At the end of the Qin, the Epang Palace's national records were destroyed by fire. Tang dynasty poet Zhang Jie (章碣), in a timely manner, wrote a poem about the policy of destruction as follows:Chine ...
Gao Jianli was a close friend of Jing Ke, who wanted to avenge his death. As a famous lute player, one day he was summoned by King Zheng to play the instrument. Someone in the palace who had known him ...
Xianyang was among the capital city's environs during the Western Zhou dynasty, and was made the capital of the state of Qin in 350 BC during the Warring States period before becoming the capital of C ...
Main articles: Politics of Guangdong and List of provincial leaders of the People's Republic of ChinaGuangdong is governed by a dual-party system like the rest of China. The premier is in charge of pr ...
Chinese administration in the region began with the Qin Dynasty. After establishing the first unified Chinese empire, the Qin expanded southwards and set up Nanhai Commandery at Panyu, near what is no ...
In 246 BC, when King Zhuangxiang died after a short reign of just three years, he was succeeded on the throne by his 13-year-old son. At the time, Zhao Zheng was still young, so Lü Buwei acted as the ...
The Chinese word "市"(shì) is usually loosely translated in English as "city". However it really has several different meanings due to the complexity of the administrative divisions used in China.By ...
Main article: Provinces of the People's Republic of ChinaThe People's Republic of China administers 33 Provincial level divisions, including 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, ...
The Constitution of China provides for three levels: the province, county, and township. However, two more levels have been inserted in actual implementation: the prefecture, under provinces; and the ...
During the later Zhou's Spring and Autumn period from the 8th to 5th centuries BCE, the larger and more powerful of the Zhou's vassal states—including Qin, Jin and Wei—began annexing their smaller r ...
Liaoning is composed of twelve prefecture-level cities and two sub-provincial cities:Map # Name Administrative Seat Simplified ChineseHanyu Pinyin Population (2010)Liaoning prfc map.pngSub-provincial ...
Liaoning is located in the southern part of Northeast China. The governments headed by various people such as the Korean kingdoms as Gojoseon, Goguryeo, Balhae, the Chinese as the Yan state, Han Dynas ...
Prefecture most commonly refers to a self-governing body or area since the tetrarchy when Emperor Diocletian divided the Roman Empire into four districts (each divided into dioceses, grouped under a V ...
Sichuan was subjected to the autonomous control of kings named by the imperial family of Han Dynasty. Following the declining central government of the Empire of Han Dynasty in the 2nd century, the Si ...
In alphabetical order:A'cheng (now a district of the city of Harbin), was the capital during the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234) from 1115 until 1153, called Shangjing Huining Fu. Destroyed in 1157 and re-est ...
