Packet 9: Bonus 8

After he was personally appointed by Yuán Shìkǎi, Zhào Ěrxùn lead a bureau that spent 14 years on the first attempt at this project. For 10 points each:
[10h] Renmin University Professor Dài Yì spent over 20 years leading what project? In 2023, Zhāng Tàisū reported this project was put on hold after a political review found it was heavily influenced by foreign academics.
ANSWER: Draft History of Qīng [accept answers about creating an official history of the Qīng dynasty; accept Qīngshǐ gǎo]
[10m] The CCP’s official narratives claim it ended this demoralizing period of history, which began under the late Qīng dynasty. This period is said to stretch from the First Opium War to the end of World War II or the Civil War.
ANSWER: century of humiliation [or bǎinián guóchǐ]
[10e] The transfer of German concessions to Japan during the century of humiliation led to a nationalist movement named for the fourth day of this month. Student protests in Beijing began in this month in 1919.
ANSWER: May [accept May Fourth Movement]
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
The Unbearable Heaviness of History PlayersAbbas I founded the Abbasids0101020ME
UBC BUBC A10101030HME

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
2026 NAFTA at Stanford01/17/2026417.50100%75%0%
2026 NAFTA at UBC01/17/2026225.00100%100%50%
2025 NAFTA Online02/14/2026417.5075%100%0%
2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt02/14/2026316.67100%33%33%
2025 NAFTA at Toronto09/13/2025520.0080%100%20%
2025 NAFTA at Maryland09/27/2025516.00100%40%20%
2025 NAFTA at Harvard10/04/2025316.6767%100%0%
2025 NAFTA at Oxford10/11/2025316.6767%100%0%
2025 NAFTA at Chicago11/08/2025616.6783%50%33%
2025 NAFTA at Columbia11/08/2025518.00100%80%0%
2025 NAFTA at Richmond12/20/2025220.00100%100%0%