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Ch'ien-tang
(Encyclopedia) Ch'ien-tang, river, China: see Fuchun.Wei, Chinese dynasty
(Encyclopedia) Wei, dynasty of China: see Three Kingdoms.Pobeda Peak
(Encyclopedia) Pobeda Peak, Kyrgyzstan-China: see Tian Shan.Pa-li-ch'iao
(Encyclopedia) Pa-li-ch'iao: see Baliqiao, China.Nen-chiang
(Encyclopedia) Nen-chiang: see Nenjiang, former prov. China.Grand Canal
(Encyclopedia) Grand Canal, Chinese Da Yunhe [large transit river], longest in the world, extending c.1,000 mi (1,600 km) from Beijing to Hangzhou, E China, and forming an important north-south…Hoxha, Enver
(Encyclopedia) Hoxha, EnverHoxha, Enverĕnˈvĕr hôˈjä [key], 1908–85, Albanian Communist leader and general. A founder (1941) of the Albanian Communist party (Albanian Labor party from 1948), Hoxha…Hu Jintao
(Encyclopedia) Hu JintaoHu Jintaoh&oomacr;ˈ jĭnˈtouˈ [key], 1942–, Chinese political leader, b. Jixi, Anhui prov. A hydroelectric engineering graduate (1965) of Tsinghua Univ., he joined the…Mongolian languages
(Encyclopedia) Mongolian languages, group of languages forming a subdivision of the Altaic subfamily of the Ural-Altaic family of languages (see Uralic and Altaic languages). The Mongolian languages…Chin, dynasty of China (265–420)
(Encyclopedia) Chin, dynasty of China (265–420): see Tsin.