From at least the Yuan dynasty, plays that recounted the subversive tales of China's Robin Hoods to the Ming dynasty novels such as Water Margin, on down to the Qing dynasty novel Dream of the Red Chamber and beyond, there developed a literature in written vernacular Chinese ( 白話 / 白话 ; báihuà ).

Taiwan is a member of International Chamber of Commerce as Chinese Taipei.

* ( mid-18th century ): The Dream of the Red Chamber ( authorship attributed to Cao Xueqin ), one of the most famous Chinese novels

In a 2007 New York Times article, Chad Chamber of Commerce Director estimated an " influx of at least 40, 000 Chinese in coming years " to Chad.

" For instance, he made a major contribution to the textual study of the Chinese classical novel, especially the 18th century novel Dream of the Red Chamber, as a way of establishing the vocabulary for a modern standardized language.

The downtown area includes three bars, indoor miniature golf course and game room, frozen yogurt cafe, Chinese food restaurant, fashion retailer, office supplies retailer, thrift shop, real estate, law, and tax preparation offices, pet supplies retailer, Chamber of Commerce, and four banks.

One of the masterpieces of Chinese vernacular fiction is the 18th-century domestic novel Dream of the Red Chamber ( 紅樓夢 ).

* Chinese writer and publisher Gao E and his partner Cheng Weiyan claim to have discovered Cao Xueqin's lost novel Dream of the Red Chamber

The character Shi Xiangyun from the Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber takes the first character of her given name from this river.

" Hughart " also incorporates a good deal of actual Chinese lore ; the very title of his book, and various incidental details, pay homage to the most famous Chinese novel, more familiarly known as The Dream of the Red Chamber.

Tien currently serves as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and general committee member of both the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce and Federation of Hong Kong Industries.

* Singapore Chinese Chamber Institute Of Business

Some critics have argued that the highly sexual descriptions are essential, and have exerted what has been termed a " liberating " influence on other Chinese novels that deal with sexuality, most notably the Dream of the Red Chamber.

* Yardley, Herbert, The American Black Chamber ( ISBN 0-345-29867-5 ), a classic 1931 account of American code-breaking during and after World War I ; and Chinese Black Chamber: An Adventure in Espionage ( ISBN 0-395-34648-7 ), about Yardley's work with the Chinese government in the years just before World War II.

Another book of cryptographic memoirs, The Chinese Black Chamber, about his work in China, was declassified and published in 1983.

In comparison with the early 1990s when the size of the Chinese population was nominal, Las Vegas now has Chinese-language newspapers and a Chinese American Chamber of Commerce.

* Xue Baochai, one of the principal characters in the classic Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber

On September 5, 2006, Mayor Franklin, along with a group of representatives from the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, went on a business trip to China to help Delta Air Lines win a direct route to one of the world's fastest-growing economies and lobby officials to open a Chinese consulate in Atlanta.

In 1970, the then Minister for Education Ong Pang Boon approached a group of Chinese community leaders from the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry ( SCCCI ) to discuss establishing ten junior colleges to replace the pre-university classes in the senior high sections of Singapore's secondary schools.

On July 1, 1992, in order to meet growing demand, the Chinese government opened the legal services market to foreign law firms allowing them to establish offices in China when the Ministry of Justice and the State Administration of Industry and Commerce ( SAOIC ) issued the Provisional Regulation of Establishment of Offices by Foreign Law Firms regulation.

The deal spent more than 4 months in anti-trust review by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, to determine whether or not the transaction would result in a monopolistic positioning of Yum!

The new council was initially funded through the help of various civic-organizations namely: the YMCA, Knights of Columbus, Masons, Elks, Filipino and Chinese Chambers of Commerce, the U. S. Army, the Catholic and Protestant churches, and the American Legion.

His publications include translations of Great Qing Legal Code, known as the Fundamental Laws of China ( 1810 ) and of the Narrative of the Chinese Embassy to the Khan of the Tourgouth Tartars ( 1821 ); Miscellaneous Notices Relating to China and our Commercial Intercourse with that Country ( 1822 ); Notes of Proceedings and Occurrences during the British Embassy to Peking ( 1824 ); Observations on our Chinese Commerce ( 1850 ).

he introduced legislation nullifying the 1911 Treaty of Navigation and Commerce with Japan and urged that the administration to negotiate a new treaty with Japan recognizing the status quo with regard to Japan's occupation of Chinese territory.

The Ministry of Commerce ( MOFCOM ; Chinese: 商务部 Pinyin: shāngwù bù ) of the People's Republic of China, formerly Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation ( 对外贸易经济合作部, MOFTEC ) is an executive agency of the State Council of China.

* The History of Japan, giving an Account of the ancient and present State and Government of that Empire ; of Its Temples, Palaces, Castles and other Buildings ; of its Metals, Minerals, Trees, Plants, Animals, Bi * rds and Fishes ; of The Chronology and Succession of the Emperors, Ecclesiastical and Secular ; of The Original Descent, Religions, Customs, and Manufactures of the Natives, and of their Trade and Commerce with the Dutch and Chinese.

UCC is home to the Irish Institute of Chinese Studies, which allows students to study Chinese culture as well as the language through Arts and Commerce.

Jackson took office on March 4, 1881 and served for five years, during which time he supported issues such as civil service reforms, creation of an Interstate Commerce Commission, and restrictions of Chinese immigration.

The agreement received input from China's: Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Former UN Ambassador, Former U. S. Ambassador, Former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the PLA, Former Military Attaché to North Korea and Israel, Former Vice Minister of Commerce, Central Party School Institute of International Strategic Studies, Chinese People ’ s Institute of Foreign Affairs, China Center for International Economic Exchanges, China Institute For International Strategic Studies, China Foundation for International & Strategic Studies, Boao Forum, State Council ’ s China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, and Premier and State Councilors.

Valparaiso University offers a variety of masters programs in Business, Chinese Studies, Education, English Studies & Communication, Information Technology, International Commerce and Policy, Liberal Studies, Nursing, Psychology / Counseling, International Economics and Finance, and Sports Administration.

He was the President of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, the President of the Hong Kong Football Association, and the President of the Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong.

Apart from being successful in his business career, Lim was also a notable young leader of the Singapore Chinese community, having been nominated to take on several posts in the community, including: Chairman of the Singapore Building Industry Association ( 新加坡建築業公會 ); Board Member of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce ( 新加坡中華總商會 ); Executive Member and Education Director of the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan ( 新加坡福建會館 ).

At Geneva in 1954, to get the war in Indo-China settled, the British and French gave in to Russian and Communist Chinese demands and agreed to the setting up of a Communist state, North Viet Nam -- which then, predictably, became a base for Communist operations against neighboring South Viet Nam and Laos.

The Congress agreed to his request in 1955 for the Formosa Resolution, which enabled him to prevent Chinese communist aggression against Chinese nationalists and established U. S. policy of defending Taiwan.

At that time the French and Chinese reconvened Geneva peace talks ; Eisenhower agreed the U. S. would participate only as an observer.

In 1895 and 1896 another Joint Anglo-Russian Boundary Commission agreed on the frontier boundary to the far northeast of Afghanistan, which bordered Chinese territory ( although the Chinese did not formally accept this as a boundary between the two countries until 1964.

" Chinese Ambassador Cai Jin Biao rejected this explanation, and said that the visit was a violation of the One China Policy, to which Fiji had agreed when diplomatic relations were established in 1975, which would " sabotage relations between China and Fiji.

Although the Chinese and Indian communities could maintain their own Chinese and Tamil-language primary schools, all their students were required to learn Malay, and to study an agreed “ Malayan curriculum .” Most importantly, the entry exam to the University of Malaya ( which moved from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur in 1963 ) would be conducted in Malay, even though most teaching at the university was in English until the 1970s.

On February 1, 2010 it was announced that Sichuan and General Motors had agreed to extend the deadline until the end of February as Sichuan tried to get approval by the Chinese government.

Under the terms of an agreed lease, the Japanese government had the right to station its troops in the area around the South Manchurian Railway, a major trade route between the two countries, in the Chinese region of Manchuria.

The League of Nations agreed to a request for help from the Chinese government, but the long voyage by ship delayed League officials.

Relations with North Korea were further strained in 1990 when the Chinese agreed to recognize both Korean governments equally.

The Chinese agreed to the terms on November 26.

Since the Treaty of Nanking was brief and with only general stipulations, the British and Chinese representatives agreed that a supplementary treaty be concluded in order to work out more detailed regulations for relations.

The Japanese government had previously agreed not to attack parts of the city that did not contain Chinese military forces, and the members of the Committee managed to persuade the Chinese government to move their troops out of the area.

Furthermore, it is generally agreed upon that the founding of the dominant Chinese race, the Han 漢 race, was the result of the " Yellow Emperor " Huangdi 黃帝, who unified a federation of tribes to drive the other tribes out of central China as it was known then ( today's northwestern China ), and several imperial dynasties existed since the time of Huang Di and before the time of Ying Zheng, the last of which integral dynasties, the Zhou 周 dynasty, disintegrated and formed the " Warring Nations " which were principalities of various sizes roughly based on the feudal kingdoms and duchies as ascribed under the Zhou dynasty political system.

On 12 December 1915, Yuan agreed to become the next emperor and proclaimed himself Emperor of the Chinese Empire ( 中華帝國大皇帝 ) under the era name of Hongxian ( 洪憲 ; i. e. Constitutional Abundance ) beginning 1 January 1916.

In 1937, however, the Chinese communists and nationalists agreed to form a united front.

Eventually, Russia agreed to offer a diplomatic solution ( See Kwantung Leased Territory ) to the Chinese Empire, and agreed to a token lease of the region to save face, instead of annexing Manchuria outright, its de-facto effect.

In the Cairo Conference of 1943, the allied powers agreed to have Japan restore " all the territories Japan has stolen from the Chinese ", specifically listing " Formosa " and Penghu, to the Republic of China after the defeat of Japan.

Since Taiwan's sovereignty belongs to China, the PRC's government and supporters mantain that the secession of Taiwan should be agreed upon by the 1. 3 billion Chinese citizens instead of just the 23 million ROC citizens who currently live in Taiwan.