Please note that the thread "Were the Original Chinese Han?" has been merged with this older thread: http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php...opic=2876&st=75

It has NOT been deleted. Sorry for any confusion caused.

"800 years, on, Genghis Khan still casts long shadow on China" has been merged with this thread: http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php...opic=547&st=270

"Zhuge Liang is so special" has been merged into a thread entitled "The Historical Zhuge Liang". This thread is now pinned.

"The Legend of Xu Fu" from the Pre-Qin and Qin forum has been merged with "Xu Fu's Descendants in Japan?" in the Asian History forum. URL here: http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php?showtopic=9986

"Territories which were part of China" and "Steppe Lands and their Productivity" have been moved from General Discussion to China Geography.

"The Bamboo Annals" (General Discussion) has been merged into "Bamboo Annals Controversy" (Pre-Qin and Qin).

Question for historical maps of China by TrueofVoice has been merged with historical atlas to

http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php?showtopic=10341

"China beauty - Chinese pale skin hazard" (in Chinese Ethnicities and Peoples) has been merged into "Which photo represents the ideal Chinese beauty?" (in Dragon Gate Inn). The thread has also been moved to General Chinese Culture.

The thread "Shields - Metal vs Rattan" in Ancient Chinese Arsenal has been merged into the thread "Use of shields throughout Chinese history" at http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php?showtopic=1207

The movie Fearless by Jet Li by Pierre merged http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php...=fearless+movie

The Historic Ironies thread was merged with an earlier, similar thread created by Snowybeagle. You can view it here.

Prehistory to Qin,

Two threads pertaining to the massacre by Xiang Yu of 200 000 soldiers of Qin (whether it was real, or an exageration) have been merged here

http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php?showtopic=13008

Allie's new topic about several Tang historical characters has been moved from Tang/Sui subforum to beginners subforum:

http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php?showtopic=27235

The topic on "Sino-Vietnamese war" in Asian history forum has been merged to a previous thread "1979 War between China and Vietnam" in Republic and People's Republic forum.

The merged topic is at
http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php?showtopic=26915

Merged Lu Su's members' announcements, with...members' announcements. ^__^

Merged 2 'text on fan' threads.

Pakistan's new president has been moved from Asian History to DGI.

'Largest ancient Chinese city in Zhejiang', started by Taiji in Motion in the General Discussion forum, has been merged with this older thread in Chinese Archaeology: http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php?showtopic=20006

I have moved the thread on Han/Manchu distinctions from "Home to Beginners" to the forum on Chinese Ethnic Groups.

Madalibi

Repeated post merged into Addressing the Emperor

I have moved the thread on Demographic and Economic History of China from "Chinese Geography" to "General Discussion."

Thanks to information from galvatron, I have merged recent threads on "Chinese in India" and "Chinese in the Philippines" with older ones on the same topics. The merged threads can now be found here:

http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php?showtopic=1438 (Chinese in India)

http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php?showtopic=9779 (Chinese in the Philippines)

I have moved the thread on the new Beijing Capital Airport from "General Discussion" to the forum on "Chinese Architecture."

I have also transferred the thread on Pre-Maoist Traditional Medicine from "Home to Beginners" to the forum on "Chinese Science, Medicine and Technology."

I have merged two threads on the record auction prices of two Qing imperial seals. The merged thread (http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php?showtopic=27938) can be found in the Qing forum.

The topic called "What do you think of heaven and hell?" has been moved from "Non-traditional Chinese religions" to "Dragon Gate Inn."

On information from Galvatron, I merged two redundant threads on "Chinese in Australia." The merged thread is still in the forum on "Overseas Chinese":

http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php?showtopic=13672

I also moved a poll called "What is your favorite Chinese novel?" from Dragon Gate Inn to the forum on "Chinese Literature."

Finally, I created a new topic from the thread on Khalka Mongols, which had turned into a picture gallery. The new thread, called Pictures of Mongolian girls, can now be found in "Asian Gallery," inside the forum on "Asian History and Culture."

Thanks, Galvatron, for the information.

Upon suggestion from Yun, I merged three threads on the Rape of Nanjing into one thread here:

http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php?showtopic=1537

Eric

Thanks to information provided by Galvatron, I have made the following three mergers.

Two threads on "Chinese in Latin America" have been joined here:
http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php?showtopic=6634

Two threads on the descendants of Giocangga have also become one:
http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php?showtopic=8083
Note that the original thread was in the forum on "Chinese Archeology," but I have transferred it to the forum on "Asian Anthropology."

I have also merged two threads on Genghis Khan's brother Jamuka:
http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php?showtopic=13599
The merged thread was in the forum on "Asian History and Culture," but I moved it to "Five Dynasties, Liao, Song, Xia, Jin and Yuan" to make it easier to find.

I merged babyblue's new thread "Guangxu WAS murdered" with RollingWave's thread called "Guang-Xu emperor's death" because both are on the same topic. I also moved the merged thread (http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php?showtopic=28263) from "Chinese Archaeology" to the "Qing" forum.