hunan,
hunan province a province in southeastern central China between the Nan Ling mountains and the Chang Jiang; noted for its timber and valuable mineral resources
luda,
luta an industrial conurbation in northeastern China on the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula; it now includes the cities of Dalian and Lushun
dairen,
dalian,
talien a port and shipbuilding center in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula; now a part of Luda
loyang,
luoyang a city in east central China; the capital of ancient China during several dynasties
lushun,
port arthur a major port city in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula; now a part of Luda
hangchow,
hangzhou a city of eastern China on Hangzhou Bay; regarded by Marco Polo as the finest city in the world
sinkiang,
xinjiang,
xinjiang uighur autonomous region an autonomous province in far northwestern China on the border with Mongolia and Kazakhstan; the largest province in the People's Republic of China and the homeland of the Uighur people
inner mongolia,
nei monggol an autonomous region of northeastern China that was annexed by the Manchu rulers in 1635 and became an integral part of China in 1911
hong kong formerly a Crown Colony on the coast of southern China in Guangdong province; leased by China to Britain in 1842 and returned in 1997; one of the world's leading commercial centers
gan jiang,
kan river a river in southeastern China that flows generally north into the Chang Jiang to the north of Nanchang
huang he,
hwang ho,
yellow river a major river of Asia in northern China; flows generally eastward into the Yellow Sea; carries large quantities of yellow silt to its delta
mekong,
mekong river an Asian river; flows through a large delta in southern Vietnam into the South China Sea
nan ling a mountain range in southeastern China running generally east to west
pamir mountains,
the pamirs a mountain range in central Asia that is centered in Tajikistan but extends into Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and western China
poyang a lake in central China that is connected to the Chang Jiang by a canal
tien shan,
tyan shan a major mountain range of central Asia; extends 1,500 miles
chinese any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system
china -
high quality porcelain originally made only in China
porcelain ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic
China -
a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong
chinese any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system
China -
A cymbal, flattened at the perimeter, about 16 to 20 inches 40 to 50 centimetres across, that is ridden or crashed to produce a distinctive "trashy" sound.
China A country in East Asia which borders the Yellow Sea, the East Chinese Sea, and the South Chinese Sea. Furthermore it borders in the east with Russia, and North Korea, in the north with Russia, and Mongolia, in the west with Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, and in the south with India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam.
