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Kaifeng City Wall
Shanxi, Shaanxi and Gansu Province Hall
Bao Zheng's Ancestral Hall of Kaifeng
Millennium City Park
Dragon Pavilion Park (Long Ting)
Kaifeng Iron Tower Park
Kaifeng House Scenic Resort
Gulou Square
Prime Minister Temple, Kaifeng
Xiangguo Temple
Yue Fei's Temple in Zhuxian Town, Kaifeng, Henan Province, China
Yue Fei, born in the Tangyin County, is a national hero much admired in the history of China. Born in a farmer’s family, Yue Fei was a famous militarist, a great General in fightings against Jin invaders from the north of China. He was intelligent since young and was fond of reading. He also practiced Chinese martial art when young and joined the army when he was 20 years old. On his back was a tatoo that read “Loyal and Devoted to the Nation” made by his mother. Yue Fei made great victories in all his six battles against the Jin invaders. However, what Emperor Gaozong of the South Song Dynasty and his Prime Minister Qinhui wanted was the shameful compromise. They gave him 12 orders in succession to stop him by asking him to retreat his army and depriving him of his position. He was only 39 years old when he was executed later for being given a possible accusal. People of his native land greatly admired him while hating those treacherous officials such as Qinhui.
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Recently, Taiwan's Legislative Yuan passed a resolution
regarding organ transplantation.
It asks Taiwan's Department of Health (DOH) to require
major medical institutions and doctors to collect detailed data,
when patients apply for health insurance benefits
after receiving transplants abroad.
Taiwan's Legislative Yuan stated DOH' statistics, that 1754
patients (88.6%) received organ transplants in Mainland China from 2000 to 2011.
From 2005 to 2011, the National Health Insurance expenses
for anti-rejection drugs after organ transplants was New Taiwan Dollar 7.7 billion (US$ 266 million).
In order to ensure transparency of information and
reasonable health insurance benefits, the resolution asks DOH to require specific information.
Major medical institutions and doctors are asked
to start within three months to collect information,
from those who apply for the health insurance benefit
after receiving transplants abroad.
They need to disclose the name of the country,
the hospital, and surgeons involved in the transplantation.
Taiwan's Legislative Yuan thinks currently DOH does not
have regulations requiring from patients such information.
Thus it is unknown if they could be
a possible accomplice of live organ harvesting.
The resolution mentions that in May, 2012, U.S. State
Department published, 'The 2011 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices,'
It mentions for the first time organ transplants
in the chapter about China.
At the same time, media and human rights organizations
continuously report cases of live organ transplants of Falun Gong practitioners and Uighur people.
On December 3, World Organizations to Investigate the
Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG) spokesman Wang Zhiyuan spoke to NTD.
Wang said this resolution is a positive step from the world,
to stop the brutality of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)' s live organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners.
The CCP commits crime against humanity,
not only against Falun Gong practitioners.
Wang Zhiyuan: Therefore every country, every government,
every group has responsibility to put these atrocities to an end.
This is to maintain the most basic human moral conscience,
and the basic conditions for human survival.
So actions to stop live Organ Harvesting should continue.
It is simply a battle to protect mankind.
We also call on governments around the world
to act upon it.
Taiwan Human Rights Association' founder and chairman
Chiu Huang-chuan thinks it is a must to register information, showing actual number of patients and organ sources too.
Hospitals, doctors and patients are pressured
via insurance benefits.
Chiu Huang-chuan: The resolution is not in the law.
If it turns out to be not so effective, we should continue to make it into a law.
We can also get the information through registration
on the sources of the organs and publish the result.
As media in Taiwan rarely report on live organ harvesting
of Falun Gong practitioners, people in Taiwan do not have good understanding of this issue.
Chiu believes the Taiwan government
needs to report more on the issue.
He calls on Taiwan's government, NGO's, especially DOH,
to stress on publishing these news to let people, patients and hospitals know about it.
Chiu Huang-chuan: We should all be informed that organs
from unknown sources carry very immoral and inhumane crimes.
This should curb more effectively the problem of people
accepting unknown organ transplantations in China.
In other words, we want
everybody to know about it.
We do not like people to unknowingly become accomplices
of CCP' human rights violations and Falun Gong persecution.
Human rights lawyer Ye Ning points out, this resolution
will not have warning or punishment effect for those, who do not need National Health Insurance.
Ye Ning: With the sources of organs and the crime against
humanity in China getting increasingly obvious,
buyers of these organs can be regarded as accomplices,
beneficiaries and prime movers of such crimes.
Taiwan Legislative Yuan member Tien Chiu-chin said, many
people were shocked to hear about CCP's live organ harvesting crimes.
The main resolution, tied with DOH' s budget,
did not encounter much debates.
Based on the Budget Law, Taiwan Legislative Yuan's audit
of 2013 Budget must pass three readings.
The main resolution will have legal effect
once it is passed together with the Budget.
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Jews and Judaism in China are predominantly composed of Sephardi Jews and their descendants. Other Jewish ethnic divisions are also represented, including Ashkenazi Jews, Mizrahi Jews and a number of converts.
The Jewish Chinese community manifests a wide range of Jewish cultural traditions, and it also encompasses the full spectrum of Jewish religious observance. Though a small minority, Chinese Jews have had an open presence in the country since the arrival of the first Jewish immigrants during the 8th century CE. Relatively isolated communities of Jews developed through the Tang and Song Dynasties (7th to 13th centuries CE) all the way through the Qing Dynasty (19th century), most notably the Kaifeng Jews (the term Chinese Jews is often used in a restricted sense in order to refer to these communities). Unlike other places, the Chinese authorities had tremendous respect for Jewish communities and they did not face significant anti-Semitism in comparison to Europe and America.
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Jewish merchants from around the world began to trade in Chinese ports, particularly in the commercial centers of Hong Kong, which was for a time a British colony; Shanghai (the International Settlement and French Concession); and Harbin (the Trans-Siberian Railway). In the first half of the 20th century, thousands of Jewish refugees escaping from the 1917 Russian Revolution arrived in China. By the time of the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, only a few Chinese Jews were known to have maintained the practice of their religion and culture though the Kaifeng synagogue survived for around seven centuries until 1860. China's Jewish communities have been ethnically diverse ranging from the Jews of Kaifeng and other places during the history of Imperial China, who, it is reported, came to be more or less totally assimilated into the majority Han Chinese populace due to widespread intermarriage. In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, however, some international Jewish groups have helped Chinese Jews rediscover their Jewish heritage and reconnect with their Jewish roots.Though Israel established diplomatic relations with China in 1992, the ties between the Chinese and Jewish peoples remain centuries old in addition to Israel and China being products of ancient civilizations dating back thousands of years. The cultural similarities between the Chinese and Jewish civilizations with both nations originating thousands of years ago have drawn the two countries closer together making the two countries natural partners on the international stage.
Jews remain a small minority in China, but unlike Jewish communities in many other parts of the world, Jews have historically lived in China without any instances of antisemitism from the Han majority populace contributing to mutual respect and admiration between the two peoples. Modern Han Chinese have developed a favorable view of Jews, admiring them for their contributions to humanity, their ability to survive, the sharing of Chinese values such as family, frugality, hard work and education, and being products of ancient civilizations have been an impetus towards the long and enduring friendship between the Chinese and Jewish peoples. With the intrinsic affinity that the Chinese people feel for the Jews, relations between the two communities have been mutually close, harmonious and friendly, due to shared common cultural similarities between the two peoples which has resulted in Jews enjoying equal rights and coexisting peacefully alongside the mainstream Han Chinese populace with instances of Jews assimilating into the Han Chinese community through intermarriage. Shared affinities and similar cultural commonalities has not only been an impetus for the close bonds between China and Israel but has also created a symbol of brotherhood between the two communities.
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- Socrates
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The Song dynasty (Chinese: 宋朝; pinyin: Sòng cháo; 960–1279) was an era of Chinese history that began in 960 and continued until 1279. It was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of Later Zhou, ending the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. The Song often came into conflict with the contemporary Liao and Western Xia dynasties in the north and was conquered by the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Song government was the first in world history to issue banknotes or true paper money nationally and the first Chinese government to establish a permanent standing navy. This dynasty also saw the first known use of gunpowder, as well as the first discernment of true north using a compass.
The Song dynasty is divided into two distinct periods, Northern and Southern. During the Northern Song (Chinese: 北宋; 960–1127), the Song capital was in the northern city of Bianjing (now Kaifeng) and the dynasty controlled most of what is now Eastern China. The Southern Song (Chinese: 南宋; 1127–1279) refers to the period after the Song lost control of its northern half to the Jurchen Jin dynasty in the Jin–Song Wars. During this time, the Song court retreated south of the Yangtze and established its capital at Lin'an (now Hangzhou). Although the Song dynasty had lost control of the traditional birthplace of Chinese civilization along the Yellow River, the Song economy was still strong, as the Southern Song Empire contained a large population and productive agricultural land. The Southern Song dynasty considerably bolstered its naval strength to defend its waters and land borders and to conduct maritime missions abroad. To repel the Jin, and later the Mongols, the Song developed revolutionary new military technology augmented by the use of gunpowder. In 1234, the Jin dynasty was conquered by the Mongols, who took control of northern China, maintaining uneasy relations with the Southern Song. Möngke Khan, the fourth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, died in 1259 while besieging the city of Chongqing. His younger brother Kublai Khan was proclaimed the new Great Khan, though his claim was only partially recognized by the Mongols in the west. In 1271, Kublai Khan was proclaimed the Emperor of China. After two decades of sporadic warfare, Kublai Khan's armies conquered the Song dynasty in 1279. The Mongol invasion led to a reunification under the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368).The population of China doubled in size during the 9th, 10th and 11th centuries. This growth was made possible by expanded rice cultivation in central and southern Song, the use of early-ripening rice from south-east and southern Asia, and the production of widespread food surpluses. The Northern Song census recorded 20 million households, double of the Han and Tang dynasties. It is estimated that the Northern Song had a population of some 120 million people, and 200 million by the time of the Ming dynasty. This dramatic increase of population fomented an economic revolution in pre-modern China. The expansion of the population, growth of cities, and the emergence of a national economy led to the gradual withdrawal of the central government from direct involvement in economic affairs. The lower gentry assumed a larger role in grassroots administration and local affairs. Appointed officials in county and provincial centers relied upon the scholarly gentry for their services, sponsorship, and local supervision.
Social life during the Song was vibrant. Citizens gathered to view and trade precious artworks, the populace intermingled at public festivals and private clubs, and cities had lively entertainment quarters. The spread of literature and knowledge was enhanced by the rapid expansion of woodblock printing and the 11th-century invention of movable-type printing. Technology, science, philosophy, mathematics, and engineering flourished over the course of the Song. Philosopher ...
Why is Israel so important to Russia and Red China?
A question asked of Aka, spiritual messengers of God, December 2, 1977. Yet does it apply today?
A man asked spiritual messengers of God, Why is Israel so important to Russia and China?
Their loving answer is for all of us to hear.
As we watch world events unfold today, will we allow those of us (who are of many faiths) be manipulated by Russia and Communist China into pitting brother against brother, cousin against cousin, to divide and conquer different religions to exterminate and kill each other? Will we allow ourselves to die in a battle as unknowing pawns in others' plans to control our Earth?
It is our choice.
We have free will.
Ask deep within, would a loving Father want us to destroy one another, His own children who believe in Him? Or would that be a plan of someone else who neither knows or loves God, or us?
In great love, our Father has even sent His spiritual messengers to warn us. This warning is given in hope that we will make our own wiser, more informed choices.
His spiritual messengers tell us our Father asks but two things of us – that we love Him one-tenth as much as He loves us, and that we love one another in the same manner. This is all that is needed for the saving of our world. It is ls also all that is needed to save countless millions who may die needlessly. Which will we choose?
Many have forgotten that our Father looks upon all the Earth and He sees our needs.
In 1985, what may have almost happened, or have been potential, about which we were warned?
Wikipedia says, The Cold War (1979–1985) refers to the phase of a deterioration in relations between the Soviet Union and the West arising from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979. With the election of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1979, and United States President Ronald Reagan in 1980, a corresponding change in Western foreign policy approach towards the Soviet Union was marked with the abandonment of Détente in favor of Reagan's anti-communist policies towards the USSR, with the stated goal of dissolving Soviet influence in Soviet Bloc countries. During this time the threat of nuclear war had reached new heights not seen since the Cuban Missile Crisis. See
In December 1979, two years after this message, the U.S. began to fight the increasing Soviet troops being sent into Afghanistan. With Bin Laden's help, they were driven out by 1987-88. He then formed Al Qaeda (the Base) in Afghanistan, to fight for a worldwide Caliphate under Sharia Law and to destroy the Jews, as was the teaching of founders of the Hitler-influenced Muslim Brotherhood since its founding in the 1920s, and a radical, 11th century form of Wahhabism spread by his relatives who ruled Saudi Arabia.
The prophetic answer in the video came about a year before the Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, September 27, 1978, following twelve days of secret negotiations at Camp David. The two framework agreements were signed at the White House, and were witnessed by United States President Jimmy Carter. The second of these frameworks (A Framework for the Conclusion of a Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel) led directly to the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty. This began the Middle East peace process of encouraging Israel to give away land for peace, which has not come. Soviet and Chinese interests contributed and continue to contribute funding to movements to cause divisions and bring chaos to the Middle East, such as Arafat's PFLP, Hamas, Hezbollah, and many more. Were we told why?
Did our Father, in His great love for us all, send His spiritual messengers to warn our Earth, so we might know of where we are going, and choose peace for our world instead? Yet have these dangerous Communist and Nazi plans continued forward into this time? Why should those who love God make war on each other? Is it a trick to annihilate us all – a plot or a proxy war fought by one religion against another, meant to conquer the lands of all the faiths.
This cannot be God's will.
Remember, our Father loves us so. He even loves us enough to warn us, that we may have a better world.
Let us love Him too – and love one another.
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Song dynasty | Wikipedia audio article
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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The Song dynasty (Chinese: 宋朝; pinyin: Sòng cháo; 960–1279) was an era of Chinese history that began in 960 and continued until 1279. It was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of Later Zhou, ending the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. The Song often came into conflict with the contemporary Liao and Western Xia dynasties in the north and was conquered by the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Song government was the first in world history to issue banknotes or true paper money nationally and the first Chinese government to establish a permanent standing navy. This dynasty also saw the first known use of gunpowder, as well as the first discernment of true north using a compass.
The Song dynasty is divided into two distinct periods, Northern and Southern. During the Northern Song (Chinese: 北宋; 960–1127), the Song capital was in the northern city of Bianjing (now Kaifeng) and the dynasty controlled most of what is now Eastern China. The Southern Song (Chinese: 南宋; 1127–1279) refers to the period after the Song lost control of its northern half to the Jurchen Jin dynasty in the Jin–Song Wars. During this time, the Song court retreated south of the Yangtze and established its capital at Lin'an (now Hangzhou). Although the Song dynasty had lost control of the traditional birthplace of Chinese civilization along the Yellow River, the Song economy was still strong, as the Southern Song Empire contained a large population and productive agricultural land. The Southern Song dynasty considerably bolstered its naval strength to defend its waters and land borders and to conduct maritime missions abroad. To repel the Jin, and later the Mongols, the Song developed revolutionary new military technology augmented by the use of gunpowder. In 1234, the Jin dynasty was conquered by the Mongols, who took control of northern China, maintaining uneasy relations with the Southern Song. Möngke Khan, the fourth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, died in 1259 while besieging the city of Chongqing. His younger brother Kublai Khan was proclaimed the new Great Khan, though his claim was only partially recognized by the Mongols in the west. In 1271, Kublai Khan was proclaimed the Emperor of China. After two decades of sporadic warfare, Kublai Khan's armies conquered the Song dynasty in 1279. The Mongol invasion led to a reunification under the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368).The population of China doubled in size during the 9th, 10th and 11th centuries. This growth was made possible by expanded rice cultivation in central and southern Song, the use of early-ripening rice from south-east and southern Asia, and the production of widespread food surpluses. The Northern Song census recorded 20 million households, double of the Han and Tang dynasties. It is estimated that the Northern Song had a population of some 120 million people, and 200 million by the time of the Ming dynasty. This dramatic increase of population fomented an economic revolution in pre-modern China. The expansion of the population, growth of cities, and the emergence of a national economy led to the gradual withdrawal of the central government from direct involvement in economic affairs. The lower gentry assumed a larger role in grassroots administration and local affairs. Appointed officials in county and provincial centers relied upon the scholarly gentry for their services, sponsorship, and local supervision.
Social life during the Song was vibrant. Citizens gathered to view and trade precious artworks, the populace intermingled at public festivals and private clubs, and cities had lively entertainment quarters. The spread of literature and knowledge was enhanced by the rapid expansion of woodblock printing and the 11th-century invention of movable-type printing. Technology, science, philosophy, mathematics, and engineering flourished over the course of the Song. Philosopher ...
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00:01:24 1 Polymaths and mechanical engineering
00:01:34 1.1 Polymaths
00:06:01 1.2 Odometer and south-pointing chariot
00:10:23 1.3 Revolving repositories
00:13:07 1.4 Textile machinery
00:14:28 2 Movable type printing
00:17:19 3 Gunpowder warfare
00:17:29 3.1 Flamethrower
00:19:32 3.2 Fire lance
00:21:11 3.3 Gun
00:23:11 3.4 Land mine
00:24:01 3.5 Rocket
00:25:10 4 Civil engineering
00:32:08 5 Nautics
00:32:17 5.1 Background
00:33:08 5.2 Literature
00:39:51 5.3 Paddle-wheel ships
00:42:10 6 Metallurgy
00:45:40 7 Wind power
00:50:56 8 Archaeology
00:52:24 9 Geology and climatology
00:53:15 10 See also
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- Socrates
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The Song dynasty (Chinese: 宋朝; 960–1279 CE) provided some of the most significant technological advances in Chinese history, many of which came from talented statesmen drafted by the government through imperial examinations.
The ingenuity of advanced mechanical engineering had a long tradition in China. The Song engineer Su Song admitted that he and his contemporaries were building upon the achievements of the ancients such as Zhang Heng (78–139), an astronomer, inventor, and early master of mechanical gears. The application of movable type printing advanced the already widespread use of woodblock printing to educate and amuse Confucian students and the masses. The application of new weapons employing the use of gunpowder enabled the Song to ward off its militant enemies—the Liao, Western Xia, and Jin with weapons such as cannons—until its collapse to the Mongol forces of Kublai Khan in the late 13th century.
Notable advances in civil engineering, nautics, and metallurgy were made in Song China, as well as the introduction of the windmill to China during the thirteenth century. These advances, along with the introduction of paper-printed money, helped revolutionize and sustain the economy of the Song dynasty.