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The Chinese examination system was abolished in 1905. How did this last generation of Confucian scholars fare in the 20th century?
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Despite being ruled by a hereditary warrior class, Medieval Japan was influenced by Confucianism, and it was the "official ideology" of the Tokugawa. How did Japanese scholars reconcile the supposedly meritocratic and un-martial traditions of Confucianism with rigid Samurai control?
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Targeted killing (via drone) is a central part of the fight against al-Qaeda. Have there been other wars in which the killing of specific individuals played a major strategic role?
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How long did it take Allied officials to understand what was happening in the Holocaust, and how did they initially react?
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I am a Communist Party official in 1970s Moscow who’s just found out my teenaged son is gay. How am I likely to react? Could I face professional difficulty? What is my son’s future like?
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