The first years of the republic were marked by a continuing contest between Yuan and the former revolutionaries over where ultimate power should lie. The contest began with the election of parliament (the National Assembly) in February 1913. TheNationalist Party(Kuomintang [KMT], or Guomindang),...
This cup and saucer set, marked Made in Occupied Japan, features a delicate pattern of roses on a white background. These white insets are interspersed around the cup and saucer on a red background with a gold design in insets between each floral one. A gold design separates the various...
At the height of its power, the Khitan empire under its reigning Liao dynasty occupied practically the whole of Manchuria, part of northern Korea, part of North China, and the greater part of the Mongolian Plateau. In the late 11th century there ensued a marked decline in the administrative ...
With the Chinese economy already in the slow, sustainable growth pattern dubbed the “New Normal”, the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) market has followed suit with a marked slowdown. According to data from Kantar Worldpanel, the FMCG market growth was 3.5% in 2015, the lowest growth seen...
Chinese PLA Navy staged drills in the waters of South China Sea on July 8, 2016. Japan’s efforts to muddle the waters of the South China Sea are perverse acts that turn back the wheel of history, a Chinese expert wrote on Monday in an article that marked the 71st anniversary of Japan...
Noritake stamps featured “Occupied Japan” or “Made in Occupied Japan.” Also during this time, due to an inability to maintain quality standards, the company ceased using the name “Noritake” and used “Rose China” alongside a rose with “Made in Japan” or “Made in Occupied Japan.”...
Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month,precisely in the middle of this season,when the heat of the summer has given way to cool autumn weather,marked by blue skies and gentle peezes. On this day the moon is at its greatest distance from the earth;at no ...
Much of China is occupied by ancient platforms (the South China Platform and part of the Sino-Korean Platform) and by the Tarim and Tibetan massifs, which in the Proterozoic were joined to the platforms. The crystalline pre-Riphean foundation (gneiss, granite, metamorphic schist, and quartzite...
The arrest by Japan of a Chinese trawler in disputed waters in 2010 marked the beginning of heightened tensions between the two nations in the East and South China Seas. In 2011 China became the world’s second largest national economy. In Nov. 2012 the Communist Party congress selected Xi ...
The reason lies deep in history. The islands were for a long time regarded as Chinese, but they were taken by the Japanese – along with Taiwan and much else – following China’s humiliating defeat in the Sino-Japanese war of 1894-5. It marked the beginning of Japanese e...