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86 matches to China
Panay Incident. 1937. Japanese sink US gunboat in China. US restraint exemplified isolationism.
Pathet Lao. 1950-91. Laotian communists vs French rule in Indochina.
Peking, Treaty. 1860. China cedes coastal land to Russia.
Plague. 429-425BC Athens. 33% died. 1347-53 Europe. (Black Death). Killed 25-50% population. 1603~65 England. 1720 Provençe. 1710 Scandinavia. 1894 China, Hong Kong. 100,000 died, 10M around world.
Polo, Marco. c1254-1324. Venetian traveller to China 1275-92.Travels of Marco Polo 1298.
Port Arthur. Chinese port. 1894 Japan. 1895 China (Shimonoseki Treaty). 1898 Russia. 1904 Japan. 1945 USSR/China. 1955 China.
Portsmouth, Treaty. 1905. Russia recognizes Japan in Korea, returning Manchuria to China.
Pure Land Buddhism. 4C China, Japan. Followers of Buddha saviour Amitabha (Amida, O-mi-t’o). Paradise for invoking his name.
Ricci, Matteo. 1552-1610. Italian Jesuit missionary to China.
Root-Takahira Agreement. 1908. US-Japan. Maintains Open Door policy in China.
Security Council. UN executive. USA, USSR, China, France, UK, + 10 non-permanent.
Shih Huang-ti. c259-210BC. Emperor 246-. Unified China. Great Wall. Burning of Books 213.
Shu Han. 221-264. Western China dynasty. Conquered by Wei.
Silk Route. Trade route from Rome to China. Followed by Marco Polo.
Sino-Japanese War. 1937-45. Japanese invade China. WWII.
Spode, Josiah. 1754-1829. British discoverer of bone china 1794.
Taiwan. Indonesians. 1590 Portugal discovers = Formosa. 17C Dutch/Spanish settle. 1662 Chinese settle, expel Europeans. 1895 Japan. 1945 China. 1949 Independent as Republic of China. 1971 United Nations gives Taiwan’s seat to People’s Republic of China.
Tea. c2700BC China. 6C Europe. 1657 England.
Three Kingdoms. 220-280. Wei, Wu, Shu Han division of China between Han, Chin dynasties.
Tibet. 7C-838 Buddhist kingdom. 9C Divided. 1247 Mongol. 14C Yellow Hats established. 1642 5th Dalai Lama becomes ruler. 1715 Chinese suzerainty. 1792 Closed to foreigners. 1951 Autonomous within China. 1959 China crushes revolt. 1987~9 Riots vs Chinese rule.
Tientsin Massacre. 1870. 20 French killed. China apologizes. End of China/Western co-operation.
Treaty Ports. Japan, China forced by west to open ports to foreign trade. Opium Wars.
Tsingtao. (Kiaochow). Strategic Chinese port. 1898 German. 1914 Japan. 1922 China. 1938-45 Japanese occupy.
Tu Fu. 712-70. China’s greatest poet. Pessimistic, satirical.
Twenty-One Demands. 1915. China submits to Japanese threats. Japan controls Manchuria, Mongolia and have access to ports and islands.