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- 161: Endangered Species 2
- ... be to provide animals for re-introduction into the wild. WWF urges all institutions in the world which currently hold pandas to contribute fully to this breeding programme." There are currently 23 pandas at the China Conservation and Research Centre for the Giant Panda in Wolong and an estimated total of 103 animals in captivity worldwide. Along with fieldwork, Chinese scientists have worked continuously to improve the success rate of captive ... Since 1991 natural mating has resulted in eight births at the Wolong centre. In addition to experience gained over the years at Wolong, the recent success of births can be attributed to improved cooperation between China's Ministry of Forestry and the country's zoos involved in panda breeding, as well as to an exchange of information and technology between Chinese and western scientists. Some problems are, however, still experienced with ... Group Newsletter, No. 2., February 1991. 5. Menghu, W. and Tieqin, H. (eds.). 1989. National Conservation Management Plan for the Giant Panda and its Habitat: Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu Provinces, The People's Republic of China. Joint Report of the WWF & Ministry of Forestry of the People's Republic of China. 6. Schaller, G. B., Hu Jinchu, Pan Wenshi & Zhu Jing. 1985. The Giant Pandas of Wolong. The University of ...
- 162: Korean History
- ... t handle the War between the other countries. At first, one of these three countries, Ko-Gu-Ryo, was strongest and biggest. This country developed toughness and sprightliness by having many years of War with China. The Chinese people were afraid Ko-Gu-Ryo after they had many years of war so that they built the great wall of China for defense. Ko-Gu-Ryo spent a lot of energy to expand their country or the other side, they accepted Buddhism and many kinds of scholarly attainments from the Chinese. However; they kept their strong ... Pack-Che was settled in Han river area in the years between 0 to 900. Pack-Che had a predominant culture and art. At one time, Pack-Che controlled some part of west sea of China and Ku-Shu area in Japan, but it was destroyed by China after 700 years they settled in Han river area but they tried reconstruction work. At that time some of Kings of Pack- ...
- 163: Marco Polo
- Marco Polo is one of the most well-known heroic travelers and traders around the world. In my paper I will discuss with you Marco Polo's life, his travels, and his visit to China to see the great Khan. Marco Polo was born in c.1254 in Venice. He was a Venetian explorer and merchant whose account of his travels in Asia was the primary source for the European image of the Far East until the late 19th century. Marco's father, Niccolò, and his uncle Maffeo had traveled to China (1260-69) as merchants. When they left (1271) Venice to return to China, they were accompanied by 17-year-old Marco and two priests. Early Life Despite his enduring fame, very little was known about the personal life of Marco Polo. It is known that he was ...
- 164: Iron And Silk
- ... good friend who knew that I had an interest in Asia. I chose to read it because it was a true story and was told that it was a good read. The author travels to China as an English teacher for the Hunan Medical School. There he stayed for two years picking up many anecdotes along the way. The author already had spent a large amount of his life studying Chinese language and the martial arts. However, when he arrives in China he meets teachers who have dedicated their entire lives to perfecting a particular art or skill, whether it be martial arts or calligraphy. Mark Salzman was perfecting his calligraphy skills and as weeks had passed ... plate of steel up to ten thousand times a day. Mark’s relentless practicing of the many forms of Wushu was influenced by Pan. Salzman also showed that there was great oppression. The people of China were under constant surveillance and control. Rarely were they able to make important decisions for themselves. It was sad to see that in a country with so many people there was so little freedom. ...
- 165: Chinesse Education
- China has a long and rich cultural tradition in which education has played a major role. In 124 BC the first university was established for training prospective bureaucrats in Confucian learning and the Chinese classics. Only members of the upper class could attend school. Peasants and factory workers did not have the time to attend school; therefore as of 1949 only 20% of China was literate. The Communists who controlled China considered illiteracy a major stumbling block in their promotion of political programs. They then combined political propaganda with educational development. During the first few years (1949-51) of this push on education, over 60 ...
- 166: Environmental Crisis
- ... have largely resulted from population growth, which has lead to apathy and inaction with regard to the wasteful consumption of resources. Examples are the desertification of the Sahel in Africa, the one child policy in China and the mis-management of our oceans. The Sahel is a strip of land that extends for more than 6000 kilometres across the southern edge of the Sahara desert. It stretches from Senegal and Mauritania ... share the world's resources and the ability of poor nations to improve the quality of life experienced by their people. At the beginning of this century there were some 426 million people living in China. This has resulted in a country that has endured the demographic effects of devastating famines, wars, and epidemics for millennia; the population growth and change that occurred in the 20th century is unprecedented. By the ... two-thirds of this 900 million increase was added within the last 50 years, as mortality was reduced amid high fertility rates. The Chinese government has been moved by this "demographic affluence" to curb fertility. China's strategic demographic initiatives (SDI) were contrived out of this need. The government installed numerous measures for curbing fertility, embracing delayed marriage, sterilisation, all known contraceptive methods, and abortion. Exhortations, campaigns, financial and material ...
- 167: Kublai Khan
- Kublai Khan Kublai Khan was born in 1216, he was the grandson of the great conqueror Genghis Khan. Kublai founded the Mongol or Yuan Dynasty that ruled China from 1279 to 1368. He began to play a major role in the consolidation of Mongol power in 1251. Kublai was the son of Tolui and brother of the fourth Great- Khan , Manghu. He conquered ... Manghu died he became ruler of the Mongol empire. He was also known as being a great Mongol military leader. Between 1260 and 1279 he was successful in driving the Kin Tatars out of northern China. In 1264 Kublai established his own capital in Cambulac which is now known as Beijing. He relinquished all the claims to the parts of the Mongol empire outside China. Kublai also undertook many foreign wars in attempts to enforce tribute claims on neighboring states. For the first time in Chinese history a “ barbarian” people had conquered. His name was known all over Asia ...
- 168: Madame Liang
- ... style", Mercy the musician, and Grace the concert pianist. Joy, whom is a contemporary painter, lives in the United States of America and stays here. Joy is the only daughter not to go back to china. This is due to her husband Hsuan Teng. Hsuan Teng influences Joy in not to go back to china. He is discouraged to go back to china because they then will be forced to work on farms, and not permitted to express their feelings in art. Hsuan is a well renowned artist and is almost a famous as Pablo Picaso. " 'You ...
- 169: Essat On Taiwan Now And Then
- "Taiwan defends plans to develop long range nuclear missiles"(Taipei, Dec 9 1999 AFP). A top Taiwanese official on Thursday defended his government's right to develop long-range missiles after US reports said China was building a new missile base targeting the island of Taiwan. During the period of the Opium War, a British fleet tried to occupy Keelung harbor in north Taiwan but eventually failed. This was the ... Japan is defeated in World War II In spite of the fact that there was no international agreement regarding change of status on Taiwan, Chiang Kai-shek had swiftly renamed Taiwan as "Taiwan Province" of China. On September 5, 1945, Chen Yi set up a temporary office at Chungking, and appointed himself as the chief executive. Further on September 29, he set up an "advanced command post" combining the Governor's ... the public beating of Lin Chiang-mai after seizing unauthorized cigarettes and money. Shortly thereafter, Taiwan was put under marshal law, which didn't end until 1987. In 1949, Taiwan became a rebel province of China when it split from Mainland China. In 1995, Chinese Communist Party Chief Jiang Zemin offered an "eight point proposal" for Taiwan's reunification with Mainland China. Taiwan formally rejected Jiang's offer. Latter that ...
- 170: From Legend To Science The Health Benefits Of Tea
- ... mankind's most popular brewed beverages. For thousands of years, however, tea has had one great advantage over coffee: it is believed to have a wide range of medicinal properties. In his book, Tea in China, John C. Evans states that ¡§if tea had not possessed a medical reputation, the beverage we know today might never have existed.¡¨ (Evans 19) Research in fact proves that tea owes its reputation as much to its health benefits as to its taste, and this has been true, since tea made its first appearance in ancient China more than two thousand years ago. No one is sure where and when tea was first brewed; stories about tea's origins are more myth than reality. One story tells that a legendary Chinese leader ... without scientific basis that tea drinking has since ancient times been considered health inducing and a remedy for disease.¡¨ (Binglun 335) Eventually the tea trade began, and the reputation of tea as medicine spread beyond China¡¦s borders. In his book, Tea, Jamie Shalleck states that ¡§tea reached Germany and then France from Dutch sources.¡¨ (Shalleck 45) At first, reports Shalleck, ¡§French medical authorities were on guard;¡¨ some Seventeenth Century ...
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