Since then McLean has performed tours of the UK ( 2007, 2008 ( one appearance ), 2010, 2011 ), Ireland ( 2007, 2010, 2011 ), mainland Europe ( 2008, 2010 ), Australia and New Zealand ( 2008, 2011 ) and South East Asia ( 2011 ).

Since the 1997 handover Hong Kong's economic future became far more exposed to the challenges of economic globalisation competition directly from mainland China.

Since the 1960s, the mainland population has declined by 60-70 %; though there has been a small increase on Motunau Island.

Since Macau has little arable land and few natural resources, it depends on mainland China for most of its food, fresh water, and energy imports.

Since the defeat and expulsion of the ruling Kuomintang ROC government by the Communist Party of China from mainland China in 1949, the ROC government has controlled only Taiwan and its surrounding islands.

Since mainland China's railroad network was underdeveloped, north-south trade depended heavily on sea lanes.

Since 1973, a rail ferry operates across the strait, connecting the port of Vanino, Khabarovsk Krai on the mainland with Kholmsk on Sakhalin Island.

Since the 1950s, the advent of mass tourism has transformed the island into a centre of attraction for foreign visitors and attracting workers from mainland Spain.

Since 1927, Sylt has been connected to the mainland by the Hindenburgdamm causeway.

Since the 1950s, the advent of mass tourism radically changed the face of both the city and island, transforming it into a centre of attraction for visitors and attracting workers from mainland Spain.

Since 1963 it has been connected to the mainland by a suspension bridge.

Since 1963, Fehmarn has been connected to the German mainland by a road and rail bridge crossing the Fehmarn Sound Bridge.

Since most of Sunset Beach and the adjoining Bird Island coastal reserve encompass a barrier island, the only way to get there from the mainland was by crossing a pontoon bridge ( swing bridge ) straddling the Intracoastal Waterway and adjacent marshland.

Since then the airport has been a common transfer point for people traveling between mainland China and Taiwan, as well as a passenger hub for destinations in mainland China and Southeast Asia.

Since 2001, the content controls have been further relaxed on a permanent basis, and all three of the sites previously mentioned are now accessible from mainland China.

Since the early 1920s, this modern vernacular form has been the standard style of writing for speakers of all varieties of Chinese throughout mainland China, Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore as the written form of Modern Standard Chinese.

Since the opening of the Askøy Bridge leading to the mainland in Bergen in 1992, the population has increased rapidly.

Since mainland China's economic reforms led by Deng Xiaoping land reforms have also played a key role in the development of the People's Republic of China, with the re-emergence of rich property developers in urban areas ( though as in Hong Kong, land in China is not privately owned but leased from the state, typically on very long terms that allow substantial opportunity for private speculative gain ).

Since 1982 the same significant tendencies have occurred throughout mainland France: demographic stagnation in the least-populated rural regions and industrial regions in the northwest, with strong growth in the southwest and along the Atlantic coast, plus dynamism in metropolitan areas.

Since the end of the 20th century pop music in mainland China is experiencing a rise in popularity.

Since Mao Zedong's death in 1976 and the subsequent emergence of Deng Xiaoping ( who died in February 1997 ) as the country's paramount leader, an overall climate of economic and social reform in mainland China has been reflected in media content.

Since the late 1970s, despite periodic reversals, media in mainland China have frequently criticized party cadres and have published debates on such fundamental issues as the rule of law, freedom of the press, and universal human rights.

Since mainland China's railroad network was underdeveloped, north-south trade depended heavily on sea lanes.

Since the US returned control of the Ryukyu Islands to Japan in 1972, development on Iriomote continued with finances from the Okinawan mainland.

Since then it has been eroding, creating dramatic incised valleys, and providing the sediment that gives the Yellow River its yellow color and that causes the flooding of the river in the lower reaches ( hence the river's nickname ' China's sorrow ').

( 1991 ) China's Bloody Century: Genocide and Mass Murder Since 1900.

Since the 17th Party Congress, Li's influence has considerably waned and he is no longer active on China's political scene, partially owing to the corruption issues that plague him and his family.

Since the summer of 2008, the schedule systems show also a direct weekly train to Urumqi ( in China's Xinjiang ).

Since China's Muslims speaking various Turkic, Mongolic, or Iranian languages are all included into those other groups ( e. g., Uyghurs, Dongxiang, or Tajiks ) the " officially recognized " Hui ethnic group consists predominantly of Chinese speakers.

Since trampolining became an Olympic sport in 2000, many more countries have started developing programs and China's program developed World Champion athletes in less than a decade.

Since the 1984 inauguration of China's open-door policy to foreign trade and investment, western Qingdao developed quickly as a port city.

Since its founding in 1990, it has covered a range of issues regarding China's human rights developments.

Since the Song Dynasty ( 960-1279 ), it has also been an important centre for China's silk industry.

Other works include Lethal Politics: Soviet Genocides and Mass Murders 1917 – 1987 ( 1990 ); China's Bloody Century: Genocide and Mass Murder Since 1900 ( 1991 ); Democide: Nazi Genocide and Mass Murder ( 1992 ); Death by Government ( 1994 ); and Statistics of Democide ( 1997 ).

Since it is commonly known that water produced by a process of reverse osmosis and deionization would produce water of a far higher purity than any naturally found underground, it is possible that the use of water specifically from one of China's deepest mines may have been used to carry a symbolic meaning to the mission.

Since then, the airline acquired and merged with a number of domestic airlines, becoming one of China's " Big Three " airlines ( alongside Air China and China Eastern Airlines ).

Since then, He declared the era name In-an, an act of independence from China's Tang dynasty.

Since 2005, the winner of the Taiwan Series represents Taiwan in the Asia Series, competing with the championship teams of Japan and South Korea, and with China's professional leagues.

Since the beginning of Deng Xiaoping's reforms, China's GDP rose from some 150 billion USD to more than 1. 6 trillion USD, with an annual increase of 9. 4 percent.

Since the reform and opening up, it has become the centre of China's IT industry.

Since the start of China's opening and reform in 1978, it has established cooperation and exchange relations with nearly 30 institutions of higher education of scientific research in the United States, Japan, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Canada, Australia, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and The Philippines.

Since then, additional relationships have been forged with China's Minzu University and Yanbian University of Science and Technology, America's Illinois State University and Biola University, the Philippine University of the Philippines, Yugoslavia's Megatrend University, Russia's Amur State University, Switzerland's Winterthur University, and Australia's University of Newcastle.

Since the early 1980s, however, official repudiation of those policies has been complemented by vigorous efforts to renew China's remarkable cultural traditions.

Since 1995, CMC has invested heavily in China's South East Motor Corporation, and have poised themselves to take advantage of China's economic growth.