IN AS A BOY, OUT AS A MAN

https://the-wanderling.com/boy_in_man_out.html

reaches of the western provinces basically living off the land and scrounging for a living. Some of that scrounging included providing security for Khun Sa's opium being moved

Political History of the Jin Period (www.chinaknowledge.de)

http://www.chinaknowledge.de/History/Division/jin-event.html

, commanderies and provinces ( qiaoxian 僑縣, qiaojun 僑郡, qiaozhou 僑州). Over time, when it became clear that return to the north would not happen in the near future, refugee househo
The Jin dynasty 晉 (265-420) was a ruling house founded by Sima Yan 司馬炎 (Emperor Wu 晉武帝, r. 265-289). The Jin were the successor dynasty of the Cao-Wei 曹魏 (220-265

DOING HARD TIME IN A ZEN MONASTERY

https://the-wanderling.com/monastery.html

reaches of the western provinces basically living off the land and scrounging for a living. Some of that scrounging included providing security for Khun Sa's opium being moved ove
A modern western Zen adept studies in an ancient Chinese monastery

China

https://www.hellenicaworld.com/China/en/China.html

divisions 23 provinces (sheng, singular and plural), 5 autonomous regions (zizhiqu, singular and plural), 4 municipalities (shi, singular and plural), and two special administrati
China, World Library

Heart of Darkness: the Tragedy of the Congo, 1960-67

http://worldatwar.net/chandelle/v2/v2n3/congo.html

Orientale and Kivu provinces. Lacking any experience of government and any real sense of nationhood, the leaders of these associations saw political power as a way of advancing tr

Thailand

https://www.hellenicaworld.com/Thailand/en/Thailand.html

divisions 76 provinces (changwat, singular and plural) and 1 municipality* (maha nakhon); Amnat Charoen, Ang Thong, Bueng Kan, Buri Ram, Chachoengsao, Chai Nat, Chaiyaphum, Chanth
Thailand, World Library

The Sun Never Set on the British Empire

https://friesian.com/british.htm

resentful anglophone provinces (resentful in part for the cost of bilingualism -- mandated for federal business everywhere, while Quebec restricts or prohibits public uses of Engl

India

https://www.hellenicaworld.com/India/en/India.html

Castes of the Central Provinces of India , Volume 1 , R. V. Russell Omens and Superstitions of Southern India , Edgar Thurston India Through the Ages , Flora Annie Steel India and
India, World Library

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