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Junks Sailing the Li River, China

Sep 18

Environmental ...

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In recent decades, China has suffered from severe environmental deterioration and pollution. While regulations such as the 1979 Environmental Protection Law are fairly stringent, they are poorly ...

Huanglong Natural Preserve, Sichuan, China

Sep 18

Biodiversity

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China is one of 17 megadiverse countries, ying in two of the world's major ecozones: the Palearctic and the Indomalaya. By one measure, China has over 34,687 species of animals and ...

Huangguoshu Falls, Guizhou Province, China

Sep 18

Landscape and ...

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The territory of China lies between latitudes 18° and 54° N, and longitudes 73° and 135° E. China's landscapes vary significantly across its vast width. In the east, along the shores of the Yellow ...

Hong Kong, China

Sep 18

Geography

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The People's Republic of China is the second-largest country in the world by land area after Russia and is either the third- or fourth-largest by total area, after Russia, Canada and, ...

Great Wall of China at Badaling, China

Sep 18

People’s...

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Major combat in the Chinese Civil War ended in 1949 with the Communist Party in control of mainland China, and the Kuomintang retreating offshore, reducing the ROC's territory ...

Harvested Rice Field, Li River Area, Yangshuo, Guangxi Province, China

Sep 18

Republic of Ch...

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On 1 January 1912, the Republic of China was established, heralding the end of Imperial China. Sun Yat-sen of the Kuomintang (the KMT or Nationalist Party) was proclaimed provisional president of ...

Giant Panda Eating Bamboo, Wolong Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China

Sep 18

End of dynasti...

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The Qing Dynasty, which lasted from 1644 until 1912, was the last imperial dynasty of China. In the 19th century, the Qing Dynasty experienced Western ...

Emerging Onto the Great Wall of China

Sep 18

Imperial China...

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The subsequent Han Dynasty ruled China between 206 BCE and 220 CE, and created a lasting Han cultural identity among its populace that has endured to the present day. The ...

Deyue Pavilion, Black Dragon Pool Park, Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China

Sep 18

Early dynastic...

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The first Chinese dynasty that left historical records, the loosely feudal Shang (Yin), settled along the Yellow River in eastern China from the 17th to the 11th century BCE. The oracle bone ...

Buddhist Temple, Shanghai, China

Sep 18

Prehistory

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Archaeological evidence suggests that early hominids inhabited China between 250,000 and 2.24 million years ago. A cave in Zhoukoudian (near present-day Beijing) exhibits fossils dated at between 300,000 and 780,000 ...