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He immediately sends the British envoy home. The correct answer is: He accepts the king’s gifts in a spirit of goodwill. Question: What is one way that Emperor Qian Long responds to King George III’s envoy? He mocks the gifts sent by the king as worthless and throws them away.

The emperor is the head of state but has no political powers. The role is largely ceremonial, and involves duties such as greeting foreign dignitaries and attending cultural and public events. Some constitutional duties, such as the opening of parliament, also fall to the emperor but are based on cabinet decision.

The emperor had religious responsibilities as he was the religious leader. He had to control the religion and attend various religious ceremonies and rituals as these often involved him. The emperor also granted the title of the shogun to the next successor.

On February 12, 1912, Hsian-T’ung, the last emperor of China, is forced to abdicate following Sun Yat-sen’s republican revolution. A provisional government was established in his place, ending 267 years of Manchu rule in China and 2,000 years of imperial rule.

The Manchu-led Qing dynasty ruled China proper from 1644 to 1912. The Republic experienced many trials and tribulations after its founding which included being dominated by elements as disparate as warlord generals and foreign powers.

Empress Wu Zetian (also known as Empress Consort Wu, Wu Hou, Wu Mei Niang, Mei-Niang, and Wu Zhao, 624-705 CE, r. 690-704 CE) was the only female emperor in the history of China. She reigned during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE) and was one of the most effective and controversial monarchs in China’s history.

Empress Myeongseong

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Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery, Beijing, China

1949

The act of bigamy is considered illegal in China with severe punishments for violators. According to article 258 of the Chinese Criminal Law, anyone who commits bigamy in China can be sentenced to imprisonment or detention of no more than two years.

United States Polygamy is the act or condition of a person marrying another person while still being lawfully married to another spouse. It is illegal in the United States. The crime is punishable by a fine, imprisonment, or both, according to the law of the individual state and the circumstances of the offense.

The legal status of polygamy varies widely around the world. Polygyny is legal in 58 out of nearly 200 sovereign states, the vast majority of them being Muslim-majority countries in Africa and Asia. Polyandry is illegal in virtually every country and strictly prohibited in Islam.

For example, in some Islamic, Hindu, and even Christian countries, polygamy is a normal practice or is otherwise tolerated. Some Native American, Indigenous Australian, and Mongolian peoples practice “group marriage,” where the nuclear family consists of multiple husbands and multiple wives.