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15 hours ago · Definition. Pacifism covers a spectrum of views, including the belief that international disputes can and should be peacefully resolved, calls for the abolition of the institutions of the military and war, opposition to any organization of society through governmental force (anarchist or libertarian pacifism), rejection of the use of physical violence to obtain political, economic or social ...
15 hours ago · 12 Years a Slave is a 2013 biographical drama film directed by Steve McQueen from a screenplay by John Ridley, based on the 1853 slave memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, an African American man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. by two conmen in 1841 and sold into slavery. He was put to work on plantations in the state of ...
15 hours ago · African National Congress. The African National Congress ( ANC) is a political party in South Africa. It originated as a liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid and has governed the country since 1994, when the first post-apartheid election resulted in Nelson Mandela being elected as President of South Africa. Cyril Ramaphosa ...
15 hours ago · Shen also proposed the abolition of the military examinations, which were based on obsolete weaponry such as archery. He proposed the idea that Tongwen Guan students who performed well in mathematics could be directly appointed to the Zongli Yamen as if they were Imperial examination graduates. Li Hongzhang, in an 1874 memorial, tabled the ...
15 hours ago · The Polish People's Republic [a] was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1947 to 1989 as the predecessor of the modern-day Republic of Poland. From 1947 to 1952 it was known as the Republic of Poland, [b] and it was also often simply known as Poland. [c] With a population of approximately 37.9 million near the end of its existence, it ...
15 hours ago · The grand Chinese endeavour, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), is a Chinese attempt to carve out its own economic development model. Technology transfer is essential to economic development and therefore it plays a central role in the BRI. While the World Trade Organization (WTO) envisages a liberal trade model for development including transfer of technology, does the BRI offer a different ...
15 hours ago · Confucianism, also known as Ruism or Ru classicism, [1] is a system of thought and behavior originating in ancient China, and is variously described as a tradition, philosophy ( humanistic or rationalistic ), religion, theory of government, or way of life. [2]
