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Zhoushan Archipelago
(Encyclopedia) Zhoushan ArchipelagoZhoushan Archipelagojō-shän [key], NE Zhejiang prov., China, in the East China Sea, at the entrance to Hangzhou Bay. It includes the main island of Zhoushan and…China, Great Wall of
(Encyclopedia) China, Great Wall of: see Great Wall of China.Boxer Uprising
(Encyclopedia) Boxer Uprising, 1898–1900, antiforeign movement in China, culminating in a desperate uprising against Westerners and Western influence. By the end of the 19th cent. the Western powers…Mongolia, region, Asia
(Encyclopedia) MongoliaMongoliamŏn-gōˈlēə, mŏng– [key], Asian region (c.906,000 sq mi/2,346,540 sq km), bordered roughly by Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, on the west; the Manchurian…Ch'ing
(Encyclopedia) Ch'ingCh'ingchĭng [key] or ManchuCh'ingmănˌch&oomacr;ˈ, mănˈch&oomacr;ˌ [key], the last of the Imperial dynasties of China. Following foreign suppression of the Boxer…Tonkin, Gulf of
(Encyclopedia) Tonkin, Gulf of, NW arm of the South China Sea, c.300 mi (480 km) long and 150 mi (240 km) wide, between Vietnam and China. The shallow gulf (less than 200 ft/60 m deep) receives the…Hsia
(Encyclopedia) HsiaHsiashēä [key], semilegendary first dynasty of China, which ruled, according to traditional dates, from c.2205 b.c. to c.1766 b.c. or, according to some modern scholars, from c.…Xi
(Encyclopedia) XiXishē [key] or Xi JiangXishē jyäng [key], great river of S China, c.1,250 mi (2,010 km) long, rising in E Yunnan prov. and flowing generally E through Guangxi and Guangdong provs. to…Natuna Islands
(Encyclopedia) Natuna Islands, island group (2010 pop. 69,300), 769 sq mi (1,993 sq km), Riau prov., Indonesia, in the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula (W) and Borneo (E). The more than…Ricci, Matteo
(Encyclopedia) Ricci, MatteoRicci, Matteomät-tāˈō rētˈchē [key], 1552–1610, Italian missionary to China. He entered the Society of Jesus, and in Rome he studied under Clavius. Ricci was sent to the…Trending
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