The people hardest hit by this suspicion are, of course, Christians on the mainland of China.

* Ailanthus altissima ( Tree of Heaven ) – northern and central mainland China, Taiwan, arguably the best known species.

After the communists took over mainland China, the Diocese of Hong Kong and Macao became independent of the Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui, and continued to use the edition issued in Shanghai in 1938 with a revision in 1959.

The Chinese Communists were able to fight their way from the north and northeast, and virtually all of mainland China was taken by the end of 1949.

Though the United States refused to aide Chiang Kai-shek in his hope to " recover the mainland ," it continued supporting the Republic of China with military supplies and expertise to prevent Taiwan from falling into PRC hands.

** Han Chinese, the dominant ethnic group in mainland China, Taiwan and Singapore

** Overseas Chinese, people of Chinese ancestry who live outside mainland China and Taiwan

When Chiang was defeated by CPC forces in mainland China in 1949, he retreated to Taiwan with his government and his most disciplined troops, along with most of the KMT leadership and a large number of their supporters ; Chiang Kai-shek had taken effective control of Taiwan at the end of WWII as part of the overall Japanese surrender, when Japanese troops in Taiwan surrendered to Republic of China troops.

The Communist Party of China was left in control of mainland China.

Cultures and countries strongly influenced by Confucianism include mainland China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan and Vietnam, as well as various territories settled predominantly by Chinese people, such as Singapore.

This tradition was interrupted for several decades in mainland China, where the official stance of the Communist Party and the State was that Confucius and Confucianism represented reactionary feudalist beliefs which held that the subservience of the people to the aristocracy is a part of the natural order.

Te-cheng's sister, Kong Demao, lives in mainland China and has written a book about her experiences growing up at the family estate in Qufu.

In mainland China, wubi ( shape-based ) and pinyin methods such as Sogou Pinyin and Google Pinyin are the most popular ; in Taiwan, Boshiamy, Cangjie, and zhuyin predominate ; and in Hong Kong, Cangjie is most often taught in schools.

Phonetic methods are based on standard pinyin, Zhuyin, and Jyutping in mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, respectively.

For example, the CCTV New Year's Gala usually promotes couplets reflecting current political themes in mainland China.

After evacuating to Taiwan, Chiang's government continued to declare its intention to retake mainland China.

In 1944, the USAF commenced Operation Matterhorn in order to bomb Japan's steel industry from bases to be constructed in mainland China.

The object of Li's strategy was to maintain a foothold on the Chinese mainland in the hope that the United States would eventually be compelled to enter the war in China on the Nationalist side.

In the early morning of December 10, 1949, Communist troops laid siege to Chengdu, the last KMT controlled city in mainland China, where Chiang Kai-shek and his son Chiang Ching-kuo directed the defense at the Chengdu Central Military Academy.

During his presidency in Taiwan, Chiang continued to prepare to take back mainland China.

He also financed armed groups in mainland China, such as Muslim soldiers of the ROC Army left in Yunnan under Li Mi, to continue to fight.

Despite the democratic constitution, the government under Chiang was a one-party state, consisting almost completely of mainlanders ; the " Temporary Provisions Effective During the Period of Communist Rebellion " greatly enhanced executive powers, and the goal of retaking mainland China allowed the KMT to maintain a monopoly on power and the prohibition of opposition parties.

Believing that corruption and a lack of morals were key reasons that the KMT lost mainland China to the Communists, Chiang attempted to purge corruption by dismissing members of the KMT accused of graft.

* Structures ; Ruins of palaces, palatial villas, houses, built dome-or cist-graves and fortifications ( Aegean islands, Greek mainland and northwestern Anatolia ), but not distinct temples ; small shrines, however, and temene ( religious enclosures, remains of one of which were probably found at Petsofa near Palaikastro by J. L. Myres in 1904 ) are represented on intaglios and frescoes.

Public services and transport in Cuba however are regarded to be second-rate compared with its more developed counterparts on the mainland.

The Theravada school remained a presence on the Indian mainland long after its establishment in Sri Lanka, however.

His successors, however, often fought to regain control of mainland French Normandy.

In day-to-day conversation, however, Canadians generally still refer to the province itself as Newfoundland and to the region on the Canadian mainland as Labrador.

For a time during this conflict, Athens controlled not only Megara but also Boeotia ; at its end, however, in the face of a massive Spartan invasion of Attica, the Athenians ceded the lands they had won on the Greek mainland, and Athens and Sparta recognized each other's right to control their respective alliance systems.

The mainland of Cape Vert, however, was under control of the Jolof Empire, as part of the western province of Cayor which seceded from Jolof in its own right in 1549.

This largesse ultimately backfired on the Portuguese, however, as literate Cape Verdeans became aware of the pressures for independence building on the mainland, while the islands continued suffering from frequent drought and famine, at times from epidemic diseases and volcanic eruptions, and the Portuguese government did nothing.

After the event, however, the mainland Chinese media campaign against Falun Gong gained significant traction.

His realm was, however, threatened by dangers from without, as large numbers of his opponents had taken refuge, not only in Iceland, then recently discovered ; but also in the Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands, Hebrides Islands, Faroe Islands and the northern European mainland.

Cape Aniva, also discovered by de Vries, and Cape Crillon ( Black Cape ) are, however, thought to be part of the mainland

The Dutch captain, however, was not aware of their being on an island, and 17th century maps usually showed these points — and often Hokkaido, too — as parts of the mainland.

Like Simonides and Pindar, however, Bacchylides composed lyrics to appeal to the sophisticated tastes of a social elite and his patrons, though relatively few in number, covered a wide, geographical area around the Mediterranean, including for example Delos in The Aegean Sea, Thessaly to the north of mainland Greece and Sicily or Magna Graecia in the west.

As a consequence of the World War II and the Chinese Civil War, however, the ROC lost control of mainland China to the Chinese communist party which founded the People's Republic of China ( PRC ) while gaining and maintaining control of Taiwan island, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other islands.

Chiang Ching-kuo, however, did admit he had become " Taiwanese " after fleeing mainland China in 1949.

It is clear that the PRC still maintains that " there is only one China in the world " and " Taiwan is an inalienable part of China ", however instead of " the Government of the People's Republic of China is the sole legal government of China ", the PRC now emphasizes that " both Taiwan and the mainland belong to one and the same China ".

Then however Maniakes fell out with his Lombard allies, while his Norman mercenaries, unhappy with their pay, abandoned the Byzantine general and raised a revolt on the Italian mainland, resulting in the temporary loss of Bari.

On June 5, however, Roger disembarked in Salerno, much to the surprise of the whole mainland provinces.

Greek presence on the mainland, however, dates to 1600 BCE as shown in the latest shaft graves.

Due to the influx of tourists and greater contact with the mainland in recent years, however, the Ocracoke brogue has been increasingly influenced by outside dialects.

The government however has adopted the DMB-T / H standard, developed in mainland China, for its digital terrestrial broadcasting services which has started since 31 December 2007.

" In mainland Japan, however, one will be more likely to hear " a yoisho !," " sate !," or " a sore!

In 279 BC a great mass of Gauls invaded mainland Greece, however they were repelled and driven out chiefly by the Aetolians.

Classical Chinese is, however, still taught throughout mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.