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Shanghai Breezes. "Shanghai Breezes" is the title of a popular song by the American singer-songwriter John Denver. Released as a single from his 1982 album Seasons of the Heart, "Shanghai Breezes" would become Denver's fifteenth and final Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 31 during the spring of 1982.
Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), [3] known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer and songwriter. He was one of the most popular acoustic artists of the 1970s and one of the best selling artists in that decade. [4] AllMusic has called Denver "among the most beloved entertainers of his era".
AllMusic. [1] Seasons of the Heart is the sixteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter John Denver, released in 1982. [2] The singles were "Shanghai Breezes" / "What One Man Can Do" and "Seasons of the Heart." The album cover is a self-portrait of Denver entering the Purple Cloud Cave in Hangzhou, China. [3]
e. The Republic of China (ROC) began as a sovereign state in mainland China [f] on 1 January 1912 following the 1911 Revolution, which overthrew the Manchu -led Qing dynasty and ended China's imperial history. From 1927, the Kuomintang (KMT) reunified the country and ruled it as a one-party state ("Dang Guo") and made Nanjing the national capital.
Sun Yat-sen (/ ˈsʊnˈjɑːtˈsɛn /; [1] traditional Chinese: 孫逸仙; simplified Chinese: 孙逸仙; pinyin: Sūn Yìxiān; 12 November 1866 – 12 March 1925) [2][3][4][a] was a Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and political philosopher who served as the provisional first president of the Republic of China and the first leader of the ...
The Nationalist government, officially the National Government of the Republic of China[a], refers to the government of the Republic of China from 1 July 1925 to 20 May 1948, led by the nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) party. Following the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen was elected to be China's provisional ...
The concept of Two Chinas refers to the political divide between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC). The PRC was established in 1949 by the Chinese Communist Party, while the ROC was founded in 1912 and retreated to Taiwan after losing the Chinese Civil War. Despite both claiming to be the legitimate government ...
The Governance of China in different languages presented at Shanghai Library. The first volume of the Governance of China was released in September 2014. [10]: 22 It contains 79 of Xi's speeches delivered from November 2012 to June 2014. [10]: 22