Content tagged with “china”

There are 5 item(s) tagged with “china” on this site.

Cathay
Explanation
September 16, 2023
208

“ It may stem from a Turkish word to describe an ancient ruling dynasty. Marco Polo used the word quite often when describing his travels. ”

Cultural Revolution
Explanation
April 10, 2023
311

“This was a political movement in China in the late 1960s. Chairman Mao Zedong had lost power due to the failure of the The Great Leap Forward, and he was concerned that he was losing his grip on the Communist Party. He began the Cultural Revolution by stirring up fears that capitalists had…”

I Ching
Stuff I Looked Up
Explanation
September 27, 2024
439

“The best way to describe this is that it’s the ancient Chinese version of a tarot card deck. The I Ching is a divination tool which dates back to perhaps as early as 1,000 BC. It consists of a table of 64 ‘hexagrams,’ which correspond to an ordered combination of six lines which are either broken…”

Kinmen Island
Stuff I Looked Up
Explanation
August 30, 2022
286

“Like most countries in that region of the world, Taiwan is actually a chain of 168 islands. The biggest island – and the one most people think of when they think of ‘Taiwan’ – is called Formosa, and it comprises 99% of the total land area of the chain. The largest city, Taipei, is located here, as…”

The Great Firewall
Stuff I Looked Up
Explanation
November 24, 2021
292

“No, it’s not a specific thing. According to Wikipedia : The Great Firewall is the combination of legislative actions and technologies enforced by the People’s Republic of China to regulate the Internet domestically. So it’s not just software – it’s the combined effect of laws and implied threat of…”