china

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Noun

china (countable and uncountable; plural chinas)

  1. (uncountable) Ceramic or porcelain
  2. (uncountable) Tableware made from china.
  3. (Cockney rhyming slang; shortened from china plate; countable) Mate (i.e., friend).
    All right, me old china?
  4. (music, countable) A cymbal, flattened at the perimeter, about 16 to 20 inches (40 to 50 centimetres) across, that is ridden or crashed to produce a distinctive "trashy" sound.

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china

  1. third-person singular past historic of chiner.

From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Sat Sep 4 11:10:45 2010

China is seen variously as an ancient civilization extending over a large area in East Asia, a nation and/or a multinational entity.

China is one of the world's oldest civilizations and is regarded as the oldest continuous civilization. Prior to the 19th century, it possessed one of the most advanced societies and economies in the world; but through successive dynasties it then missed the industrial revolution and began to decline. In the 19th and 20th century, imperialism, internal weakness and civil wars damaged the country and its economy, and led to the overthrow of imperial rule.

In 1949, after major combat ended in the Chinese Civil War, two states calling themselves "China" emerged:

In the 1950s, change to economic policies in Taiwan transformed the island into a technology-oriented industrialized developed economy after a period of high growth rates and rapid industrialization. In mainland China, in the 1970s, reforms known as the Four Modernizations modernized the agriculture, industry, technology and defense, vastly raising living standards, and making the PRC one of the great powers.

Historically, China's cultural sphere has extended across East Asia as a whole, with Chinese religion, customs, and writing systems being adopted to varying degrees by neighbors such as Japan, Korea and Vietnam. Through its history, China was the source of many major inventions. It has also one of the world's oldest written language systems. The first evidence of human presence in the region was found at the Zhoukoudian cave. It is one of the earliest known specimens of Homo erectus, now commonly known as the Peking Man, estimated to have lived from 300,000 to 780,000 years ago.

From Wikipedia under the GNU Free Documentation License
Thu Sep 2 19:32:10 2010

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Taipei: . China. is ramping-up its military presence facing Taiwan despite the easing of hostilities across the Strait, a defence ministry report cited by local.

From Google Blog Search: "china"
Thu Sep 9 17:00:02 2010

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From Google Video Search: "china"
Thu Sep 9 17:00:02 2010

China may ease fund-manager rules: report - MarketWatch
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may ease fund-manager rules: report MarketWatch hong kong (MarketWatch) -- China's Qualified Domestic Institutional Investors program may be liberalized to enable domestic fund management companies with ... China May Relax Capital Rules for QDII Funds: Report ABC News
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The Associated Press Traders are looking to China and other emerging economies to fuel demand for commodities in coming years. If China continues to grow at its current rate of ... Asia Commodity Day Ahead: Wheat Climbs After Russia Extends Ban on Exports Bloomberg Oil Market Outlook Bangkok Post Oil drops to near US$74 a barrel in Europe afternoon as traders eye US ... TODAYonline Hindu Business Line

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From Yahoo Image Search: "china"
Thu Sep 9 17:00:01 2010

Where in China is the best place to buy fake high quality brands?
Q. I am going to China in a few weeks. I have been there and I know that to buy fake high quality brands Beijing is a good place but higher price than Shenzhen, close to Hong Kong. But I am wondering where is the place in China that high quality and price are the best for fake goods as bags, watches, etc?
Asked by arthemysis - Thu Sep 10 00:23:01 2009 - - 5 Answers - 1 Comments

A. there are three place you can try:Guangzhou,Shenzhen,Yi Wu. these place have many factories, so maybe you can get good price at the same quality than others cities,but, actually you'd better have yourself ideas to chose the suppliers,because business isn't only to get the lowest price,also need service and help each other. I have to say you can get every thing at cheap price with good quality although there have some bad suppliers sold bad products,but reliable suppliers are more than bad. So buy from China is right !
Answered by DHsee - Thu Sep 10 12:39:15 2009

How can i distinguish the China today vs the previous china?
Q. Can someone explain to me like the differences in today's (modern) China vs. previous China in terms of history. So like what are some differences that can distinguish the two different China. All I can think of is like how today's modern China is all unified into one where as in previous, China was divided into different states. But could anyone give me more description?
Asked by Uste June - Tue Jan 26 18:07:42 2010 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Depend what you mean by "previous China". From the beginning of Chinese civilization (around 5,000 years ago) China was a kingdom under an absolute monarch - king or emperor. In between the long history the country was first united during Qin and then there were splitting of the countries as interludes to unifications. Then the monarchy system continued until 1911 when modern China was formed. But it was still plagued with civil war and social unrest. A major civil war broke out and in 1949 the communists won the war and People's Republic of China was formed. The defeated Nationalists fled to Taiwan and rule from there until today. Actually we do not have yet a unified China today, we have to wait until Taiwan become part of China once… [cont.]
Answered by JC - Wed Jan 27 03:34:53 2010

How was china society doing during the cold war?
Q. I need to know what were some social problems (but not necessarily problems) of china during the cold war? (1950 - 1990) And ONLY if you know what are the problems of today Thank!
Asked by Jasson - Sat May 16 21:01:40 2009 - - 1 Answers - 1 Comments

A. The problems back then included: mistreatment of Minorities abolishment of politicol parties supression of Politicol rights and Civil Liberties
Answered by Macedonian-American boy - Sat May 16 21:11:13 2009

From Yahoo Answer Search: "china"
Thu Sep 9 17:00:03 2010

China is a cultural region and ancient civilization in East Asia. China refers to a one of the world's oldest civilization comprising successive states and cultures dating back more than 6,000 years. Due to the stalemate of the last Chinese Civil War following World War II, China currently looks like two separate countries: the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Republic of China (ROC). The PRC administers and governs mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau, while the ROC administers and governs Taiwan and its surrounding islands. Each government used to claim that it was the only official government of China. However, PRC is nowadays widely accepted in the world as the only offical government.

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Thu Sep 2 19:58:04 2010