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Featured People
A list of articles from your About Guide.

Chinese Emperor
Includes Kublai Khan, Pu Yi, Qianlong, Qin Shihuang, Wu Di and more.

Ancient Chinese
Includes Confucius, Hong Xiuquan, Lin Zixu, Sima Qian and more.

Chairman Mao
Includes biography of Mao Zedong, Mao's badges, Chinese posters, cultural revolution, Mao's poetry and more.

Deng Xiaoping
Includes Deng Xiaoping's biography, personal lift with pictures, and speeches.

Jiang Zemin
Includes Jiang Zemin's biography and his talks.

Zhu Rongji
Learn more about Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji's biography and his political life.

Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang Kai-Shek (1887¨C1975) was a Chinese Nationalist leader. Here are a list of books and articles.

Gao Xing-Jian
The first Chinese writer won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2000.

Lin Zexu
Links about Lin Zexu and the opium war.

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