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Lop Nor
(Encyclopedia)Lop Nor, Xinjiang, China: see Lop Nur. ...Ch'ien-tang
(Encyclopedia)Ch'ien-tang, river, China: see Fuchun. ...Wei, Chinese dynasty
(Encyclopedia)Wei, dynasty of China: see Three Kingdoms. ...Zhoushan Archipelago
(Encyclopedia)Zhoushan Archipelago jō-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 about 100 lesser islands; Dinghai on...Koko Nor
(Encyclopedia)Koko Nor, salt lake, China: see Qinghai Hu. ...Tsangbo
(Encyclopedia)Tsangbo, river, Tibet Autonomous Region, China: see Brahmaputra. ...China, Great Wall of
(Encyclopedia)China, Great Wall of: see Great Wall of China. ...Khingan, Great
(Encyclopedia)Khingan, Great, mountain range, China: see Hinggan Ling, Da. ...Yarlung Zangbo
(Encyclopedia)Yarlung Zangbo, river, Tibet Autonomous Region, China: see Brahmaputra. ...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 and Japan had ...Browse by Subject
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