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Chilung

(Encyclopedia) Chilung or Chi-lung, city, Taiwan: see Keelung.

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.…

The Commentators

The Text of Sun Tzu Appreciations of Sun Tzu The Commentators Sun Tzu can boast an exceptionally long distinguished roll of commentators, which would do honor to any classic. Ou-yang Hsiu…

Wen Ho Lee Biography

Wen Ho LeeengineerBorn: 1939Birthplace: Nantou, Taiwan Wen Ho Lee got his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Cheng Kung University. In 1965 he came to the U.S. for graduate studies at Texas…

Peter Ho Davies Biography

Peter Ho Davies authorBorn: 1966Birthplace: Britain Born to Welsh and Chinese parents, Davies grew up in Britain before moving to the United States. He refuses to be pigeon-holed into an…

Brewer's: Clak-ho-haryah

At Fort Vancouver the medium of intercourse is a mixture of Canadian-French, English, Indian, and Chinese. An Englishman goes by the name of Kint-shosh, a corruption of King George; an…

Gung ho, Tycoon, Amuck

Asian loan words in English by Ann-Marie Imbornoni Asian Loan Words Introduction Words derived from: Chinese & KoreanJapaneseMalay & TagalogPolynesianOne of the chief…

Hwang Ho

(Encyclopedia) Hwang Ho, river, China: see Huang He.

Ho-chiang

(Encyclopedia) Ho-chiang: see Hejiang, China.