TitleHow Chinese Liberty

and Authority

Represents İtself in

Social Area

Prepared by

Özgür Özdemir

Submitted to Erol İnelmen

Boğaziçi Üniversitesi

İntroductionThis paper

focuses on the

social events

that are in

relation with the

desire for liberty

and the wish for

authority of

Chinese people

w

Outline Social traditions and the

neighbours of China

The effects of the devoloped countries on

China

First confrontation of China with West

And the bitter wars

for liberty...

Liberty!!!

warlike proclivities

Sanpou

blood relationship

Chinese emperor

dominion

the new

notwithstanding his

with the

sought to extend his

toward

the north and the east

at his expense

revived

A.D. 658 to 670fromChina

was

engaged

bitter war

onland and sea

with the

CoreansJapanese

thus intervenedfirst time

in the

affairsof the

continent

in a

Kaotsongdied in

683

Empress Wou

retained

power

until the year

704

because

was compelled to

abdicate

at the age of

eighty

Empress Wou

placed her son

in

confinement

to retain thepower

the arms

of

Kaotsong

were more

triumphant

in the direction of

Corea

Kaotsong’s father

had

failed

of

in the direction of

Statement:1

Empress Wou her son

confinement

robes

emperor

placed

in

andwore the

assigned for an

Statement:2

of therested with the Chinese navy

and the

Japanese navy

of

four hundred junks

was completely

destroyed

The victory

Empress Wou

Statement:3

Empress Wou

retainedpower

until the year

704

was compelled to

abdicate

at the age of

eighty

after the

death

of

Kaotsong

Statement:4

Robe

is a

wearing

which

emperors

l o n g

magnificent

İs used by

is

is

special designspecial design

has a yellow

and

junk

is a ship

which used by

chinese

has a

flat floor

kind of made with

woods

Wou

is the

empressof

china

704

until

The Khitans

which

vanquished

erecting temples

to her

ancestors

Kaotsong

is the

kingof

China

until

683

warrior

could not send

distance aid

from his

borders

Corea

Kaotsong’s father

had

failed

in the direction of

CONJUCTİON 1:

of

Kaotsong

were more

triumphant

the arms

On the other hand

in the direction of

Corea

CONJUCTİON 1:

Empress Wou’s son

In spite of the

Empress Wou

confinement

which placed in

by

was

alive

CONJUCTİON 2:

Empress Wou

robes

emperor

wore the

assigned for an

after the

death

of

Kaotsong

CONJUCTİON 2:

Thusthe Dutch

were expelled from the

south

by the

Portuguese

and compelled to take refuge in

Formosa

OSSS...

CONJUCTİON 3:

while

the English and

French

appearance

except by

occasional visitsuntil a much later

period

CHİNA

did not make their

CONJUCTİON 3:

English Captain Weddell

was the

first

to discover

The mouth

of the

Canton River

and to make

his way

up to that

great cityw

CONJUCTİON 4:

whilethe English

did not make their

appearance

until a much later period

CONJUCTİON 4:

Not onlydid

Commissioner Lin

and the

Canton authorities

claim the

right to

condemn

and

punish

British subjects

w

CONJUCTİON 5:

butthey would take away

their liberty

and

liveson the

flimsiest

falsest

pretext

Liberty!!!

?

CONJUCTİON 5:

great

as were the concessions

made by

Captain Elliot

in

consequenceof the

threatening attitude

of

Commissioner Lin

But

E

CONJUCTİON 6:

the Chinese

were not

and made

fresh

more exacting

demands

of those

who

had been

weak enough to

makeany concession

satisfied

CONJUCTİON 6:

the Japanese army

Coreain

was

strong enough

to detach a

corps

of

14,000 men

to attack

the Chineseposition at

Pingyanga town

on the

northern banks

of the

Paidong River

On September 15

The passageof the

river

was

difficult

and the

battlebegan at

sunrise

On the 25th

the Japanese squadron

attacked

the Chinese transport

"Kowshing,"

conveyingfresh soldiersto

Asan

In the engagement

oneChinese man-of-war

was

sunk

one was

destroyed

on the

"Kowshing,"which was

torpedoed

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