| Approximant consonant Talk:Approximant_consonant
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| History of China Chinese civilization originated in various city-states along the Yellow River () valley in the Neolithic era. The written history of China begins with the Shang Dynasty (ca. 1550BCE - ca. 1046 BCE). Turtle shells with ancient Chinese writing from the Shang Dynasty have been carbon dated to as early as 1500 BCE. History_of_China
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| Chinese calendar The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar. It is not exclusive to China, but followed by many other Asian cultures. It is often referred to by the Western cultures as the Chinese calendar because it was first perfected by the Chinese around 500 BC . Chinese_calendar
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| Chinese classics Chinese classic texts or Chinese canonical texts () refer to the pre-Qin Chinese texts, especially the Confucian Four Books and Five Classics (四書五經). All of these pre-Qin text were written in classical Chinese. They can be referred to as jing (經). Chinese_classics
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| Hawaiian language The Hawaiian language (HawaiianŌlelo Hawaii) is a Polynesian language that takes its name from Hawaii, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed. Hawaiian, along with English, is an official language of the State of Hawaii. Hawaiian_language
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| Stereoisomerism Stereoisomers are isomeric molecules that have the same molecular formula and sequence of bonded atoms (constitution), but which differ only in the three-dimensional orientations of their atoms in space. Stereoisomerism
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| Economy of Taiwan Taiwan has a dynamic capitalist economy with gradually decreasing guidance of investment and foreign trade by the Republic of China (ROC) government which governs Taiwan. In keeping with this trend, most large government-owned banks and industrial firms have been privatized. Economy_of_Taiwan
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| Catfish Catfish (order Siluriformes) are a very diverse group of bony fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers (though not prominent in all members of this order), catfish range in size and behavior from the heaviest, the Mekong giant catfish from Southeast Asia and the longest, the wels catfish of Eurasia, to detritivores (species that eat dead material on the bottom), and even to a tiny parasitic species commonly called the candiru, Vandellia cirrhosa. Catfish
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| Grid computing Grid computing (or the use of computational grids) is the application of several computers to a single problem at the same time — usually to a scientific or technical problem that requires a great number of computer processing cycles or access to large amounts of data.One of the main grid computing strategies is to use software to divide and apportion pieces of a program among several computers, sometimes up to many thousands. Grid_computing
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| History of Taiwan This article discusses the history of Taiwan (including Penghu). For history of the polity which currently governs Taiwan, see history of the Republic of China.The island of Taiwan (excluding Penghu) was first populated by Austronesian people. It was colonized by the Dutch in the 17th century, followed by an influx of Han Chinese including Hakka immigrants from areas of Fujian and Guangdong of mainland China, across the Taiwan Strait. History_of_Taiwan
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| Taiwanese aborigines Taiwanese aborigines (; Taiwanese Pe̍h-oē-jī:indigenous peoples of Taiwan. Although Taiwanese indigenous groups hold a variety of creation stories, recent research suggests their ancestors may have been living on the islands for approximately 8000 years before major Han Chinese immigration began in the 17th century . Taiwanese_aborigines
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| Liu Song Dynasty The Song Dynasty (宋朝, Pinyin:Wade-Giles:Southern Dynasties in China, followed by the Southern Qi Dynasty. It was founded by Liu Yu 劉裕 (363–422), whose surname together with "Song" forms the most commonly used name for the dynasty, the Liu Song 劉宋. Liu_Song_Dynasty
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| Guoyu Talk:Guoyu
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| Republic of China Talk:Republic_of_China
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| Northern Wei Northern_Wei
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| Big5 Big-5 or Big5 is a character encoding method used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau for Traditional Chinese characters. Its Mainland China equivalent is GB. Big5
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| Eye Talk:Eye
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| Wang Pi Wang Pi (王伾) (d. 805?) was an official of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, who was a close associate of Emperor Shunzong (Li Song). He, along with his ally Wang Shuwen, was powerful during Emperor Shunzong's brief reign in 805, but soon lost power and died in exile. Wang_Pi
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| Wu Zetian Wu_Zetian
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| FishBase FishBase is a comprehensive database of information about fish. , it included descriptions of over 30,000 species, over 260,000 common names in hundreds of languages, over 46,000 pictures, and references to more than 42,000 works in the scientific literature. FishBase
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| Cao Cao Cáo Cāo (曹操; 155 March 15, 220) was a warlord and the penultimate Chancellor of the Eastern Han Dynasty who rose to great power during its final years in ancient China. As one of the central figures of the Three Kingdoms period, he laid the foundations for what was to become Cao Wei and was posthumously titled Emperor Wu of Wei (魏武帝). Cao_Cao
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| Cao Pi Cao Pi (曹丕, 187-June 29, 226), formally Emperor Wen of (Cao) Wei (曹魏文帝), courtesy name Zihuan (子桓), was born in Qiao County, Pei Commandery (modern Bozhou, Anhui). He was the second son of the Chinese politician and poet Cao Cao and was the first emperor and the real founder of Cao Wei (also known as "Kingdom of Wei"), one of the Three Kingdoms.Cao Pi, like his father, was a poet. Cao_Pi
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| Yuan T. Lee Yuan_T._Lee
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| Jumping spider The jumping spider family (Salticidae) contains more than 500 described genera and over 5,000 species, making it the largest family of spiders with about 13% of all species (Peng et al., 2002). Jumping spiders have good vision and use it for hunting and navigating. They are capable of jumping from place to place, secured by a silk tether. Both their book lungs and the tracheal system are well-developed, as they depend on both systems (bimodal breathing). Jumping_spider
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| Xin Dynasty The Xin Dynasty () was a Chinese dynasty (although strictly speaking it had only one emperor) which lasted from 9-23 AD. It followed the Western Han Dynasty and preceded the Eastern Han Dynasty.The sole emperor of the Xin Dynasty, Wang Mang (王莽), was the nephew of Grand Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun. Xin_Dynasty
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| Tongyong Pinyin Tongyong pinyin () was the official romanization of Mandarin Chinese in the Republic of China (Taiwan) between 2002 and 2008. The system was unofficially used between 2000 and 2002, years of study about a new romanization system for the Republic of China. The ROC's Ministry of Education approved the system in 2002 but its use was not mandatory. Since January 1, 2009, Tongyong pinyin is no longer official, due to the Ministry of Education's approval of Hanyu pinyin on September 16, 2008. Tongyong_Pinyin
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| Gao Lishi Gao Lishi () (684-762), formally the Duke of Qi (齊公), was a eunuch official of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty, becoming particularly powerful during Emperor Xuanzong of Tang's reign. He is believed to have have been in charge of many decisions that were supposed to be the emperor's responsibility during Emperor Xuanzong's later years, and was believed to have been richer than many of the nobility of the era. Gao_Lishi
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| Yang Guifei Consort Yang Yuhuan (楊玉環) (June 1, 719 July 15, 756), often known as Yáng Guìfēi () (with Guifei being the highest rank for imperial consorts at her time), known briefly by the Taoist nun name Taizhen (太真), was one of the Four Beauties of ancient China. Yang_Guifei
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| Vegetarianism/Archive 1 Talk:Vegetarianism/Archive_1
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| Guo Ziyi Guo Ziyi (Traditional Chinese:Simplified Chinese:Hanyu Pinyin:Wade-Giles:Prince Zhongwu of Fenyang (汾陽忠武王), was a general during the Tang Dynasty who ended the An Shi Rebellion, and participated in expeditions against the peoples of Huihe (Uyghurs) and Tubo (Tibetans). He is reputed to be one of the greatest generals in Chinese history and was revered as the best general in East Asia during his lifetime. After his death, he was immortalized in Chinese mythology as the God of Wealth and Happiness. Guo_Ziyi
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| Yang Guozhong Yang Guozhong (, d. July 15, 756), né Yang Zhao (楊釗), was an official of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty, serving as a chancellor late in the reign of Emperor Xuanzong. His second cousin Consort Yang Yuhuan was Emperor Xuanzong's favorite concubine, and he gained Emperor Xuanzong's favor through her. Yang_Guozhong
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| Qiang people The Qiang people () are an ethnic group of China. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China, with a population of approximately 200,000, living mainly in northwestern part of Sichuan province. Nowadays, the Qiang are only a small segment of the Chinese population, but they are commonly believed to be an old, once strong and populous people whose history can be traced at least to the Shang Dynasty and whose offsprings are thought to include some portion of the modern Tibetans, some portion of the modern Han Chinese and many minority ethnic groups in Western China. Qiang_people
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| Cherry blossom cherry blossom is the name for the flower of cherry trees known as Sakura (Japanese kanji hiragana:Japanese. In English, the word "sakura" is equivalent to the Japanese flowering cherry. Cherry fruit (known in Japanese as sakuranbo) comes from another species of tree. Cherry_blossom
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| Cao Rui Cao Rui (205-22 January 239) was the son of Cao Pi and the second emperor of the Cao Wei. He is also known as the Emperor Ming of Wei, ch. 魏明帝, py. wèi míng dì, wg. Wei Ming-ti. His courtesy name was Yuanzhong (元仲).Cao Rui's reign was viewed in many different ways throughout Chinese history. Cao_Rui
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| Han Zhao The Han Zhao (; 304-329) was a state of the Sixteen Kingdoms during the Chinese Jin Dynasty (265-420). It represented two state titles, the Han state (漢, pinyin Hàn) proclaimed in 304 by Liu Yuan and the Former Zhao state (前趙, pinyin Qiánzhào) in 319 by Liu Yao. Han_Zhao
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| Li Chengqian Li Chéngqián (李承乾) (619?-January 5, 645), courtesy name Gaoming (高明), formally Prince Min of Hengshan (恆山愍王), was a crown prince of the Chinese Tang Dynasty. He was Emperor Taizong's oldest son and first crown prince, but was replaced later by his younger brother Li Zhi (the eventual Emperor Gaozong).Li Chengqian was created crown prince in 627 at the age of eight, after his father became emperor in 626. Li_Chengqian
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| Li Tai Li Tai (李泰; Pinyin:December 15, 652), courtesy name Huibao (惠褒), nickname Qingque (青雀), formally Prince Gong of Pu (濮恭王), was an imperial prince of the Chinese Tang Dynasty.Li Tai, who carried the title of Prince of Wei, was favored by his father, Emperor Taizong, for his literary talent and studiousness. Li_Tai
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| Sima Lun Sima_Lun
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| Formosan languages The Formosan languages are the languages of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan. Taiwanese aborigines (those recognized by the government) currently comprise about 2% of the island's population. However, far fewer can still speak their ancestral language, after centuries of language shift. Of the approximately 26 languages of the Taiwanese aborigines, at least ten are extinct, another four (perhaps five) are moribund, and several others are to some degree endangered. Formosan_languages
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| Glyceraldehyde Glyceraldehyde is a triose monosaccharide with chemical formula C3H6O3. It is the simplest of all common aldoses. It is a sweet colorless crystalline solid that is an intermediate compound in carbohydrate metabolism. The word comes from combining glycerine and aldehyde, as glyceraldehyde is merely glycerine with one hydroxide changed to an aldehyde. Glyceraldehyde has a chiral center and therefore exists as two different enantiomers with opposite optical rotation Glyceraldehyde
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| Academia Sinica The Academia Sinica ( Academia_Sinica
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| Luo Binwang Luo Binwang (, ca. 640–December 29, 684), courtesy name Guanguang (觀光/观光), was a Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. His family was from modern Wuzhou, Zhejiang, but he was raised in Shandong. Luo is grouped with Wang Bo, Yang Jiong (楊炯/杨炯) and Lu Zhaolin (盧照鄰/卢照邻) as one of the Four Greats of the Early Tang as the most outstanding writers of their time. Luo_Binwang
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| Former Qin The Former Qin (; 351-394) was a state of the Sixteen Kingdoms in China. Founded by the Fu family of the Di ethnicity, it completed the unification of North China in 376. Its capital had been Xi'an up to the death of the ruler Fu Jiān. It should be noted that, despite its name, the Former Qin was much later and less powerful than the Qin Dynasty which ruled all of China during the 3rd century BCE. The adjective "former" is used to distinguish it from the "Later Qin" state (384-417). Former_Qin
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| List of National Parks of the Republic of China The National Park Law of the Republic of China, commonly known as "Taiwan", was passed in 1972 to protect the nature, wildlife, and history in its current jurisdiction. List_of_National_Parks_of_the_Republic_of_China
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| Sun Li-jen Talk:Sun_Li-jen
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| Southern Qi The Southern Qi Dynasty 齊朝 (Pinyin:479-502) was the second of the Southern dynasties in China, followed by the Liang Dynasty. During its 23-year history, the dynasty was largely filled with instability, as after the death of the capable Emperor Gao and Emperor Wu, Emperor Wu's grandson Xiao Zhaoye was assassinated by Emperor Wu's intelligent but cruel and suspicious cousin Xiao Luan, who took over as Emperor Ming, and proceeded to carry out massive executions of Emperor Gao's and Emperor Wu's sons and grandsons, as well as officials that he suspected of plotting against him. Southern_Qi
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| Liang Dynasty Liang Dynasty (梁朝; Pinyin:Southern Liang Dynasty (南梁), was the third of Southern dynasties in China, followed by the Chen Dynasty. Western Liang Dynasty (西梁), with its capital established at Jiangling in 555 by Emperor Xuan, a grandson of Liang's founder Emperor Wu, claimed to be the legitimate successor of Liang Dynasty; it was subservient to the successive Western Wei Dynasty, Northern Zhou Dynasty, and Sui Dynasty, and was abolished by Emperor Wen of Sui in 587. Liang_Dynasty
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| Chen Dynasty Chen Dynasty (陳朝 (Pinyin:Southern dynasties in China, eventually destroyed by the Sui Dynasty.When the dynasty was founded by Emperor Wu, it was exceedingly weak, possessing only a small portion of the territory once held by its predecessor Liang Dynasty -- and that portion was devastated by wars that had doomed Liang. Chen_Dynasty
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| Chamaecyparis Chamaecyparis () is genus of conifers in the family Cupressaceae, native to eastern Asia and western and eastern North America. It is one of several genera within the Cupressaceae that have the common name cypress; for others, see cypress (disambiguation). Synonyms include Retinispora Siebold & Zucc. Chamaecyparis
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