History A-Level
National prestige and the reversal of humiliation
What National prestige and the reversal of humiliation means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The handover reversed a national humiliation and boosted Chinese national prestige.
Topics that use National prestige and the reversal of humiliation
- Paper 3, Option 38.2: The making of modern China, 1860–1997 - 5 Reconciliation with old enemies and the return of Hong Kong, 1978–97 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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