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Did you know... Written ... that the
Central Plains War (prominent combatants pictured) , fought in China from 1929 to 1930, involved more than one million troops?
... that the
Battle of Wuhan was the largest ground battle of the
Far East theatre of
World War II ?
... that the
Liaoshen Campaign was a decisive 52-day engagement in the creation of
Communist China ?"
... that the
Second Guangzhou Uprising was the prelude to the
Wuchang Uprising , the uprising that resulted in the transfer of China from a feudalistic country into a republic?
... that the
National Protection War led to the death of
Yuan Shikai , which led to the beginning of the
Warlord Era in China?
... that the
Chinese reunification of 1928 ended the
Warlord Era , in which
Zhang Xueliang announced the replacement of all flags in
Manchuria with the flags of
Kuomintang , thus nominally reunifying China?
... that the vast
Mongol Empire , once stretched from East Asia to Romania, was brought down by the
Red Turban Rebellion ?
... that the
Qiandao Lake Incident in 1994 caused 32 Taiwanese tourist deaths, and as the Chinese government were ineffective on solving the case, the incident led to massive increase of support of
Taiwanese independence in Taiwan?
... that the
Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China was the first ever constitution in China?
... that the main building at
Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts in
Kyoto belongs to one of the
Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan ?
... that
Yongle Emperor (pictured) took over the
Ming Dynasty throne by launching the
Jingnan Campaign ?
... that
Yamamoto Yaeko is being portrayed by
Haruka Ayase in the current
NHK
taiga drama
Yae no Sakura ?
... that the
Chinese Expeditionary Force in the
Burma Campaign was commanded by
an American general ?
... that
Chiang Kai-shek and
Mao Zedong met for the last time during the
Chongqing Negotiations ?
... that the
People's Liberation Army captured
Nanjing , the capital of the
Republic of China , three days after launching the
Yangtze River Crossing Campaign ?