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And the second course of action led to my going to Pakistan a month or so after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, for the purpose of coordinating with the Pakistanis a joint response, the purpose of which would be to make the Soviets bleed for as much and as long as is possible ; and we engaged in that effort in a collaborative sense with the Saudis, the Egyptians, the British, the Chinese, and we started providing weapons to the Mujaheddin, from various sources again – for example, some Soviet arms from the Egyptians and the Chinese.
** Sanda ( Sanshou ) ( Chinese Boxing ) – The applicable component of wushu / kung fu of which takedowns and throws are legal in competition as well as all other sorts of striking ( use of arms and legs ).
As a result of increased Chinese influence in Burma as well as the safe haven and arms trafficking occurring along the Indo-Burmese border, India has sought in recent years to shore up ties with the military junta.
The influx of Chinese arms turned the tide in Burma against the ethnic insurgencies, many of which had relied indirectly on Chinese complicity.
Other Korean pole arms included the woldo, which resembled the Chinese Kwan Dao.
Western-Han pottery tomb statuettes of unclothed servants that once had wooden arms and miniature Han Chinese clothing | silk clothes, which have eroded over time and since disappeared.
Carl Sagan in his book Comet ( 1985 ) reproduces Han period Chinese manuscript ( the Book of Silk, 2nd century BC ) that shows comet tail varieties: most are variations on simple comet tails, but the last shows the comet nucleus with four bent arms extending from it, recalling a swastika.
And the second course of action led to my going to Pakistan a month or so after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, for the purpose of coordinating with the Pakistanis a joint response, the purpose of which would be to make the Soviets bleed for as much and as long as is possible ; and we engaged in that effort in a collaborative sense with the Saudis, the Egyptians, the British, the Chinese, and we started providing weapons to the Mujaheddin, from various sources again – for example, some Soviet arms from the Egyptians and the Chinese.
The Mongols captured a huge quantity of arms and armour while killing most of the Chinese troops.
The Chinese were mostly restricted to the use of small arms throughout the battle.
Frank Tillman Durdin of the New York Times and Archibald Steele of the Chicago Daily News saw many of the Chinese troops loot shops for food and other supplies, cast away their arms and shed their uniforms in the street.
Admitted only in 1955, Ireland played a large role at the UN, serving on the Security Council in 1962, condemning Chinese aggression in Tibet and advocating nuclear arms limitation.
Allies of North Korea included the People's Republic of China, which supplied military forces, and the Soviet Union, which supplied combat advisors and aircraft pilots, as well as arms, for the Chinese and North Korean troops.
The Chinese were now pushing for the U. S. to end arms sales to Taiwan, and Wolfowitz used the Chinese incentive as an opportunity to undermine Kissinger's foreign policy toward China.
Budai wears the robes in Chinese style, covering both arms but leaving the front part of the upper body uncovered.
), appeared in the coat of arms of the Soviet Union, on 1919 Russian SFSR banknotes ( in German, French, Chinese, English, and Arabic ), on Soviet coins from 1921 to 1934, and in most Soviet newspapers.
China supplied the Việt Minh guerrillas with food ( thousands of tons of rice ), money, medics, arms, ammunitions, artillery ( 24 guns were used at Dien Bien Phu ) and other military equipment including a large part of material captured from Chiang Kai-shek's National Revolutionary Army during the Chinese Civil War.
Records of the discovery of arms caches in the monasteries of Chang ' an during government raids in AD 446 suggests that Chinese monks practiced martial arts prior to the establishment of the Shaolin Monastery in 497.
After repeated attempts to win support and recognition from Western countries failed, the Nationalist Party government in Canton led by Dr. Sun gained help ( advisers and critically vital small arms ) from Soviet Russia, which viewed it as a likely revolutionary ally against Western interests in the Far East ; Chinese nationalism at the time ( of treaty ports and extraterritoriality discriminations ) was naturally heavily infected with resentment against the West.
In addition, endless wars needed vast supplies of materials and people, and the brunt of the wars fell heavily on the Chinese farmers, who had to report to the assembly points fully equipped with arms, provisions, and draft wagons, following the regulations applied to the nomadic forces.
After the fall of the USSR, Russia became China's principal arms supplier to the effect that Chinese economic growth allowed Russia to sustain its aerospace industry.

Chinese and manufacturer
In 2009, a Chinese manufacturer, Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company, announced that it would acquire Hummer, pending government approvals, but later withdrew its bid.
* Shenyang Aircraft Corporation, Chinese aircraft manufacturer
Volvo stopped posting profits in 2005 and in 2008, Ford decided to sell its interest in Volvo Cars ; in August 2010, Ford completed its sale of Volvo to the parent of Chinese motor manufacturer Geely Automobile for $ 1. 8 billion.
Investigation determined that the Chinese manufacturer used an outdated version of Kingsoft's Chinese-to-English translation software for writing the tags ; it translated the Chinese " dark-brown " characters to " Nigger-brown ", and neither the Canadian supplier nor the store owner had noticed the incorrectly translated tag ; subsequently, Kingsoft corrected its translation software.
The " Baird " brand name was first owned by Thorn-EMI and was sold off to a small Chinese manufacturer when Thorn-EMI was dissolved.
At the end of 2011, Fiat sold the plant to Chinese car manufacturer Chery.
In 2006, ZAZ reached an agreement with the Chinese manufacturer Chery Automobile to assemble passenger cars from kits and from 2011 started full-scale production of the Chery A13 under its own badge as ZAZ Forza.
* Contec Medical Systems, a Chinese manufacturer of medical equipment
* STP, New York Stock Exchange symbol for Suntech Power Holdings, a Chinese manufacturer of photovoltaic cells
* Sany, a Chinese multinational heavy machinery manufacturer
In addition the group contracted a strategic partnership with the Chinese truck manufacturer Sinotruk.
A Taiwanese manufacturer, Phoenixtec, was also acquired giving the company the highest share in the Chinese single-phase UPS market.
* Rogers International, the British brand name for a Chinese audio electronics manufacturer
In late 2004, the Chinese automobile manufacturer SAIC took a 51 % stake of SsangYong Motor Company.
In 1994, Flxible's parent company, General Automotive Corporation, and three other American companies, Roger Penske, Mark IV Industries, and Carrier, entered into a joint venture with Changzhou Changjiang, a Chinese manufacturer located in Changzhou, Jiangsu province, to produce buses based on the Flxible Metro design and with the Flxible name.
On October 28, 2009, Ford confirmed that, after considering several offers, the preferred buyer of Volvo Cars was Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, the parent of Chinese motor manufacturer Geely Automobile.
His Birmingham Northfield constituency has long been dominated by the local car manufacturer MG Rover, which went into administration after negotiations with Chinese car manufacturer Shanghai Automotive failed in April 2005.
A new manufacturer has arrived on the scene ( November 2011 ) with Australia-N Railways using both Australian locally manufactured detail accessories and top end Chinese factories to produce their new locomotives and rolling stock.
Formerly the brand name under which Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based MDK Inc. sold its products, K-Line was then acquired by Sanda Kan, a Chinese toy manufacturer that formerly acted as K-Line's subcontractor.
Group Sense PDA Limited ( GSPDA ) is a Chinese manufacturer of personal digital assistants and smartphones.
The Maestro and Montego tooling were subsequently acquired by Chinese manufacturer Etsong, which introduced a hatchback and a van using Toyota engines.
* CSR Corporation Limited, a Chinese railway equipment manufacturer
The show is marked by the presence for the first time a Chinese manufacturer, COMAC-which according to industry analysts, should eventually become a competitor to Airbus-and by the arrival of three new Boeing aircraft passenger and cargo versions of the 747-8 and 787.

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