Although Wang succeeded Sun as Chairman of the National Government, Chiang's relatively low position in the party's internal hierarchy was bolstered by his military backing and adept political maneuvering following the Zhongshan Warship Incident.

* Although pioneered earlier in Korea and by the Chinese official Wang Zhen ( with tin ), bronze metal movable type printing is created in China by Hua Sui in 1490.

* Although Philo of Byzantium described the saqiya chain pump in the early 2nd century BC, the square-pallet chain pump was innovated in China during this century, mentioned first by the philosopher Wang Chong around 80 AD.

Although a successor was appointed as Dong Zhou Hui Wang, traditionally in Chinese history this is considered the end of the Zhou Dynasty.

* Although the usurpation of Wang Mang and the Chimei Rebellion are behind him, Emperor Guangwu now faces a new threat to the Han Dynasty: the Rebellion of Gongsun Shu in the Sichuan province.

Although others disagreed with his model, Wang Chong accurately described the water cycle of the evaporation of water into clouds.

Although, this belief and dream interpretation had been questioned since early time, such as by the philosopher Wang Chong ( 27-97 ).

Although Wang went bankrupt in 1992, the city continued its cultural focus by hosting the nation's largest free folk festival, the Lowell Folk Festival, as well as many other cultural events.

Although Wang collaborated closely with Chinese communists in Wuhan, he was philosophically opposed to communism and regarded the KMT's Comintern advisors with suspicion.

Although some argue that the high-end VSes and their successors should qualify as mainframes, Dr. Wang avoided this term.

Although Wang manufactured desktops, its main business by the 1980s was its VS line of mini-computer and " midframe " systems.

Although Wang had the alliance of such prominent court figures as Shen Kuo, imperial scholar-officials such as Su Dongpo and Ouyang Xiu bitterly opposed these reforms on the grounds of tradition.

Although cadres such as Chen Yun, who had been in Moscow with Wang and Kang, were aware of Kang ’ s previous slavish support for Wang, Kang strenuously sought to change that history and obscure previous affiliations.

Although details are scarce, several sources have suggested that Wang's resentment against Bo grew amidst the investigations — resentment that was compounded when Wang realized that he and his wife had also been targets of wiretapping under Bo's orders.

Although Wang did not join the primary election, Wang has also not ruled out running as an independent.

Although Liu Xin was originally a loyal partisan of Wang Mang, after Wang's troops suffered defeat on July 7, 23 at the Battle of Kunyang, Liu Xin plotted with others to overthrow Wang Mang.

Although much of Wang Anshi's reforms outlined in the New Policies centered around state finance, land tax reform, and the Imperial examinations, there were also military concerns.

Although Wang was a leftist and abided by the Communism dogma strictly in essence, his beliefs were different from those of Li.

Although Xiang Zhongfa was the incumbent General Secretary, he was manipulated by Mif and Wang.

Although Wang experienced great humiliation, he was still fortunate to escape from tortures similar to those inflicted by Kang Sheng's secret police on other CCP members.

Although Wang succeeds in retrieving the money and giving it back, he is seriously injured in the fray, and subsequently dies.

Although the historical characters may have lived in an earlier period ( such as the Song or Tang dynasty ) most stories are written in the latter Ming or Qing period.

Although it is unknown just how much silver flowed from the Spanish base of Manila in the Philippines to the Ming Dynasty of China, it is known that the main port for the Mexican silver trade — Acapulco — shipped out 150, 000 to 345, 000 kg ( 4 to 9 million taels ) of silver annually from this year to 1602.

* Although sparse maritime trade existed since its founding, the Ming Dynasty government of China officially revokes the hai jin maritime trade ban, reinstating foreign trade with all countries except Japan.

* Although trade existed between the two beforehand, in this year the Portuguese begins to send regular seasonal maritime trade missions to Ming Dynasty China at Sao João Island ( also known as Shangchuan Island ) near Macau.

Although the Ming capital Beijing fell in 1644 to a rebellion led by Li Zicheng ( who established the Shun Dynasty, soon replaced by the Manchu-led Qing Dynasty ), regimes loyal to the Ming throne — collectively called the Southern Ming — survived until 1662.

Although Ming Dynasty also had 15 basic local divisions, Winterbotham uses the name of Kiang-nan ( 江南, Jiāngnán ) province, which had been called Nan-Zhili ( 南直隶, Nán-Zhílì ) in Ming Dynasty and was renamed to Kiang-nan ( i. e., Jiangnan ) in 1645, the second year after the Qing Dynasty overthrew the Ming Dynasty.

Although Emperor Ming attempted to recover them, his attempts were defeated.

Although the Oirats later occupied the Ordos Desert, they never again seriously threatened the Ming state.

Although widely blamed for causing national disunity and losing the country later to the Chinese Ming Dynasty, Hồ Quý Ly's reign actually introduced a lot of progressive, ambitious reforms, including the addition of mathematics to the national examinations, the open critique of Confucian philosophy, the use of paper currency in place of coins, investment in building large warships and cannon, and land reform.

Although these Song Dynasty Chinese encyclopedias featured millions of written Chinese characters each, their aggregate size paled in comparison to the later Yongle Encyclopedia ( 1408 ) of the Ming Dynasty, which contained a total of 50 million Chinese characters.

Although Luoyang dialect served as a prestigious form of spoken Chinese until the Ming Dynasty, it differs greatly from Beijing-based Modern Standard Chinese.

Although Ming officials were of the opinion that only foreign tributary states listed during the beginning of the dynasty should be accepted at court, it was the eunuchs who wanted to expand commercial ties with new foreign countries.

Although naval power during the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties established China as a major world seapower in the East, the Qing Dynasty lacked an official standing navy.

Although the success of the Manchurian conquest of China was attributed to the weakening of the Ming Dynasty ( exacerbated by Li Zicheng's rebellion ), ironically, official historiography during the Qing Dynasty period regarded Li as an illegitimate usurper and outlaw.

Although illegal trade continued thereafter, official relations between the Portuguese and the Ming court would not improve until the 1540s, culminating in the Ming court's consent in 1557 which allowed Portugal to establish Macau as their trading base in China.

Although the case was quickly hushed up, it did not squelch public discussion and eventually became known as the " Case of the Palace Assault " ( Zh: 梃擊案 ), one of three notorious ' mysteries ' of Late Ming Dynasty.

Although the case was quickly hushed up, it did not squelch public discussion and eventually became known as the " Case of the Palace Assault " ( 梃击案 ), one of three notorious mysteries of the late Ming Dynasty.

Although the historical characters may have lived in an earlier period ( such as the Song or Tang dynasty ) the novels are often set in the later Ming or Manchu period.

Although this story is not found in Ming dynasty historical records, it was written in the Malay Annals.

Although he continued to hold southern Manchuria, Nahacu finally surrendered to the Ming Dynasty in 1387.