uk Museum	80
	Man Mo Temple	81
	Zoological & Botanic Gardens	81
	Taipei (Taiwan)	81
	National Palace Museum	84
	Chung Cheng (Chiang Kaishek) Memorial Hall	84
	Jiang Zemin	87
	Zhu Rongji	88
	Wu Yi	89
	Xiao Yang	89
	Han Zhubin	89
	Li Peng	90
	Hu Jiantao	90
	Hong Kong	135
	Macao	153
	Taiwan	162

Editorial Reviews

This reference presents essential facts on society, business, and politics in China. It includes information on key historical events, major cities, business and social customs, trade fairs and festivals, industry, economy, defense, trade, and further reading and websites. Contains a few color maps. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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