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| BOXER REBELLION | A POLITICAL UPRISING PROMOTED BY A SECRET CHINESE SOCIETY AND DIRECTED IN PART , AGAINST THE INTRUSION OF FOREIGN INTERESTS AND FOREIGN MISSIONARIES INTO CHINA. |
| CHANG JIANG PLAIN | A PLAIN IN CHINA CONSISTING OF A MIDDLE AND A LOWER LEVEL. THE MIDDLE PLAIN IS SURROUNDED BY LOW MOUNTAINS AND HILLS; THE LOWER PLAIN-LESS THAN 10 FT ABOVE SEA LEVEL- IS A WETLAND ENVIRONMENT |
| CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY | A NATIONALISTIC MOVEMENT FOUNDED IN SHANGHAI IN 1921. |
| COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE | THE IDEA THAT A GIVEN AREA GAINS BY SOECIALIZING IN 1 OR MORE PRODUCTS FOR WHICH IT HAS PARTICULAR ADVANTAGES ; LEADS TO TRADE TO OBTAIN OTHER NEEDE COMMODITIES. |
| CONFUCIANISM | THE PHILOSOPHY BASED ON THE WRITINGS AND THE TEACHINGS OF CONFUCIUS, WHICH EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING A VIRTUOUS LIFE CHARACTERIZED BY OBLIGATIONS TO OTHERS. |
| CULTURAL REVOLUTION | THE UPHEAVAL IN CHINA DURING THE 1960'S WHEN OLD CUTURAL PATTERNS WERE CONDEMNED AND NEW MAOIST PATTERNS WERE STRONGLY ENFORCED. |
| DENG XIAOPING | DOMINATED THE CHINESE GOV. FROM 1976 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1997, DURING WHICH TIME CHINA BEGAN TO EMULATE THE CAPITALIST ACONOMIES OF ITS EAST ASIAN NEIGHBORS. |
| DOUBLE CROPPING | THE RAISING OF CROPS IN SUCCESSION IN THE SAME FIELD DURING 1 GROWING SEASON . |
| GRAND CANAL | A 1,400 MILE LONG CANAL BETWEEN MODERN-DAY HANGZHOU AND THE HEART OF NORTH CHINA PLAIN; IT FACILITATED THE TRADING OF COMMODITIES AMONG THE REGIONS OF THE EMPIRE. |
| GREAT SILK ROAD | ESTABLISHED BY THE HAN DYNASTY, IT INDIRECTLY CONNECTED THE CHINESE AND ROMAN EPIRES THROUGH TRADERS WHO TRAVELED INNER ASIA AS MERCHANT INTERMDIARIES. |
| GREAT WALL | COMPLETED DURING THE QIN DYNASTY , IT SEPARATED CHINA PROPER FROM THE GRASSLANDS OF INNER ASIA. |
| KEY POINT CITIES | CERTAIN CITIES DESIGNATED BY THE CHINESE GOV. TO SPUR NEW INDUSTRIAL GROWTH. |
