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Hua Guofeng
Hua Guofeng or Hua Kuo-feng , 1920-2008, Chinese Communist leader. He was relatively unknown until he became minister of public security and deputy premier in 1975. As Mao Zedong 's designated heir, he became premier following Zhou Enlai 's death (Jan., 1976) and chairman of the Chinese... Read more |
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Jiang Qing
Jiang Qing or Chiang Ch'ing , 1914-91, Chinese Communist political leader, wife of Mao Zedong . Born Li Yun-ho, she changed her name to Lan Ping in 1938 when beginning an acting career, joining the Communist party the same year. In 1939, she married Mao Zedong and thereafter remained in the... Read more |
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Hua-yen Buddhism
Hua-yen Buddhism [Chin.,=flower garland], school of Chinese Buddhism centering on the Avatamsaka Sutra [flower garland sutra]. This school has no Indian counterpart. Hua-yen classifies Buddhist scriptures and doctrines on five levels, with its own teaching as the highest and most complete.... Read more |
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Hu Yaobang
Hu Yaobang , 1915-89, Chinese Communist political leader, b. Hunan prov. A protegé of Deng Xiaoping , Hu became general secretary of the Communist party in 1980 and party chairman in 1981, effectively replacing Hua Guofeng as leader of the Communist party. In the wake of student... Read more |
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Tung Chi-chang
Tung Ch'i-ch'ang Tung Ch'i-ch'ang (1555-1636), a Chinese calligrapher, painter, and art historian, founded the Sung-chiang school of literati painting. Tung Ch'i-ch'ang was born in Shanghai into a poor family with a tradition of scholarship and civil service. Compelled by the threat of... Read more |
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Womens History
Women's History: Asia The prominent roles occupied by women in the legends and myths of that complex and diverse part of the world called Asia suggest that "histories" of women in Asia have existed for a very long time. That these legends have been shaped, written, and sometimes performed by men... Read more |
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Miao
Miao ETHNONYMS: Bai Miao (White), Cowrie Shell Miao, Hei Miao (Black), Hmong, Hua Miao (Flowery), Hung Miao (Red), Magpie Miao, Qing Miao (Blue/Green) Orientation Identification. The various Miao groups are for the most part an unstratified agricultural people found in the uplands of... Read more |
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Chih-i
Chih-i , 538-97, Chinese Buddhist scholar and founder of the T'ien-t'ai (in Japan, called Tendai, or Lotus) school of Buddhism. Chih-i produced a conceptual framework that integrated varying Indian Buddhist schools and scriptures into a coherent whole by classifying the various scriptures into five... Read more |
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Callias (370 BCE)
Chuang-tzu, also Chuang chou (tzu means ‘master’, c.370–286 BCE). Considered by Taoists to be (with Lao-tzu) one of the founders of philosophical Taoism.He is traditionally the author of the work bearing his name, Chuang-tzu (or Nan-hua chenching). Of its thirty-three... Read more |
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Chinese leaders
...He was succeeded by Jiang Zemin.Chairman of the Communist...Tse-tung)1976–81 Hua Guofeng ( Huo Kuo-feng)1981...Tzu-yang)1989– Jiang Zemin ( Chiang Tse-min)President1949...k'un)1993–2003 Jiang Zemin2003– Hu JintaoPrime...En-lai)1976–80 Hua ... |
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Deng Xiaoping
...the death of Mao Zedong. Within three years Deng had ousted Hua Guofeng to become the dominant leader of party and government...the time of the Tiananmen Square massacre (1989). In 1993, Jiang Zemin became president.http://about.com/cs/dengxiaoping |
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Gang of Four
...vacuum. The Gang of Four, Zhang Chunjao, Wang Hungwen, Yao Wenyuan, and their leader Jiang Qing (Mao's widow), tried to launch a military coup but were arrested for treason by Hua Guofeng. They were sentenced to life imprisonment. |
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Mao Zedong
...The Cultural Revolution was an attempt by Mao and his wife, Jiang Qing, to reassert Maoist ideology. It encoruaged the cult of...created a vacuum. A struggle developed between the Gang of Four, Hua Guofeng, and Deng Xiaoping. Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong... |
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Jiang Qing
Jiang Qing ( Chiang Ch'ing) (b. 1914, d. 14 May 1991). Wife of Mao Zedong...consolidated her power by forming the Gang of Four. However, upon Mao's death, Hua Guofeng moved swiftly to remove her from office. She was arrested and, in... |
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Gang of Four
...comprised Mao Zedong's wife, Jiang Qing, Wang Hogwen, Yao Wenyuan...Politburo (in the cases of Jiang, Yao, and Zahng) and the...were arrested on the orders of Hua Guofeng. In a public trial...sentenced to death in the case of Jiang and Zahng (later commuted ... |
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China, Peoples Republic of
...was brought to an end, and the Gang of Four was arrested by Hua Guofeng. Most important was the rapid re-emergence of the...became clear with the Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989.Under Jiang Zemin, any political opposition was brutally suppressed. Impressive... |
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Deng Xiaoping
...strong man in Chinese politics, outmanoeuvring the more ideological Hua Guofeng by appropriating Mao's slogan of ‘Practice as the sole...increasingly affected by Parkinson's disease, and was succeeded by Jiang Zemin. |
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Accounting in China: how successful has China been in its bid to harmonise...
...hussain@ncl.ac.uk) is a senior lecturer and Lana Liu is a lecturer at Newcastle University Business School. Rui Hua Jiang is an accountant in private practice in China. 1 Chinese Gaap earnings versus IAS earnings in 2000-03 Gaap = IAS 6... |
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U.S. Department of State Honors Dr. Hua Jiang of China as State Alumni Member...
...Department of State Honors Dr. Hua Jiang of China as State Alumni Member of...Department of State has named Dr. Hua Jiang of China as State Alumni Member of...sponsored exchange program. Dr. Hua Jiang is a health advocate, ... |
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US DEPARTMENT OF STATE HONORS DR. HUA JIANG OF CHINA AS STATE ALUMNI MEMBER...
...release: The U. S. Department of State has named Dr. Hua Jiang of China as State Alumni Member of the Month. Throughout...participated in a Department-sponsored exchange program. Dr. Hua Jiang is a health advocate, medical doctor and surgeon. An... |
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HONORS DR. HUA JIANG OF CHINA AS STATE ALUMNI MEMBER...
...release: The U. S. Department of State has named Dr. Hua Jiang of China as State Alumni Member of the Month. Throughout...participated in a Department-sponsored exchange program. Dr. Hua Jiang is a health advocate, medical doctor and surgeon. An... |
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HONORS DR. HUA JIANG OF CHINA AS STATE ALUMNI MEMBER...
...2010 The U.S. Department of State has named Dr. Hua Jiang of China as State Alumni Member of the Month. Throughout...participated in a Department-sponsored exchange program. Dr. Hua Jiang is a health advocate, medical doctor and surgeon. An... |
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Fortinet Fortifies Chung Hua University's Infrastructure With...
...broadband connections," said Michael Jiang, Network Supervisor of Chung Hua University Computer Centre. Chung Hua University had evaluated vendor solutions...all-in-one solution'. Chung Hua's Michael Jiang also cited other key factors that... |
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1st-Ld-Writethru: Remains of Hua Guofeng cremated
...Ld-Writethru: Remains of Hua Guofeng cremated BEIJING, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- The remains of Hua Guofeng, a former leader of the...Hu Jintao and his predecessor Jiang Zemin showed their condolence to Hua's death. Those who condoled... |
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CHINA: Construction plans for proposed $2,000,000,000 wafer plant, SHANGHAI...
...industry sources. Hence, the local SHANGHAI HUA HONG NEC ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. (HHNEC) recently...Vice-President (Operations II) Qingtang, Jiang,Vice-President (Technology) SHANGHAI HUA HONG NEC ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. (HHNEC) No... |
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CHINA: Construction plans for proposed $2,000,000,000 wafer plant, SHANGHAI...
...industry sources. Hence, the local SHANGHAI HUA HONG NEC ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. (HHNEC) recently...Vice-President (Operations II) Qingtang, Jiang,Vice-President (Technology) SHANGHAI HUA HONG NEC ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. (HHNEC) No... |
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TAIWAN: KAO HUA-CHU CALLS FOR RECEPTION OF CHEN JIN-YU
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Jan. 8 -- The government of Taiwan issued the following news release: (Jiang Da-yu, Military News Agency, Taipei 5th) Kao Hua-chu, Minister of National Defense, accompanied by General Li Xiang-zhou, Commander of... |