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  2. Timeline of Chinese history - Wikipedia

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    The Dutch East India Company (VOC) began shipping Chinese ceramics to Europe. 1604: The grand secretary Gu Xiancheng reopened the Donglin Academy in Wuxi, establishing the Donglin movement. 1607: Euclid's Elements was first translated into Chinese. 1609: Sancai Tuhui was published. 1610: Jin Ping Mei was published. 1615: The Zihui was compiled ...

  3. Chinese emigration - Wikipedia

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    Waves of Chinese emigration have happened throughout history. They include the emigration to Southeast Asia beginning from the 10th century during the Tang dynasty, to the Americas during the 19th century, particularly during the California gold rush in the mid-1800s; general emigration initially around the early to mid 20th century which was mainly caused by corruption, starvation, and war ...

  4. Lost Years: A People's Struggle for Justice - Wikipedia

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    The documentary centres on the family story of director Kenda Gee and the last 150 years of the Chinese diaspora in Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and Australia. [15] [16] [17] The movie begins documenting Gee's ancestors from 1910 China, further progressing through the years focusing on the racism that they and other Chinese emigrants experienced, and culminating with Hanson Lau and ...

  5. Overseas Chinese - Wikipedia

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    Overseas Chinese people are people of Chinese origin who reside outside Greater China (mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan). [20] As of 2011, there were over 40.3 million overseas Chinese. [8]

  6. Qingtianese diaspora - Wikipedia

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    The Qingtianese diaspora refers to the overseas Chinese and their descendants that are originated from Qingtian county, Zhejiang province, China.. Qingtian is renowned in China for its centuries-old diasporan communities, in which out of the county's 568,800 original inhabitants, as many as 381,000 of them are currently residing in 146 countries across the world, forming the bulk of Chinese ...

  7. Timeline: Chinese leader Xi Jinping's rise and rule - AOL

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    Chinese President Xi Jinping, the son of a communist revolutionary leader, was a victim of the Cultural Revolution and a provincial chief during China's economic boom before ascending to the very ...

  8. Adams Synchronological Chart or Map of History - Wikipedia

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    Since the chart combines secular history with biblical genealogy, it worked back from the time of Christ to peg their start at 4,004 B.C. Above the image of Adam and Eve are the words, "In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth" (Genesis 1:1) — beside which the author acknowledges that — "Moses assigns no date to this Creation.

  9. List of documentary films about China - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese Mayor (2015) China Remix - African Hip-Hop Artists in China (2015) BBC Secrets of China (2015) China Rising, Latest World News (Al Jazeera), 4 episodes [2] Diaoyu Islands - The Truth (2014 Film) (2014) Human Harvest (2014) TIBET - The Truth (2013) Living with Dead Hearts (2013) Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012) Restoring the Light (2011 ...