Before the 1980s Soviet war, Afghanistan pursued a policy of neutrality and nonalignment in its foreign relations, being one of a few independent nations to stay neutral in both World War I and World War II.

Before becoming a manga artist, Asamiya graduated from the Tokyo Designer School, then worked as a character designer for a number of anime series, and even designed models for some of the later Godzilla films ( 1980s ).

Before turning in a mainstream direction in the 1980s, NDW attracted a politically conscious and diverse audience, including both participants of the left-wing alternative scene and neo-Nazi skinheads.

Before the late 1970s and early 1980s, it was common for many smaller cities to have their own operators.

Before cable-ready TV sets became common in the late 1980s, an electronic tuning device called a cable converter box was needed to receive the additional analog cable TV channels and transpose or convert the selected channel to analog radio frequency ( RF ) for viewing on a regular TV set on a single channel, usually VHF channel 3 or 4.

Before the 1980s, the North American phrase " trick-or-treat " was little known in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland and when introduced was often regarded as an unusual and even unwelcome import.

Before printer's magenta was invented in the 1890s for CMYK printing, and electric magenta was invented in the 1980s for computer displays, these two artificially engineered colors were preceded by the color displayed at right, which is the color originally called fuchsine made from coal tar dyes in the year 1859.

Before the 1980s, interaction between neuroscience and cognitive science was scarce.

Before Corey Haim's death in 2010, they did a reality TV show for two seasons ( 2007 – 08 ) on A & E named The Two Coreys after their 1980s moniker.

Judith Barsi starred in many TV commercials in the 1980s, as well as major voice work in the animated features The Land Before Time and All Dogs Go To Heaven.

Before the 1990s, the schools for the area were Canada Consolidated School and Cullowhee High School, both closed in the 1980s.

Before closing, the school sent its 9-man football team to the Minnesota State Finals twice in the 1980s.

Before the National Trust work of the late 1980s everything had remained untouched since the 1880s.

Before the 1980s few sports cars used four-wheel drive, which had traditionally added a lot of weight.

Before live performances, he often meditates in a tent with crystals and dreamcatchers, a practice he started in the 1980s.

Before the 1980s, practically all typesetting for publishers and advertisers was performed by specialist typesetting companies.

Before the 1980s, it was often speculated that cannabinoids produced their physiological and behavioral effects via nonspecific interaction with cell membranes, instead of interacting with specific membrane-bound receptors.

* Cry Before Dawn, rock band who found success in the late 1980s, hails from Wexford.

Before the advent of sport climbing in the United States in the 1980s, and perhaps somewhat earlier in parts of Europe, the usual style of unaided rock climbing was what is now referred to as " traditional ".

The English white power rock band Brutal Attack, which performed at Rock Against Communism concerts in the 1980s, has a song entitled " Rivers of Blood " on their 1985 album, Stronger Than Before.

Before the adoption of timecode by the motion picture industry in the late 1980s, pilottone-sync was the basis of all professional magnetic motion picture sound recording systems, whereas most amateur film formats used pre-striped magnetic coating on the film itself for live-sound recording.

* Before Austin and Felicity make their escape back to 1999, Felicity tells Austin she wants to experience the 1970s and 1980s.

Before the early 1980s bandits as well as People's Liberation Army of Thailand ( PLAT ) guerillas were a big problem in the province, usually destroying highway construction overnight.

Before the 1980s, Taishanese was the predominant Chinese language spoken throughout North America's Chinatowns.

Before the Mongol invasion, Chinese dynasties reportedly had approximately 120 million inhabitants ; after the conquest was completed in 1279, the 1300 census reported roughly 60 million people.

Before the Han Dynasty ( 202 BC – 220 AD ), Chinese ploughs were made almost entirely of wood, except the iron blade of the ploughshare.

* Before 1893 – 8, 000 Chinese arrive in Cuba.

* The Chinese Buddhist monk Huiyuan, who founded the Pure Land Buddhism sect and the monastery on Mount Lushan, writes the book On Why Monks Do Not Bow Down Before Kings in this year.

Before his death, he asked Emperor Yong Le that ( 1 ) Brunei and Sungai Kinabatangan be made ( or annexed as ) Chinese territories, ( 2 ) named Gunung Kinabalu, and ( 3 ) that he himself be buried in China.

Before the 20th century, the Zhou Dynasty ( 1046 – 256 BC ) was the earliest Chinese dynasty that could be verified from its own records.

Before the rise of the Mongols in the 13th century, what is now central and western Inner Mongolia, especially the Hetao region, alternated in control between Chinese agriculturalists in the south and Xiongnu, Xianbei, Khitan, Jurchen, Tujue, and other Mongol nomads of the north.

Before this, Huang ( 皇 ) and Di ( 帝 ) were given as titles of a number of rulers from the era known as the " sage kings " period, supposedly predating written history, but probably coinciding with or following the invention and early stages of evolution for the Chinese writing system.

Before this, the only forms of punctuation found in Chinese writings were punctuations to denote quotes, proper nouns, and emphasis.

Before the early 17th century Taiwan was inhabited by aborigines and Han Chinese migrants resulting from successive waves of migration in antiquity.

Before 140 BC: Chinese begin extensive horse-breeding to support a proper cavalry.

Before the close of the first chapter ( and subsequent end of the game itself ), he is instructed by Master Chen to seek out the help of a master of the Chinese martial arts located in Wan Chai named Lishao Tao.

Before Jayavarman, Cambodia had consisted of a number of politically independent principalities collectively known to the Chinese by the names Funan and Chenla.

Before the CCP ( Chinese Communist Party ) took control, hunger was rarely used to control prisoners.

Before the reign of John III, the Portuguese had already reached Siam ( 1511 ), the Moluccas ( 1512 ), the Chinese littoral ( 1513 ), Canton ( 1517 ) and Timor ( 1515 ).

Before the Xi ' an incident, the Chinese Communist Party had established itself in Shaanxi province following being driven from Jiangxi and other regions in southern China in 1934.

Before the creation of Hangul, only members of the highest class were literate ( hanja was typically used to write Korean by using adapted Chinese characters, while Hanmun was sometimes used to write court documents in classical Chinese ).

Before 1873, the Chinese style lunisolar calendar had been in use since 7th century.

Before the use of paper, the Chinese used coins that were circular, with a rectangular hole in the middle.

( Before 1955, Chinese soldiers were assigned " functions " instead of ranks, such as " company commander ", or " division commander ").

Before 1949, there were five main department stores in Hong Kong and Shanghai: In Hong Kong: Lane Crawford-In 1850 founded by Thomas Ash Lane and Ninian Crawford, opened in Des Voeux Road Hong Kong ; Wing On-In 1907 Kwok's family returned to Hong Kong from Australia with accumulated savings and founded the Wing On Company ; Sincere-Founded by Ma Ying Piu in 1900 after returning from Australia and partnership with others to form the first Chinese department store in then British Hong Kong.

Before the reform era, aspects of Chinese society also contributed to shaping the contemporary structure for maintaining public order.