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Prior to 1982, the highest party office was that of chairman, held for more than 25 years, through most of the People's Republic's history to that time, by Mao Zedong. In an effort to ensure that the power Mao had enjoyed was never again concentrated in one person, a new party constitution adopted in 1982 abolished the chairmanship and replaced it with the administrative position of general secretary to the Secretariat. The constitution ... established a body called the Central Advisory Commission to assist and advise the Central Committee. One of the objects of the commission was to encourage elderly party leaders to continue to be active in various functions of the Communist party. The commission became an obstacle to reform and was abolished in 1992.
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The Long March has assumed something of mythic proportions in Communist Party history. By the time the Communists reached their new base at YeNan in northern ShanXi province in 1935, Mao was the undisputed head of the Party. Dependency on Russia had been severed.
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As one of the most famous philosophers in the history of China, Confucius (551-479 BC) was born in the state of Lu (present-day Shandong Province). As a teacher, since 527 BC he travelled and instructed the disciples that gathered around him.
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The Kingdom of Qin has been known as the most spartan and military-minded in the history of China. Their best thing is bows and arrows. Zhang portrays this splendidly in this movie.
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As one of the Four Great Ancient Civilizations, China has a recorded history of more than 4,000 years. The earliest primitive man discovered so far, known as 'Yuanmou Man' lived approximately 1.7 million years ago. The 'Beijing Man' discovered in Zhoukoudian in the suburban area of Beijing lived 600,000 years ago. Beijing Man was able to walk upright, use simple tools and make use of natural fire. Evidence of the cultivation of rice and millet using farming tools dating back to six to seven thousand years ago was discovered in Hemudu Town of Yuyao City, Zhejiang Province, and Banpo Village near Xian City, Shaanxi Province.
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Soviet film as a historical source and the institutional and ideological history of Soviet film production, distribution, and exhibition. Fiction and documentary film during World War II; the cinema of the Cold War and the “Thaw”; Soviet “new realism” and the return of the village; avant-garde cinema of the 1960s-80s; memory and historical revision in late Soviet film. Screenings include never-before-seen archival footage, as well as films and film clips subtitled by the instructor.
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