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Road To Peking 2nd in series on China colonial scars
The piece outlines China’s encounter with colonial powers from Ming decline to the Boxer Rebellion, Opium War, and later upheavals. It traces foreign pressure, unequal treaties, and internal revolts shaping Sun Yat-sen, the Kuomintang, and the fall of the Qing as the backdrop to Nixon's China journey.
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Peking
China
Nixon
Richard Nixon
William L. Ryan
George II
Chienlung
George III
Europe
Portugal
South China Sea
Aomenkow
Canton
Macao
Great Wall
Central Asia
Siberia
Burma
India
Korea
Annam
Vietnam
England
Chien
Lung
British East India Co
Queen Victoria
Britain
Amoy
Ningpd
Shanghai
Kweichow
Hung Hsiu-chen
Hung
Nanking
Kuomintang
Siberia- Manchuria
Manchuria
Port Arthur
Dairen
Harbin
Japan
Taiwan
Chinese
Sun Yat-sen
Sun
Tzu-hsi
Emperor Kuanghsu
United States
Washington
Russia
Pu Yi
Kuang-hsu
Ching Dynasty
Dr. Sun
Yuan Shih-kai
Yuan
Sinkiang