Sentence examples for contending states from inspiring English sources

Warring States, also called Contending States, Chinese (Pinyin) Zhanguo, or (Wade-Giles romanization) Chan-kuo, (475 221 bc), designation for seven or more small feuding Chinese kingdoms whose careers collectively constitute an era in Chinese history.

This tradition of equal diplomatic dealings between contending states within China was ended by the country's unification under the Qin emperor in 221 bce and the consolidation of unity under the Han dynasty in 206 bce.

It was during this 250-year period that the hundreds of contending states were gradually reduced to just seven major states: Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, Wei and Qin.

A cluster that receives a merging request but not in Decision or Contending state will deliver a MERGE_NAK to refuse this request.

First, each cluster calculates its merging priority by using the information of its neighbors as mentioned in Section 3. If a cluster finds a target to merge with, it will memorize the ID of the target and enter into Contending state and it will stop the whole merging process.

In their haste to solve the reporters' cases, critics contend, state officials appear to have resorted to what human rights and legal experts describe as standard procedure in Mexican criminal investigations: questionable confessions and unreliable identifications.

From 221 to 207 bce Hunan was ruled by the Qin dynasty, which subdued contending feudal states and joined them into the first unified state of China—of which Hunan formed part of the central area.

Walzer offers arguments against this kind of realism, contending that states are in fact responsive to moral concerns, even when they fail to live up to them.

Moreover, they contend, some states have improperly recycled federal money to claim additional federal Medicaid money.

Until the arrival of the Romans, the pattern of politics was a shifting succession of contending city-states and chiefdoms that occasionally integrated into ephemeral empires.

Other justices, however, have contended that states should be allowed considerable latitude in conducting their affairs, so long as they comply with a fundamental fairness standard.