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People Who Shaped China, Book One History of China New Epoch Weekly

When President Donald Trump visited Beijing, he showed a video of his granddaughter Arabella Kushner speaking Mandarin to the Chinese leader The twominute clip went viral on the internet, and Arabella became a minor celebrity among Chinese viewersLike Ms Kushner, more and more people are learning Chinese as China reemerges as a great power with global influence Yet for the majority of westerners, China remains a very foreign country, and the Chinese a perplexing peopleSeen from a historical vantage point, China is a very unique nation It has been said that American history isdivided into decades, European history into centuries, and Chinese history into millennia For the last 3,000 years, China is the only country in the world that has kept unbroken historical records People and events of the distant past fill the memories of the Chinese people It was they who created Chinese civilization and culture, and the people living in China todayIsolated from the rest of the world, millions of square miles of land within great natural barriers gave rise to a unique civilization To the east and south is the endless Pacific Ocean In the north, steppes and deserts stretch into the frozen Siberian tundra In the west lies the plateau of Tibet and the massive peaks of the Himalaya mountains Two great rivers, the Yellow River and Yangtze Jiang, flow ceaselessly from west to east The people living there called their nation the Central CountryChinaHistory is abstract, but its characters were real, living people Each civilization is rooted in its history The history remembered by its people guides its journey into the future To understand the Chinese, we must understand Chinese culture To understand Chinese culture, we must understand Chinese historyPresented in three volumes are stories of characters who shaped the history of the Chinese from past to present By knowing them, you will begin to understand todays China