Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan

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Biographical Dictionary of Republican China

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Medalha de Comportamento Exemplar

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Sun Bingwen

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Tian Jiaying

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Howard L. Boorman

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The first season of the Brazilian competitive reality television series No Limite, based on the international reality game show franchise Survivor, premiered on Sunday, July 23, 2000 at 11:00 p.m. / 10:00 p.m. on TV Globo