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... China and that Buddhism reached the country around the beginning of the 1st millennium AD , brought by missionaries traveling between India and the Chinese empire . The northern part of what is now Vietnam had been conquered by the Chinese ...
... China and that Buddhism reached the country around the beginning of the 1st millennium AD , brought by missionaries traveling between India and the Chinese empire . The northern part of what is now Vietnam had been conquered by the Chinese ...
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... China's principal tourist attractions . Trade . Canton is the centre of the trade of Kwangtung and Kwangsi and the adjacent provinces of South China . Products such as sugar , fruits , silk , timber , tea , and herbs are exported ...
... China's principal tourist attractions . Trade . Canton is the centre of the trade of Kwangtung and Kwangsi and the adjacent provinces of South China . Products such as sugar , fruits , silk , timber , tea , and herbs are exported ...
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... Chinese seamen and traders sailed to South- east Asia , thus opening the way for Chinese emigration abroad in subsequent ages . In the late 13th century and throughout the 14th , many Chinese families from North China moved into the ...
... Chinese seamen and traders sailed to South- east Asia , thus opening the way for Chinese emigration abroad in subsequent ages . In the late 13th century and throughout the 14th , many Chinese families from North China moved into the ...
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