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  2. Category:British missionaries in China - Wikipedia

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  3. List of military legions - Wikipedia

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    Indische Legion, also known as the Free India Legion or Tiger Legion, an Indian unit raised in 1941 and attached to the German Army; Latvian Legion, a formation of the Waffen-SS created in 1943 and consisting primarily of ethnic Latvians; Legion of St. George, the original name of the British Free Corps

  4. List of foreign volunteers - Wikipedia

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    The British Legions in the South American Wars of Independence during the 19th century. The British Free Corps of the Waffen SS in World War II. 2,500 British fought in the Spanish Civil War on the side of the republicans. [8] In the Paraguay Revolution of 1922, British pilots fought in the Escuela de Aviación Militar.

  5. Royal British Legion - Wikipedia

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    The British Legion was founded on 15 May 1921 as a voice for the ex-service community as a bringing together of four organisations: the Comrades of the Great War, the National Association of Discharged Sailors and Soldiers and the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilised Sailors and Soldiers, and incorporated the fundraising department of the Officers' Association.

  6. List of regions of China - Wikipedia

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    East China: 832,028 km 2: 407,527,091: 499/km 2: The above-mentioned seven entities plus the claimed Taiwan Province. Taiwan and its surrounding island groups are administered by the Republic of China but claimed by the People's Republic of China. Central China: 564,700 km 2: 216,945,029: 384/km 2: Henan, Hubei, and Hunan: South China: 449,654 ...

  7. China's new national map has set off a wave of protests. Why?

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    China has upset many countries in the Asia-Pacific region with its release of a new official map that lays claim to most of the South China Sea, as well as to contested parts of India and Russia ...

  8. Britons in China - Wikipedia

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    As of 2006, an estimated 36,000 British people live in China, including those living in Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China. [1] A different estimate puts the number of Britons in China (including Hong Kong) at 3,752,031, [2] [3] the majority of which are those in Hong Kong who have continued to possess British nationality, particularly the British nationals (overseas) status ...

  9. List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to China - Wikipedia

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    Prior to this, the United Kingdom had sent ministers to the Qing Empire and variously ministers and ambassadors to the Republic of China. The Embassy offices have been located in Peking , Nanking , or both. Currently the British Ambassador to China is Caroline Wilson, she became ambassador in September 2020.