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For anyone that has trouble remembering the who's who and what's what of Chinese history, the Granite Studio has this handy little guide using bits from The Godfather to make sure you don't fegetaboutit.

A year ago this month, Jonathan Dresner at the great Asian history group blog, A Frog in a Well, came up with the idea of an on-line Asian History carnival. Now in its 7th incarnation, this time hosted by the folks at Mutantfrog Travelogue, it's a great place to catch up on all the Asian history happenings going on in the blogospere and the rest of the world.

Nono, not Chairman Hu... Chairman who??? This insightful post gives a bit of recognition to the George Lazenby of Chinese politics - Chairman Hua Guofeng. If you have even a passing interest in the history of the CPC or just like reading sad tales of falling into mediocrity... give this a read.

ChouChou has sat down and etched out a rough sketch of Chinese History and it's defining moments (including the formation of Sinocidal.com in 2006). A great laugh.

Taiwan has revised its high-school history textbooks to show that Taiwan is an independent country and not part of China, media reports said Monday.

The China Times said that on the education ministry's order, the title of the national history textbook for high-school - to be used after the winter vacation - has been changed from 'National History' to 'China History'.

In this textbook, terms like 'our country,' 'this country' and 'the mainland' have been changed to 'China' to indicate that Taiwan is not part of China, the daily said.

The Manchu language is dying. Once a mainstay of Qing Dynasty elite, it will in all likelihood become extinct when the handful of native speakers in Northeast China--all over 80 years old--are gone. Jeremiah picks this one apart nicely.

Via The Granite Studio, this China Daily article reports that some philosophy students are fighting back against the 'cultural imperialism' of Christmas.

The Chinese Communist Party does it's very best to limit all news and views on the events of June 4th, 1989. But not teaching history can have its consequences...

An interesting timeline of Chinese history.