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Chiang Mai
(Encyclopedia)Chiang Mai jyĕngˈ– [key], city, capital of Chiang Mai prov., N Thailand, on the Ping River, ...Chan-chiang
(Encyclopedia)Chan-chiang: see Zhanjiang, China. ...Nei-chiang
(Encyclopedia)Nei-chiang: see Neijiang, China. ...Nen-chiang
(Encyclopedia)Nen-chiang: see Nenjiang, former prov. China. ...Kuomintang
(Encyclopedia)Kuomintang gwōˈmĭnˈdängˈ, kwōˈmĭntăngˈ [key] [Chin.,=national people's party] (KMT), Chinese and Taiwanese political party. Sung Chiao-jen organized the party in 1912, under the nominal lea...Chiang Ch'ing
(Encyclopedia)Chiang Ch'ing: see Jiang Qing.Chiang Kai-shek
(Encyclopedia)Chiang Kai-shek jyäng kī-shĕk, jyäng [key], 1887–1975, Chinese Nationalist leader. He was also called Chiang Chung-cheng. After completing military training with the Japanese Army, he returned t...Chiang Hai-ch'eng
(Encyclopedia)Chiang Hai-ch'eng: see Ai Ch'ing. ...Ch'ing
(Encyclopedia)Ch'ing mănˌcho͞oˈ, mănˈcho͞oˌ [key], the last of the Imperial dynasties of China. Following foreign suppression of the Boxer Uprising, Tz'u Hsi changed course and allowed some moderate educa...Taiwan
(Encyclopedia)CE5 Taiwan tīˈwänˈ [key], Portuguese Formosa, officially Republic of China, island nation (2015 est. pop. 23,486,000), 13,885 sq mi (35,961 sq km), in the Pacific Ocean, separated from the main...Browse by Subject
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