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The 13th Dalai Lama on the Status of Tibet
Goals. The work aims at analysis of the views of the 13th Dalai Lama on the status of Tibet. Russian archival diplomatic and intelligence documents, as well as earlier published data from archives and memoirs of eyewitnesses, were used as materials ...
Sergius L. Kuzmin
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Guangzhou Tongcao paintings in Qing Dynasty of China witnessed the exchange of economy, culture, art and technology between China and foreign countries, which were an important export product in historical China.
Chan Zhang +3 more
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The Formosan Black Bear and Taiwanese Nationalism
ABSTRACT Building on scholarship that situates nations and nationalism within colonial relations, this article examines nationalism in settler‐colonial Taiwan amid China's colonial claim to sovereignty. Drawing on interviews, conservation documents and popular representations, we show how the Formosan black bear became a national symbol of resistance ...
Yung‐Ying Chang, John Chung‐En Liu
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ABSTRACT Native to America, the pineapple—Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.—delighted the Europeans who came across it. The fruit was mentioned by the voyagers and missionaries who observed and tasted it in the Americas and, from the 1500s onwards, infused reports, chronicles and natural history treatises with colour and flavour.
Teresa Nobre de Carvalho
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This review systematically summarizes the chemical structures and structure–activity relationships of key bioactive compounds in dandelion, including flavonoids, phenolic acids, terpenoids, and sterols. It highlights their neuroprotective mechanisms against neuroinflammation and oxidative stress, while outlining their promising dual applications in the
Hongye Li +9 more
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The article is devoted to the relations between state formations of Oyrats and Empire of Qing Dynasty in Cyanlun board.
Aleksei Mikhailovich Pastukhov
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Kidney Stone, Nutritional Perceptions and Impact of Tea on Stone Formation
ABSTRACT The significant financial burden that urinary stone disease places on healthcare systems is only anticipated to increase over time. It is becoming more common over the globe. It is an increasing urinary condition that impacts around 12% of the global population, and environmental variables appear to be a key contributor.
Munir Ahmed +5 more
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Abstract The 1906 Manas Earthquake is the largest earthquake recorded in the Borohoro Shan (BRS) since 1900. The reported magnitude ranges from 7.2 to 8.3, but uncertainties remain regarding its size, mechanism, and responsible fault. Similar confusion exists for the 1812 Nilke and 1944 Xinyuan Earthquakes, the only other Mw > 7 earthquakes in the NE ...
C.‐H. Tsai +3 more
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From star field affiliation to sundial theory: spatial expression in Qing dynasty Taiwan gazetteers
Star field affiliation is an important part of ancient Chinese gazetteers. The gazetteers of Taiwan in the Qing Dynasty presented many ‘different opinions’ about the star field affiliation of Taiwan.
Yao Liu, Wenwen Feng
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ABSTRACT In 1955, Hisayuki Miyakawa published an article that sought to introduce American and European scholars to the work of the Japanese Sinologist Naitō Konan (1866–1934). Miyakawa drew particular attention to what he called the “Naitō hypothesis”—that is, Naitō’s argument that China became modern during the Song dynasty (960–1279).
CHRISTIAN DE PEE
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