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West River

(Encyclopedia) West River, China: see Xi.

Yang-chou

(Encyclopedia) Yang-chou: see Yangzhou, China.

Yang-chuan

(Encyclopedia) Yang-chuan: see Yangquan, China.

Yenan

(Encyclopedia) Yenan: see Yan'an, China.

Yen-t'ai

(Encyclopedia) Yen-t'ai: see Yantai, China.

Xiangfan

(Encyclopedia) Xiangfan, Hubei, China: see Xiangyang.

Whangpoo

(Encyclopedia) Whangpoo, river, China: see Huangpu.

Lin Yutang

(Encyclopedia) Lin YutangLin Yutanglĭn yüˈtängˈ [key], 1895–1976, Chinese-American writer, translator, and editor, b. Lunqi, Fujian, educated in China and at Harvard, Ph.D. Univ. of Leipzig, 1923.…

mah jongg

(Encyclopedia) mah jonggmah jonggmä jông [key], four-handed game, probably of Chinese origin, popular in the United States. It is played in many variations throughout China. In 1920, Joseph P.…

Quebec Conference

(Encyclopedia) Quebec Conference, name of two meetings held in Quebec, Canada, in World War II. The first meeting (Aug., 1943) was attended by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt of the United States…