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Wu-chou
(Encyclopedia)Wu-chou: see Wuzhou, China.Yang-chou
(Encyclopedia)Yang-chou: see Yangzhou, China.Chern, Shiing-Shen
(Encyclopedia)Chern, Shiing-Shen, 1911–2004, Chinese-American mathematician, b. Kashing (now Jiaxing), China, D.Sc. Hamburg, 1936. While undertaking graduate studies in China (1932–34), Chern developed what bec...Chou En-lai
(Encyclopedia)Chou En-lai: see Zhou Enlai.Chou-shan Archipelago
(Encyclopedia)Chou-shan Archipelago: see Zhoushan Archipelago, China. ...Chou Shu-jen
(Encyclopedia)Chou Shu-jen: see Lu Xun.Ch'üan-chou
(Encyclopedia)Ch'üan-chou: see Quanzhou, China. ...Ch'ang-chou
(Encyclopedia)Ch'ang-chou: see Changzhou, China. ...Eben-ezer
(Encyclopedia)Eben-ezer ĕbˈən-ēˈzər [key] [Heb.,=stone of help], in the Bible. 1 Stone set up (near Shen) by Samuel to commemorate the victory over the Philistines. 2 Site of the battle where the Philistines ...White Lotus Rebellion
(Encyclopedia)White Lotus Rebellion, Chinese anti-Manchu uprising that occurred during the Ch'ing dynasty. It broke out (1796) among impoverished settlers in the mountainous region that separates Sichuan prov. from...Browse by Subject
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