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727. Preceded by. Shōgun. (in chronology of Asian Saga) Followed by. Gai-Jin. Tai-Pan is a 1966 novel written by James Clavell about European and American traders who move into Hong Kong in 1842 following the end of the First Opium War. It is the second book in Clavell's Asian Saga, and the first to feature the fictional Struan family.
LinkedIn (/ l ɪ ŋ k t ˈ ɪ n /) is a business and employment-focused social media platform that works through websites and mobile apps. It was launched on May 5, 2003 by Reid Hoffman and Eric Ly. [6]
The official romanization system for Taiwanese Hokkien in Taiwan is known as Tâi-uân Tâi-gí Lô-má-jī Phing-im Hong-àn[I][1] often shortened to Tâi-lô. It is derived from Pe̍h-ōe-jī and since 2006 has been one of the phonetic notation systems officially promoted by Taiwan 's Ministry of Education. [2] The system is used in the MoE's ...
Lebanese authorities on Thursday banned walkie-talkies and pagers from being taken on flights from Beirut airport, the National News Agency reported, after thousands of such devices exploded ...
Amazon Prime Video, or simply Prime Video, is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming and rental service of Amazon offered both as a stand-alone service and as part of Amazon's Prime subscription.
Ban, noble title used in several states in Central and Southeastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century. Dauphin , title of the heir apparent of the royal family of France , as he was the de jure ruler of the Imperial Dauphiné region in today's southeastern France (under the authority of the King)
Tai Lue is written in three different scripts. One is the Fak Kham script, a variety of the Thai script of Sukhothai. The second is the Tham script, which was reformed in the 1950s, but is still in use and has recently regained government support. The new script is a simplified version of the old script.
Hong Taiji (28 November 1592 – 21 September 1643), also rendered as Huang Taiji and sometimes referred to as Abahai in Western literature, also known by his temple name as the Emperor Taizong of Qing, was the second khan of the Later Jin dynasty and the founding emperor of the Qing dynasty. He was responsible for consolidating the empire that ...