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The Animated History of China | Part 2

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The great and powerful Genghis Khan ruled what would eventually become the largest land empire in history stretching from the Korean peninsula to the far reaches of Russian homeland.  The Chinese and Manchurian Dynasties would forever fear foreigners after driving out the Mongols, which would lead to political and economic self imposed isolation, while Europeans were pioneering deep water navigation, and exploring the world.  The eventual reforms to the Chinese empire would come too late as the nation was thrust into the 20th century unprepared and completely disunited.

The Animated History of China | Part 1

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The Yellow River Civilisation competes with Egypt and Mesopotamia for one of the oldest river valley civilisations in the world.  Discover the folklore behind the rise of the Imperial Chinese Dynasties and how the Han people came to dominate the region of East Asia. Chinese culture is a titan on the world stage, fascinating westerners since the days of Marco Polo and Zheng He, bringing tales of the Orient to the rest of the world. Join us now in the first chapter in the History of China!

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Hong Kong ( Chinese : 香港 , Cantonese:  [hœ́ːŋ.kɔ̌ːŋ] ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China , is an autonomous territory on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia , south of the mainland Chinese province of Guangdong , and east of the special administrative region of Macau . With over 7.3 million Hongkongers of various nationalities [note 1] in a territory of 1,104 km 2 , Hong Kong is the fourth-most densely populated region in the world . Hong Kong was formerly a colony of the British Empire , after the perpetual cession of Hong Kong Island from Qing China at the conclusion of the First Opium War in 1842. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War , and was further extended when Britain acquired a 99-year lease of the New Territories starting in 1898. The Empire of Japan attacked the city as part of a greater offensive against the Allied Powers at the start o...