Sylt
Sylt , island (1994 pop. 5,543), 36 sq mi (93 sq km), Schleswig-Holstein, N Germany, in the North Sea. It is the largest of the North Frisian Islands and is connected by a causeway to the mainland; the two main towns are Westerland, a popular seaside tourist spot, and Kampen, a wealthier resort. Except in its cultivated western tip, the island is covered by dunes and heathland; fishing, agriculture, and tourism are the chief industries. Fortified in the 1930s, Sylt was one an early air target of the Allies during World War II. Erosion is an ongoing problem.
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Sino-Japanese political documents cornerstone for bilateral ties:experts
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 4/29/2005; 700+ words
; ...relations at a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro...political foundation for Sino- Japanese relations, said Liu...put in law, for the first time, the general direction...emphasize the importance of Sino-Japanese friendly relations...
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Sino-Japanese ties key to regional peace
Newspaper article from: China Daily; 10/30/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...successive Japanese administrations...countries were first established...achievements in Sino-Japanese relations fully...long Cold War confrontation...Second World War and its attitude...included in the Sino-Japanese Joint Declaration...
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Shrine visits sour Sino-Japanese ties
Newspaper article from: China Daily; 12/31/2005; 700+ words
; ...including a dozen World War II criminals, for...people of the then war-torn countries...remorse for Japan's war past can the impasse...the frozen Sino-Japanese relationship would...European Union. In the first eight months of 2005, Sino-Japanese trade...
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Vital contribution to Sino-Japanese ties
Newspaper article from: China Daily; 6/23/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...of China's first initiative to help those Japanese people living...surrender in World War II. China...impact on the new Sino-Japanese relationship...in promoting Sino-Japanese friendship during the Cold War. Since the...
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Yearender: Koizumi's shrine visits sour Sino-Japanese relations
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 12/29/2005; 700+ words
; ...people of the then war-torn countries...remorse for Japan's war past, can the impasse...The remarks by the Japanese leaders showed that...that the freezing Sino- Japanese relationship would...European Union. In the first eight months of 2005...
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Ming Wan. Sino-Japanese Relations: Interaction, Logic, and Transformation.(Book review)
Magazine article from: China Review International; 3/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...the post--Cold War world, which contributes...United States in Sino-Japanese relations since 1972...factors influencing the Sino-Japanese relationship such as post-Cold War geopolitics and the...make up part 3. The first topic is Prime Minister...
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Geo-political causes of Sino-Japanese tension
Newspaper article from: China Daily; 2/24/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Problems in the Sino-Japanese relationship can...political arena. First, the strategic...end of the Cold War brought changes to the Japanese political landscape...Japan and China. Japanese Prime Minister...deterioration of Sino-Japanese relations...
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Who was to blame for Sino-Japanese War: Chinese version of Japanesebook
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 7/18/2007; 637 words
; ...Shimbun during the war, most of which were first published in China...and casualties in the wars with Japan, without...the research of the Sino-Japanese War, I truly admire the...of the start of the Sino- Japanese War and...
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Beyond stability: new directions for Sino-Japanese relations.
Magazine article from: Harvard International Review; 3/22/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...influence the nature of the Sino-Japanese relationship. As Japan...order to meet post-Cold War challenges. Japan-US...must emphasize making Sino-Japanese relations productive for...strategic advantages. First, it strengthened China...
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Broaden exchanges by Sino-Japanese NGOs
Newspaper article from: China Daily; 8/9/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...repatriation of 1 million Japanese from China to Japan...one year after the war ended in 1945, set...question of 1 million Japanese staying in China...world, the Chinese first associate the notion...harmonious Asia and Sino-Japanese ties. All Chinese...
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Sino-Japanese Wars
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Sino-Japanese Wars Two wars between China and...beginning and end of Japanese imperial expansion...Asian mainland. The first (1894–...Korea. In 1894, Japanese influence helped...pressure. The second war (1937–...
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First Sino-Japanese War
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
First Sino-Japanese War 1894-95, conflict between China and...fighting that ensued between Chinese and Japanese forces ended with an easy victory for the more modern Japanese army. The Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895...
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Russo-Japanese War
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR After brokering the end of the Sino-Japanese War (1894 –...General Tamemoto Kuroki's First Army was ready to march...last hopes. The Russo-Japanese War was the first global conflict of the...
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Manchuria and Manchukuo
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...and Heilongjiang, first became a focus of...support in the Russo-Japanese War (1904 –...part of Manchuria. Japanese claims to special...in part because of Japanese intransigence but...outbreak of the second Sino-Japanese War in...
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China incident
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
...term employed by the Japanese to refer to the conflict...Greater East Asia War’ (Dai...mentality with which Japanese leaders viewed their...this conflict as the Sino-Japanese war, generally mean...This was not the first time Japanese had...
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