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      <title>Historical Context for &quot;The Joy Luck Club&quot; by erin libbey</title>
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      <description>Second Sino-Japanese War</description>
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      <pubDate>2018-02-26 12:47:56 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Madi Buckley - History</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>~ China in 1949, Mao declared the establishment of the People’s Republic of China<br>~ in 1955 the United States signed an agreement guaranteeing Taiwan’s defense</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-27 15:08:01 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Modern Kweilin, Addie Lorek</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/elibbey/i5sk2ehpg3qg/wish/235915452</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>-Kweilin is a tourist location known for it's mountain&nbsp; and river scenery<br>-The best time to visit is either Spring or Fall</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-27 15:08:47 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Abbie: #1</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Civil war during&nbsp; WW II cause&nbsp; China split into two parties: Communist party and Nationalist party.&nbsp;<br><br>Civl war ends and Republic of China created in Oct. 1, 1949<br><br><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-27 15:09:34 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Lizzy Rajnicek: Modern Kweilin</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>- It's one of China's most popular tourist destinations<br>- The best times to visit are spring and fall</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-27 15:09:59 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Maggie Marshall #2</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>- Chinese children emigrants had "obvious oriental features" that made it hard for them to melt into the American melting pot.<br>- All of the struggles Chinese immigrants had to face represent the nightmarishness of being a woman in traditional China, and of the confusing mental journey that the Chinese emigrants had to face</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-27 15:10:12 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Tori Thorman #2 </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>- It was difficult for children of Chinese Immigrants to blend into the American culture because of their obvious foreign features<br>- Immigrants fled to America in the 1950s to escape Communism and the Red Army</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-27 15:10:16 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>office of the historian, brooke didion</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/elibbey/i5sk2ehpg3qg/wish/235916855</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>the Chinese revolution of 1949: Mao Zedong's declaration to cease the costly war between the Chinese communist party and the nationalist party led to conflict of both sides even more. during wwII, china's government was vulnerable to communist rule due to "undemocratic policies" and a corrupt wartime. Over twenty years later after the revolution of 1949, there was limited trade and no ties between the two countries until the 1970s where the US  recognized the Republic of China and supported their "seat" with the United Nations. <br><br>Image: Chiang Kai-shek, leader of the Republic of China between 1928-1975<figure class="attachment attachment--preview"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.history.state.gov/milestones/chiang-kai-shek.jpg" width="200" height="200"><figcaption class="attachment__caption"></figcaption></figure></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-27 15:10:26 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Hannah Zerman </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>- Guilin receives about 3.2 million tourists a year and ranks as the fourth most popular place in China.<br>-&nbsp;It is the top destination for rock climbing in China.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-27 15:10:30 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jillian Bouley- History</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Chang Kai-Shek joined the Chinese military in 1918<br>Chiang ran away from home after&nbsp;his father died and he joined the provincial army.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-27 15:10:34 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Kryssa Johnson   History[.com]</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>-In 1943, Chiang Kai-shek's wife, Soong Mei-ling became the first Chinese person to address the U.S. Congress. She asked for U.S. aid of China, while they fought the Sino-Japanese war.<br>-A year after Japan surrendered in 1945, there was a civil war within China, eventually leading to a turn to Communism. It became the People's Republic of China, under chairman Mao. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-27 15:10:34 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Lexi White #2</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>-In 1949, the Red Army came to Beijing, and America's "special relationship" ended with China.<br>-Chinese-American children found themselves with a dilemma: how to recognize a country to which they were bound to by heritage, but to which they had never been.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-27 15:10:54 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jenna: #1 </title>
         <author>jwasilko20</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/elibbey/i5sk2ehpg3qg/wish/235917465</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>- The Chinese Communists joined the Nationalist Army in 1926-27<br>-&nbsp; The collaboration lasted&nbsp;until 1927 when the Nationalists turned on the Communists</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-27 15:11:06 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Emily Antal: #3</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/elibbey/i5sk2ehpg3qg/wish/235917498</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>-Bullet trains are the fastest, cheapest, and most comfortable way of tavel around Guilin<br>-米粉&nbsp;are rice noodles</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-27 15:11:08 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Ashlin Fegen New York Times</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/elibbey/i5sk2ehpg3qg/wish/235917512</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>- Many Chinese- American children struggled while balancing being Chinese and blending into American&nbsp; culture&nbsp;<br>-Many young Chinese- American children looked down on their parents for being too Chinese&nbsp; while their parents looked down on them for being too American<br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-27 15:11:09 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Maddie H #2</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>1949- Red Army came to Beijing<br><br>Many Chinese immigrants fled to California&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-27 15:11:10 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Grace Quasebarth #5</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>- war between China and Japan; Chinese were against the Japanese expansion (Second Sino- Japanese War)<br>- Chinese built railroads in an effort to deter and cut off Japanese troops  from occupying their country. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-27 15:11:29 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Magnolia: #5</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>-the Second Sino-Japanese war was a conflict between China and Japan, the Chinese were against the Japanese expansion.<br>-the war started in 1937 and it remained undeclared until December 9, 1941. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-27 15:11:50 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Second Sino-Japanese War - Reagan Bushok</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>1. A war lasting from 1937-1945 when China launched a resistance against Japanese expansion into their country.<br>2. The war can be divided into three phases:<br>- The Japanese rapidly expanded until the end of 1938<br>- China and Japan reached a stalemate until 1944<br>- Japan's surrender was finally brought about with the help of the Allies' counterattacks in the Pacific and on Japan's home islands</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-27 15:12:02 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Megan Jones: History</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>- In 1946, a year after Japan’s surrender, civil war broke out in China between KMT and Communist forces<br><br>- China fought Japan on its own for more than four years, until the Allies (with the exception of the Soviet Union) declared war on Japan in 1941</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-27 15:12:09 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>erin laboe</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>"The Chinese Communist Party originally existed as a study group working within the confines of the First United Front."<br><br>-"Collaboration lasted until the “White Terror” of 1927, when the Nationalists turned on the Communists, killing them or purging them from the party."</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-27 15:12:24 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Hailey Foisy #3 </title>
         <author>hfoisy20</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/elibbey/i5sk2ehpg3qg/wish/235920960</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>The area around Guilin and Yangshuo is one of China's favorite foreign tourist and backpacker destinations. The area is renowned for its mountain and river scenery and natural areas. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-27 15:15:35 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Elly Hanna #4</title>
         <author>ehanna201</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>-Chiang ran away from home after his father died and joined the provincial army<br>- Chiang returned home and joined the struggle, which ended in the overthrow of the Manchus and the formation of a Chinese republic. In 1918, he joined the Nationalist Party (known as the Kuomintang, or KMT), founded by Sun Yat-sen.<br><em><br></em><br></div><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-27 15:19:14 UTC</pubDate>
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