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In 1659, a vast and unusual map of China arrived in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. It was bequeathed by John Selden, a London business lawyer ...
The Mongol takeover in the 1270s changed the course of Chinese history. The Confucian empire-a millennium and a half in the making-was suddenly thrust under ...
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China's rise to superpower is seemingly a modern phenomenon, but it has a long history. This book follows China's geopolitical transformation on the ...
As the geopolitical importance of Taiwan grows, this history provides a guide to the country.
Huang Chin-tao was born in 1926, when Taiwan was still ...
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Indira Gandhi's ascent as prime minister of India in ...
