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Voice People BizChina Feature About us     Major Amendments to
the Constitution   (Adopted on December 4, 1982)       China is
one of the countries with the longest histories in the world.
The people of all nationalities in China have jointly created a
splendid culture and have a glorious revolutionary tradition.
Feudal China was gradually reduced after 1840 to a semi-colonial
and semi-feudal country. The Chinese people waged wave upon wave
of heroic struggles for national independence and liberation and
for democracy and freedom. Great and earth-shaking historical
changes have taken place in China in the 20th century. The
Revolution of 1911, led by Dr Su