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that the murder of Jiang Ge led to public debate in China over the actions of Jiang's
roommate during her murder?

 ... that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Suzhou has both the tallest Catholic church building in China
and the first ever Chinese bishop to meet the pope?
 ... that China Miéville's novella This Census-Taker fluctuates between the first and third person to
convey the trauma felt by the protagonist?
 ... that the Cross Temple in Fangshan, Beijing, is the only surviving Nestorian Christian site in China?
 ... that the China Folk House Retreat dismantled a Chinese folk house and rebuilt it in West
Virginia?
 ... that a swivel weaving technique was used by cloud brocade weavers in Ming-dynasty China?
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 ...that zaojing, an elaborately ornamented wooden ceiling, shaped like a well and often painted with
water plants, was believed by the ancient Chinese to prevent wooden buildings from burning?
 ...that the first medical missions in China began in part because the missionary Robert
Morrison wanted to discover whether the Chinese pharmacopoeia could cure disease in the West?
 ...that the study of sociology in China was repressed as a bourgeois pseudoscience during the
early communist era?
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Peking duck is a dish from Beijing that has been prepared since

the Imperial era. The meat is characterized by its thin, crispy skin, with authentic versions of the dish
serving mostly the skin and little meat, sliced in front of the diners by the cook. Ducks bred especially for
the dish are slaughtered after 65 days and seasoned before being roasted in a closed or hung oven. The
meat is often eaten with spring onion, cucumber and sweet bean sauce with pancakes rolled around the
fillings. Sometimes pickled radish is also inside. Crispy aromatic duck is a similar dish to Peking duck and
is popular in the United Kingdom. (Full article...)

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Xi'an City Wall

The fortifications of Xi'an (Chinese: 西安城墙), also known as Xi'an City Wall, in Xi'an, represent one of the oldest, largest and best
preserved Chinese city walls. It was built under the rule of the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang as a military defense system. It exhibits the "complete
features of the rampart architecture of feudal society". It has been refurbished many times since it was built in the 14th century, thrice at intervals of
about 200 years in the later half of the 1500s and 1700s, and in recent years in 1983. The wall encloses an area of about 14 square kilometres
(5.4 sq mi).

The Xi'an City Wall is on the tentative list of UNESCO's World Heritage Site under the title "City Walls of the Ming and Qing Dynasties". Since 2008, it
is also on the list of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of the People's Republic of China. Since March 1961, the Xi'an City Wall is a heritage
National Historical and Cultural Unit. (Full article...)

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