East Asian history is big. Like, really big. You'll have to be specific.
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East Asian history is big. Like, really big. You'll have to be specific.
Mango Elephant
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Um, Imperial Chinese. I hope that's specific enough.
aronnax
Let your spirit be free
The book I used for my History class seems like a good detailed starter of the history of Qing China.
http://www.amazon.com/Rise-Modern-China-Immanuel-Hsï¿1/dp/0195125045
It's massively detailed, lots of accounts from European and Chinese sources and covers Qing China society, technology, politics, military and economics, proceeding with it's stagnation and decline, European exploitation, break up and division, Republic and Communist movements, ending off with Maoist China.
salty mud
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When a girl repeatedly (say 3 times now) asks you, in casual conversation, if you have any plans over the weekend... is this a good sign?
Disgustipated
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It means she wants you to boink her. Don't just stand around, ask her out.
I wish I had such clear signals from women. I never ever got a clear sign from a woman she wanted me to ask her out (maybe because none of them wanted me to ask her out
). The girl I'm seeing now laughed at my jokes (which aren't very good), so I figured that was as much sign as I'm ever going to get.
I wish I had such clear signals from women. I never ever got a clear sign from a woman she wanted me to ask her out (maybe because none of them wanted me to ask her out
). The girl I'm seeing now laughed at my jokes (which aren't very good), so I figured that was as much sign as I'm ever going to get.
salty mud
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Well I'm certainly not ready to boink her, but I'd love to ask her out.
The old 'laughing at unfunny jokes' thing is a very good signal, actually. Sometimes you don't even have to make a joke, just say something and they will laugh. If this is happening to you, you're in luck.
The old 'laughing at unfunny jokes' thing is a very good signal, actually. Sometimes you don't even have to make a joke, just say something and they will laugh. If this is happening to you, you're in luck.
rugbyLEAGUEfan
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Yeah you are . It's not like you are marinading a fine cut of meat .
Mango Elephant
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Wow, thanks a lot! It looks amazing. I was trying to read another book, and parts of it were good, but a lot of it was just confusing and not the best. With such great reviews, I'm sure this book is excellent.
azzaman333
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It's a good sign if you want closer relations with her. If you want nothing to do with her and she keeps asking, it's a really bad sign.
Farm Boy
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Eh, it's not for everybody, but the super old-school dating -> marry -> bonk thing does work out pretty nice now and then.
rugbyLEAGUEfan
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Eh, it's not for everybody, but the super old-school dating -> marry -> bonk thing does work out pretty nice now and then.
As a way of life ? Totally agree . However it definitely is lacking in terms of titillating details to post about on CFC . I can hardly say "Dude , take your time and slowly woo her and be sure to avail us of the details"
salty mud
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Now I know why CFCers have such problems attracting girls.
If you don't want to wade through the sheer immensity of Hsu, you could always go with the late Jonathan Spence's Search for Modern China, which is given as one of the suggestions on that Amazon page; it's shorter, better-edited, cheaper, and is not noticeably incorrect.
Mango Elephant
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I might've gone with that, but I ordered the first book yesterday. Besides, I've read most of a book about China already, so I'm familiar with the basics, and I want something deeper.
Civciv5
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What happened to some users on this forums that suddenly "disappeared" withouth leaving a message and never returned?
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Like who?
Civciv5
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I knew that you would ask that question...
For example C.Roland who "disappeared" since 25-10-2010 and cybrxkhan who "disappeared" since 15-02-2012.
It's really sad to see such loss of talent and we will never know why they did not returned (unless they return)
For example C.Roland who "disappeared" since 25-10-2010 and cybrxkhan who "disappeared" since 15-02-2012.
It's really sad to see such loss of talent and we will never know why they did not returned (unless they return)
mayor
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They have been swallowed by CFC and are currently residing in the nethersite. It is said, that if you listen closely, you can hear them type about their miseries. However you will never see a post by them because every time they hit 'Submit reply' all they typed disappears.
rugbyLEAGUEfan
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When was the last time any of you recall a thread being locked ?
mayor
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Can we discuss that?
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