A cultural, social, and political history

A Cultural, Social, and Political History

Chapter 4: political division in China the spread of Buddhism

The Republic of China simplified the grades to just provinces and shires, and made the first try to continue political management after the shire grade by setting up townships underneath counties. In perform, although, more grades were inserted. Greater administrative localities were injected on peak of provinces, but they were shortly eradicated, in 1954. Prefectures were injected between provinces and counties; they extend be ubiquitously directed to almost all localities of China. District public agencies were injected between shires and townships; ...