In 2001, China joined the World Trade Organization and has since then maintained a steady growth in both economic and quality of life for the Chinese people.  ... But, the Chinese government is of the opinion if China is only building up their merchant fleet then what is there to worry about? ... Be it from the fact that China is still considered a Communist country or that almost every country in one way or another is currently in China's debt financially, some people do not put much faith into China. ... The current threat does not involve China's claim in 1949, but about China&...

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"What do the Chinese Communists want? ... They want the world" - Statement from Richard Nixon in 1960's Kennedy-Nixon President TV debates in Waugh,S., (2001), Essential Modern World History, Thomas Nelson: UK Yet if the US were to try and contain China, it would need the support of at least some South East Asian states. ... In Chinese eyes, this was a provoking and totally unwarranted interference in a purely Chinese affair. Because of this interference of USA in Chinese foreign affairs, China sees that the US stands in the way of her strategic goals . ... However, the Vietnam War ge...

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Second Generation Chinese vs. ... Both Chinese and Japanese were made fun of at school. ... At these schools, both groups were taught the language, culture, values, and history of their homeland. ... The Chinese were now looked at as the "friend." ... The Chinese were now seeing a different side to America, the opportunistic America that they left China for. ...

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Chinese Revolution Many aspects of China's history attributed to China's revolution in 1911. ... Taxation in China was a big predicament. ... -China security relations: 1) Taiwan, 2) U.S. proposals for deploying theater missile defense systems in Asia, 3) supposed leaks to China of military-related technologies and nuclear secrets, and 4) Chinese arms export policies. ... Conclusion In closing, I think it is a good idea to make good with China because it seems as if China is becoming a very powerful nation. China seems to be changing for the better. ...

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According to Mandlebaum, the fate of the region has "for the last two centuries" depended "on the fate of three major powers--China, Japan and Russia, on the stability and tranquillity of their mutual relations." ... The most obvious and famous of the triangles linked the Soviet Union, China and the United States, but the Soviet-US- Japan triangle was also important. ... First, China's centrality: China figures in nearly all of the triangles, not even the US affected Soviet policy to this degree. ... Through the 1960s, there were 4 main triangles in the Asian political arena: Soviet Union...

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Orders to MacArthur by Truman told him to halt proceeding at the first sign of Chinese soldiers. ... Sightings of Chinese soldiers became more and more frequent, and Chinese POWs were taken. ... The Chinese soldiers were sent to guard against invasion, as they feared the US planned to extend their movement into China. ... On the field, US troops were involved in the longest retreat in US history, 120 miles from the Yale river to south of the 38th parallel in less than 1 and a half weeks. ... The tolls for the US were 50,000 soldiers, and the tolls for China was hundreds of thousands. ...

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America is a land made by many diverse faces all with the similar history of segregation and discrimination that cannot by forgotten. ... One of the most talked about periods of America's history of discrimination lived in the story of Africans. ... When the Irish refused to work for low wages and high hours, they went on strike finding that the low paid Chinese quickly replaced them. ... They were given citizenship unlike the Chinese and African's who needed to be taught English. ... The Chinese class were often isolated from the "white" Americans, and found restrictions to their l...

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France under Charles the Gaulle and China under Mao Zedong desired the same political benefits nuclear weapons gave Britain. ... China also wanted to accelerate its own nuclear program. ... In 1964, China joined the nuclear club just four years after France. Nuclear weapons also gave China the status and prestige to attract Communist states and parties to its side. ... [WWW document]. http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/briefs/vol4/v4n25nuc.html Nuclear History at the National Security Archive [WWW document]. ...

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History cannot be looked at trough White and Black glasses. ... Cuba and China aided Congolese rebels. ... North Vietnam has been backed by Soviet Union and China. ... "No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. ... Introductory Essay to Vietnam: A Television History. ...

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The three most important turning points for modern world history were exploration, World War I, and World War II. ... In the 1530's Jacques was sent for a short, western passage to China. ... However exploration is not the only major Important turning point in modern world history. ... Last major turning point of modern world history has to do with WWII. ... Knowing all this it's safe to conclude the three major turning points of modern world history are exploration, WWI, and WWII. ...

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The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was one of the worst catastrophes in United States history. ... However, to understand why the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor you have to trace history all the way back to the 1850's. ... Over the previous decades, relations had worsened significantly as Japan set out on a course of aggressive expansion in Manchuria, China and Indo-China. ... July 1940, America warned Japan not to advance into Indo-China, though the Japanese had already forced France and Britain into closing supply roots from there and Burma to China. ... A decisive movement in Japan...

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Then, amid Japan's war against China, he took sides, supporting, not surprisingly, the nation that he was believed to be leading: Japan. ... Victory eluded the Japanese in China, and his generals were reluctant to accept failure in China -- the acceptance of failure being difficult for many people. ... Bix's book lays out in detail Hirohito's support for the Japanese imperialism in China, Hirohito's taking Japan into war against the West and his leadership in pursuing that war. ... Belatedly the United States was also fighting for China's freedom from Japanese imperial...

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In response to the internment of the Japanese, Attorney General Earl Warren stated, "...in time of war every citizen must give up some of his normal rights," which suggests that these acts of aggression were only due to the wartime atmosphere, but events like the race riots after World War I, treatment of the Chinese and Irish, and the oppression of women all support the idea that this behavior was part of American culture. ... The treatment of the Chinese and Irish immigrants is another example of mistreatment and discrimination during a non-wartime atmosphere. ... The oppression of women...

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Communist Russia and China were strong supporters of the North, and to keep Communism contained the United States sent troops to the South. ... They threatened to bomb China and to use atomic bombs on Korea. ... For the first time in the nations history Americans were asked to fight and die to contain an idea. ... China lost 967,000, and North Korea lost 624,000. ... Every member supported American arms for the first time, and possibly only time in its short history. ...

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It is the "home city" of three kinds of landers.First, the native residents who are born here and take the whole city for granted.Second,there are quite a lot of people coming from other provinces of China in pursuit for something.Third,the ones come abroad wanting to evade or grisp something. ... Shanghai enjoys a favorable location and a long history and culture. ... The Chinese and Jewish people helped each other, shared weal and woe together in the hardships of the war years, and forged a profound friendship. It is now an important center of economy, finance, trade, science and technolog...

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BACKGROUND History and Structure of the Alliance Though it has had its political ups and downs, South Korea has been an ally of the American government since the end of the Korean War. ... Korea also shares a history of tributary relations with China in the years before the Japanese occupation of Korea. This history might play a role in the future of the relationship if the US lessens it role in the alliance. ... The most salient option for a partner is China. ... Reunification of the peninsula would occur under Chinese logic. ...

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The USSR then claimed that helping South Korea was illegal because the USSR and the People's Republic of China were not present during the voting. ... These warnings by the Chinese were ignored and on November 28, 1950 so called Chinese "volunteers" (the Chinese called their soldiers volunteers in hopes that it would not seem as if they were "officially" declaring war) made mass attacks sending the UN army back to the 38th parallel. It was the worst retreat in U.S. history. General MacArthur, however, still wanted to be aggressive against the Chinese. ... The Eisenhower administration dec...

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"The road to war between Japan and the United States began in the 1930's when differences over China drove the two nations apart. In 1931 Japan conquered Manchuria, which until then had been part of China. In 1937 Japan began a long and ultimately unsuccessful campaign to conquer the rest of China." ... Even though the United States claimed to be neutral leaving them on no particular side of the war, they were actually starting to lean towards China to protect itself from what could happen if the Japanese took over China and ruined the politics and interests in Easters Asia. ... Just as s...

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Australia's history with Europe has been much like the way a child will learn and emulate her mother's ability to care for herself, manage her money and keep food on the table. ... To discover why contemporary Europe is of such importance to Australia, we must first look at its history. ... Because of Australia's proximity on the globe, trade to and from South-East Asia, in particular Japan and China, has seen a steady, overall increase in the amounts of imports and exports we perform over the last thirty years. ... The industrialisation of both China and Japan owe its revolut...

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The bombing of Pearl Harbor was a relevant event in history because it caused the US to declare war on Japan and quickly prompted countries to pick sides during World War Two. ... After the invasion of Manchuria, Japan attempted to invade China. They were ultimately met with resistance from Chinese people and political/military leader Chiang Kai-shek. When their attempt at overthrowing China failed, Japan began a policy of economic strangulation. ... America wanted Japan to stop attempting to take over China and Indonesia,because the US did not want them to expand their empire. ...

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With our world soon at war, our country faced racial controversies that would later accompany its victories at war into the history pages of the year 1952. ... It is rich in history in that it was amongst the first U.S. ... The 65th Infantry Regiment, originally the Porto Rico Provisional Regiment of Infantry is a Regiment rich in history. ... On what became known as the Battle for Outpost Kelly, the 65th Infantry Regiment was driven off the hill twice by overwhelming Chinese artillery; this was an intolerable Puerto Rican defeat made public by Major General Smythe. ... It was estimated that ...

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Japan had taken over Manchuria, which was then a part of China. In 1937 Japan had started a campaign to conquer the rest of China that was long lasting and didn't work. ... The U.S. strengthened military aid to China and increased financial aid. ... "World History" pg.827 - 830) Yamamoto devised a clever plan that would have the attacking Japanese follow a storm front and keep strict radio silence to avoid being detected by American radar. ... "World History" pg.827 - 830) (http://usgovinfo.about.com) The final step in making the Japanese surrender was the President Truman's...

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China and India also have huge lands and they house lots of ethnic groups who speak many different languages. "The Republic of China is also a complex case because there are fifty five national minorities (seven percent of the population) in the country who do not speak Han Chinese of the majority population in a nation of over one billion people" (Farnen, p.43). ... Canada is the satellite of USA, and USA has never had much trouble with it in history because she did not try to exploit Canada. ... It had caused many empires to collapse (Austria-Hungry Empire, Ottoman Empire etc.) throughout ...

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After defeating Russia and china, Japan had regained its confident. ... History itself is really hard to conclude in one answer simply because were just reading out of the book instead of actually seeing and experiencing it. ...

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Although he majored in history, he knew little of European history. ... They wanted ownership of German ports in China, this may sound ridicules and it was. Their requests at the treaty were unfair to China; however the idea was entertained and eventually denied. ... We can use history as a guide for present problems that arise in the world. ...

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