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Chang

(Encyclopedia)Chang yăngˈsēˈ, yängˈdzŭˈ [key], Mandarin Chang Jiang, longest river of China and of Asia, c.3,880 mi (6,245 km) long, rising in the Tibetan highlands, SW Qinghai prov., W China, and flowing g...

Chang'an

(Encyclopedia)Chang'an: Xi'an.

Chang-chia-k'ou

(Encyclopedia)Chang-chia-k'ou: see Zhangjiakou, China. ...

Chang Chih-tung

(Encyclopedia)Chang Chih-tung jängˈ jûrˈ-do͝ongˈ [key], 1837–1909, Chinese Ch'ing dynasty statesman and educational reformer. He occupied the high post of governor-general for over two decades, first of Gua...

Chang Hsüeh-liang

(Encyclopedia)Chang Hsüeh-liang or Zhang Xueliang jängˈ shüĕˈ-lyängˈ [key], 1898–2001, Chinese warlord, son of Chang Tso-lin. On the death (1928) of his father, he succeeded as military governor of Manchu...

Chang Tso-lin

(Encyclopedia)Chang Tso-lin jäng tsōˈ-lĭnˈ [key], 1873–1928, Chinese general. Chang was of humble birth. As the leader of a unit of Manchurian militia he assisted (1904–5) the Japanese in the Russo-Japanes...

Li Hung-chang

(Encyclopedia)Li Hung-chang lē ho͞ong-jäng [key], 1823–1901, Chinese statesman and general. His first success was as a commander of forces fighting the Taiping Rebellion. As viceroy of the capital province of ...

Yichang

(Encyclopedia)Yichang ē-chäng [key], city (1994 est. pop. 428,400), SW Hubei prov., China, a river port on the Chang. It is the western terminus for large oceangoing vessels traveling up the Chang from Shanghai; ...

Grand Canal

(Encyclopedia)Grand Canal, Chinese Da Yunhe [large transit river], longest in the world, extending c.1,000 mi (1,600 km) from Beijing to Hangzhou, E China, and forming an important north-south waterway on the North...

Wanxian

(Encyclopedia)Wanxian wän-shēĕn [key], city (1994 est. pop. 258,500), E Sichuan prov., China, an important port on the Chang River at the beginning of the Chang gorges. It is an administrative and commercial cen...