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Page 122
... China's main interest in hold- ing the Red River Delta , however , was its value as an important stopover for ships engaged in China's nascent maritime trade with the Spice Islands , India , and even the Near East . Vessels from many ...
... China's main interest in hold- ing the Red River Delta , however , was its value as an important stopover for ships engaged in China's nascent maritime trade with the Spice Islands , India , and even the Near East . Vessels from many ...
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... China , Korea , and Japan . Anthropologically , the peoples inhabiting East Asia be- long to the Mongolian race . But , ethnographically , 90 percent of the Chinese people belong to the Chinese , or Han , race , and are of South Asian ...
... China , Korea , and Japan . Anthropologically , the peoples inhabiting East Asia be- long to the Mongolian race . But , ethnographically , 90 percent of the Chinese people belong to the Chinese , or Han , race , and are of South Asian ...
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... Chinese on the Art of Painting ( 1963 ) ; ALEXANDER SOPER ( trans . ) , Kuo Jo - hsü's Experiences in Paintings : T'u - hua chien - wen chih ( 1951 ) . ( Surveys of Chinese art ) : TERUKAZU AKIYAMA et al . ( eds . ) , Arts of China , 3 ...
... Chinese on the Art of Painting ( 1963 ) ; ALEXANDER SOPER ( trans . ) , Kuo Jo - hsü's Experiences in Paintings : T'u - hua chien - wen chih ( 1951 ) . ( Surveys of Chinese art ) : TERUKAZU AKIYAMA et al . ( eds . ) , Arts of China , 3 ...
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