... in Albania. Albanians did a hard and long war to win their independence, dealing with strong countries such as Italy and Germany, and when finally they archived this goal, a new, harder stage was going to be written through the pages of Albania's history: the Communism. The Communists launched their resistance movement against the invaders with the creation of the National Liberation Movement ... by intellectuals. And now that the power was centralized in their hands, the communist elite co-opted or terrorized the entire Albanian population into blind obedience, herding them into obliga...

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... returned to Hunan where he engaged in militant political activity, while living as a primary-school principal Mao became the CPC leader at the Hunan branch. He worked within the united front in Shanghai, Canton and Hunan focusing on labor organization, propaganda and the Peasant Movement Training Institute. In 1927, Chiang Kai-Shek purged all communists from the government. As a result, Mao ... to Mao being elected as the leader of the CPC. During the Japanese Invasion in China, the main political party, the Kuomintang and the communists were forced to form a united front. The Communist...

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... right, matsutake[a kind of mushroom which is prized by Chinese] and abalone were stewed in a pot with enticing smell; a little glass bowl of cubilose [edible bird's nests] was set in front of each chair, the texture of it was visitable; the fins, scallops, and crabs were cooked with eagles, all kinds of delicacies were full of the dinner table. For desserts ... during the Cultural Revolution. Jiang-Qing, who is a chef born in 1950s, described the hard circumstances his family were facing during the Culture Revolution. "My mom was standing in front of the range, she had nothing to cook e...

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... Ming had described how the Portuguese used to boil and eat Chinese children. This form of propaganda which slandered the West was helpful to the Chinese government to show a strong front, while in reality the Imperial court was quickly declining in power. In 1792, King George III of England sent a petition to the Emperor of China, stating; "My country has long ... Chinese criminal law to Westerners." After Lin Zexu seized the opium from the twelve Chinese merchants, conflicts erupted between Britain and China, and subsequently trade was completely stopped. At this stage war was now a ve...

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