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Lu-chu Islands
(Encyclopedia) Lu-chu Islands: see Ryukyu Islands.Pa-ta-shan-jen
(Encyclopedia) Pa-ta-shan-jen: see Chu Ta.Chu Ta
(Encyclopedia) Chu Ta or Zhu DaChu Taboth: j&oomacr; dä [key], c.1626–c.1705, Chinese painter and calligrapher, also known as Pa-ta-shan-jen or Bada Shanren. Said to have been a descendant of the…Judy CHU, Congress, CA (1953)
CHU Judy , a Representative from California; born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., July 7, 1953; B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, Calif., 1974; Ph.D., California School of…Yen, James Y. C.
(Encyclopedia) Yen, James Y. C.Yen, James Y. C.yĕn [key], Mandarin Yen Yang-chu, 1893–1990, Chinese educator, b. Sichuan prov., China, educated at Yale (B.A., 1918) and Princeton (M.A., 1920)…Hsinchu
(Encyclopedia) Hsinchu or Hsin-chu Hsinchu both: shĭnˈj&oomacr;ˈ [key], city, NW Taiwan. The city and surrounding…Phillips, William Daniel
(Encyclopedia) Phillips, William Daniel, 1948–, American physicist, b. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976. He has been a researcher at the National Institute of…Thimphu
(Encyclopedia) ThimphuThimphuthĭmp&oomacr;ˈ [key] or ThimbuThimphuthĭmb&oomacr;ˈ [key], city (1997 est. pop. 45,000), capital and largest city of Bhutan, W Bhutan, on the Wang Chu. The…Jiujiang
(Encyclopedia) JiujiangJiujiangjy&oomacr;-jyäng [key] or Kiukiang, city (1994 est. pop. 322,300), N Jiangxi prov., China, on the Chang River, near Poyang Lake. A major river port, it is connected…Zhuhai
(Encyclopedia) ZhuhaiZhuhaij&oomacr;-hī [key], city (1994 est. pop. 308,600), S Guangdong prov., on the Pearl River, N of Macau. Designated a special economic zone in 1979, the city has benefited…