The theme of "The Magical Brocade" is that you can succeed through hard work. Click on two details from the story that help the reader understand that theme. Ping walked for three days before he found the stone house and the bearded man.

The Princess thought Ping's mother's brocade was beautiful.

The intense heat brought tears to Ping's eyes, but he said nothing.

The bearded man gave Ping many directions.

The brocade came to life at the end of the story.

china unilaterally claims the entire south china sea as sovereign territory, then builds artificial islands to bolster its claim. it suddenly activates an air defense identification zone over the east china sea, and threatens to down any aircraft that does not report its position. it builds roads into indian territory, then redraws the maps to show that it is actually chinese territory. the people's republic under president xi jinping is quickly becoming the bully of asia.

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after defeating german forces in north africa allied leaders turned their attention to "italy," since this was the location that made the most geographic sense before invading northern europe via france. 

living during the great depression had a major affect on the mentality many people. a good portion of people who lived during that time do not trust banks. this is likely the result of the many widespread bank failures in the 30s that caused people to lose their life savings.