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The program featured the results of a survey that asked Japanese people to choose their favorite great person from history. The show featured several re-enactments of scenes from the lives of the people on the list. [2] The survey asked Japanese people to name their most-liked historical figures, not the most influential.
Asian of the Century was a centurial issue of the 20th century held by American AsianWeek magazine and CNN in 1999 that features and profiles Asian persons who have topped their respective fields. Those people featured are considered as "The person who contributed most to the betterment of Asia in the past 100 years'". [ 1 ]
This is a category for Asian people of note in Asian history in the 20th century. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
Yue Fei (Chinese: 岳飛; March 24, 1103 – January 28, 1142), [1] courtesy name Pengju (鵬舉), was a Chinese military general of the Song dynasty and is remembered as a patriotic national hero, known for leading its forces in the wars in the 12th century between Southern Song and the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty in northern China.
South Asia in World History (Oxford UP, 2017) Goldin, Peter B. Central Asia in World History (Oxford UP, 2011) Holcombe, Charles. A History of East Asia: From the Origins of Civilization to the Twenty-First Century (2010). Huffman, James L. Japan in World History (Oxford, 2010) Jansen, Marius B. Japan and China: From War to Peace, 1894-1972 (1975)
Li Bai (Chinese: 李白; pinyin: Lǐ Bái, 701–762), formerly pronounced Li Bo, courtesy name Taibai (太白), was a Chinese poet acclaimed as one of the greatest and most important poets of the Tang dynasty and in Chinese history as a whole.
Asia portal; History portal; Biography portal; Subcategories. ... 21st-century Asian people (16 C) + Monarchs in Asia by century (39 C) A. Afghan people by century (11 C)
Cornell Southeast Asia Program Publication. 1990; Maung Maung. Aung San of Burma. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff for Yale University. 1962. Nay Eain. The Political Leaders Whose Names Will Live Forever. Yangon: Myo Myanmar. 2014. (in Burmese) "North Korea's History of Foreign Assassinations and Kidnappings" Archived 22 October 2020 at the Wayback ...