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To Change China: Western Advisers in China
"To change China" was the goal of foreign missionaries, soldiers, doctors, teachers, engineers, and revolutionaries for more than three hundred years. But the Chinese, while eagerly accepting Western technical advice, clung steadfastly to their own religious and cultural traditions. As a new era of relations between China and the United States begins, the tales in this volume will serve as cautionary histories for businessmen, diplomats, students, or any other foreigners who foolishly believe that they can transform...
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To Change China (western Advisers In China, 1620-1960) (reprint) (paperback) - By Jonathan D. Spence
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Bold, bright color saturates a smooth charmeuse tunic styled with a deep V-neck and cape-like dolman sleeves. Color(s): fuchsia. Brand: Mural. Style Name: Mural Printed Silk Tunic. Style Number: 286502.
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This digital document is a journal article from Journal of Arid Environments, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Description: Water is a main controlling factor for economic development and eco-environmental protection in the inland river basins of arid western China. Ground-water, as a component of total water resources, plays a dominant role in the development...
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3 A.M. Western (All the Whiskey In China)
3 A.M. Western (All the Whiskey In China)
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Western Stoneware Wns1 Mug - Brown & Cream, Brown Drip Design
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Used - This book brings together ninety extracts of Western non-fiction about China, many of which have been out of print for centuries. Authors include Marco Polo, Adam Smith, Somerset Maugham, Pearl Buck, and Sheryl WuDunn. Topics covered include female infanticide, secular politics, cannibalism, Confucianism, and human rights.
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This report summarizes many of the broad findings of the project's previous regional papers and reviews those findings from the point of view of Western and American interests. Turkey has been among those states most sharply affected by the changing international environment. Long isolated on the periphery of Europe in geopolitical terms, Turkey now lies at the center of a rapidly evolving Turkic region stretching from the Adriatic to western China, a region in which Ankara is likely to be a key...
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Women In China From Earliest Times To The Present (a Bibliography Of Studies In Western Languages) (women And Gender In China Studies) (hardcover) - By R. D. S. Yates
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This digital document is a journal article from Atmospheric Environment, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Description: In this paper, the continuous (1994-2001) and discrete air sample (1991-2001) measurements of atmospheric CH"4 from the Waliguan Baseline Observatory located in western China (36^o17'N, 100^o54'E, 3816masl) are presented and characterized...
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This catalogue describes some 900 works published from 1550 to 1850, as well as 300 additional items reprinted in collective works, all in the library of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. It therefore covers the first great phase of Western involvement in China, ranging from reports of envoys to khans of the medieval period down to the writings of diplomats, merchants, military figures, missionaries, and so on of the early 19th century. As might be expected, many rare...
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Western Images of China
New - Written for a broad audience, this book provides a coherent reevaluation of Western ideas about China. It covers perceptions of China from the earliest times through the late 1980s and draws on a range of sources, including literature, journalism, and the arts, to show how changing powerrelations have influenced Western ideas about China, its people and its history. The book describes in particular how China has served both as a model and as a threat for different schools of thought in the
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Design: China Waterfall, Consists of 8 Panels, Width Measures: 12 ft. 9 in., Height Measures: 8 ft. 10 in., Ready Mix Paste Included
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The collection is based on the annotated bibliography by John Lust of all early Western books on China to be found in the library of the SOAS. John Lust was former head of the Chinese department of the SOAS in London.
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This brown tableware was made by Western Stoneware Co. of Monmouth, Illinois for Marshall Burns, Division of Technicolor, a distributer from Chicago, with the Marshall Burns Trademark, Mar-Crest. This was used as promotions by service stations and movie theaters.
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Absolute Travel's "Great Silk Road" includes the region's most legendary destinations. Begin in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent and then head westward to the legendary Silk Road cities: the timeless oasis of Khiva; Bukhara, in its heyday a center for pilgrims and scholars; and Samarkand, rich with architectural splendor. Travel across Kyrgyzstan, following ancient trade routes in the shadow of towering mountains. Awesome landscapes and friendly people mark this rugged journey. Arrive in Kashgar...
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The segemnts of this Chinese spikemoss tightly overlap one another in a feathery fanned out fashion reminiscent of the western red cedar native to the Pacific Northwest. The frond-like blades rise in an arching erect fashion from a creeping horizontal stem. The mature color is a dark green that becomes salmon-pink with cold or drought related stress. The best growing environment for this spikemoss is in dappled to full shade with ample moisture. It is an excellent colonizer near the edge of shady...
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This digital document is a journal article from Biological Conservation, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Description: Using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers, we examined genetic variability of the moss Thuidium cymbifolium (Thuidiaceae) sampled from three types of spruce (Picea asperata) stands: an intact stand, naturally regenerated stands...
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1310257715: Atlas of Remote Sensing Investigation on Eco-environment in Western China 中国西部地区生态环境现状遥感调查图集
The Atlas collected over 200 remote sensing images and thematic maps produced by digital mapping technology in the eco-environmental status investigation based on remote sensing technology in Western China, attached with lots of statistical charts, photos and illustrations.
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