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  Yuan Shih-K'ai - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
After that disastrous campaign he held office under the Viceroy Li in Chihli; in 1898 he was in command of an army corps and played a decisive part in frustrating the Emperor's plan of constitutional reform and in supporting the Empress Dowager's reactionary coup d'etat.
After her return to power he rose rapidly; during the Boxer rebellion, as governor of Shantung, he displayed sagacious foresight in the protection of foreigners, and upon the death of Li Hung-Chang succeeded his chief as Viceroy of Chihli.
He remained there, in disgrace, until the outbreak of the revolution in 1911, when the regent and the court, alarmed at the rapid spread of the movement, turned to him for help.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Yuan_Shih-K'ai   (470 words)

  
 Chihli - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Chihli   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
It did not contain China's capital city until the Liao, an early Mongol dynasty of the 10th to 12th centuries, established its capital in what is now Beijing.
From the 13th to 20th centuries, under the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, Hebei was administered directly from the court; under the Qing dynasty it was called Chihli (modern transcription Zhili), meaning ‘directly subordinate’.
Most of the province forms part of the North China Plain but its northern section, beyond the Great Wall of China, is a transitional zone towards Inner Mongolia, where lack of rainfall has allowed comparatively little agriculture and there is therefore only a sparse population.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Chihli   (679 words)

  
 Tz'u Chou Yao - Early Chinese Ceramics
Tz'U CHoU is in the province of Chihli, though it was formerly in Honan.
The character which denotes the township is the same as that used for crockery, and " Crockery Town " is a fitting name; for ware is still manufactured there and it has been a pottery centre since the Sui dynasty.
Specimens of this type have been dug up at Kuluhsien in Chihli, which is 70 miles north-east of Tz'u Chou.
www.oldandsold.com /articles03/china_ceramics11.shtml   (1807 words)

  
 Yellow River (Huang He) Changed its Route in 1850 (黃河改道)
However, because of the accumulation of silt and insufficient maintenance of dikes, there resulted in a rise in its river bed.
The river finally broke loose with great damage and began shifting from Kiangsu to the Gulf of Chihli (直隸).
During the interval of the shifting, great damage was caused in terms of the productivity of the provinces concerned and the loss of revenue.
www.chinapage.com /river/yellow/changecourse.html   (389 words)

  
 Chinese Cabbage, Commercial Vegetable Production Guides, North Willamette Research and Extension Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Early maturing types require less space than the late types, and the Chihli type requires closer spacing than the Napa type.
Seeds are sown at a rate of 8-10 oz/acre and hand thinned to one plant per location at the desired spacing.
Napa and Chihli Chinese cabbage heads are harvested when they reach appropriate market size (about 3-6 lbs), depending on variety.
oregonstate.edu /Dept/NWREC/chincabb.html   (1731 words)

  
 Shih Ko-fa Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
The Chinese scholar-soldier Shih Ko-fa (died 1644), also named Hsien-tze and Tao-lin, is a national hero for his defense of Yangchow against the Manchus.
Born in Hsiang-fu, Chihli (Hopei), of a poor family, Shih Ko-fa lived in a period of war and invasion.
From an early age he had a profound love for his country and felt an irreconcilable hatred toward the enemy.
www.bookrags.com /biography/shih-ko-fa   (457 words)

  
 The Economic History of Manchuria
In the souther portion the Liaohe (Liao River), which drains directly into the Gulf of Chihli.
Although this plain was the core area of Manchu territory, the Manchus historical contolled a portion of northern Korea and the coastal area where the Russian city of Vladivostok (eastern fortress) is located.
Manchuria also included the Liao Peninsula which partial encloses the Gulf of Chihli.
www.sjsu.edu /faculty/watkins/manchu.htm   (561 words)

  
 Mary Strong Clemens Papers
They collected on the highest and most inaccessible mountains in the Philippines, British North Borneo, Chihli and Shantung provinces in China, the Anam region of French Indo-China, and New Guinea.
The photographs document the Clemens' expedition through the Chihli and Shantung provinces in China, 1912-1913, and contain views of monuments and daily life in China at that period.
A paper by J. Smith, "Additions to the Orchid Flora of Borneo," is found in the Sarawak, Borneo, Orchidaceae folder.
sciweb.nybg.org /Science2/libr/finding_guide/clemens.asp   (841 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "Gulf of Chihli": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
It spawns in all regions along the coast of the Gulf of Chihli and the Yellow Sea; the Gulf of Chihli groups are especially large.
Mainland Chinese workers at the construction yard at Tianjin on the Gulf of Chihli were sworn to secrecy about the massive undertaking on pain of death.
The pelle d'angelo variety, which is not common, may come from the Mediterranean, the Gulf of Chihli (in China), or from Japan.
www.amazon.com /phrase/Gulf-of-Chihli   (519 words)

  
 DBLP: Stefan Wermter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Chihli Hung, Stefan Wermter: Neural Network Based Document Clustering Using WordNet Ontologies.
Chihli Hung, Stefan Wermter: A Dynamic Adaptive Self-Organising Hybrid Model for Text Clustering.
Stefan Wermter, Chihli Hung: Selforganizing Classification on the Reuters News Corpus.
www.acm.org /turing/sigmod/dblp/db/indices/a-tree/w/Wermter:Stefan.html   (966 words)

  
 Find in a Library: The North China famine of 1920-1921, with special reference to the west Chihli area. Being the ...
Find in a Library: The North China famine of 1920-1921, with special reference to the west Chihli area.
Being the report of the Peking united international famine relief committee.
The North China famine of 1920-1921, with special reference to the west Chihli area.
www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/oclc/5452960   (132 words)

  
 Chinese Numismatics in Research µØ®L¬u³f·J¦Ò - ±dº³³qÄ_
It was arranged by the Chinese collector with the different mints in the form of a Chinese poetry during the Chien Long period and now it is the favourite target for the Chinese collectors.
In 1730, the eighth year of the Yung Zheng reign, Pao Su Mint was established in Soochow and cast coins again.
Chichow Mint was another mint in Chihli province.
members.tripod.com /ykleungn/kanghsib.htm   (829 words)

  
 Report on North China Famine
The Peking United International Relief Committee, The North China Famine of 1920-1922 with Special Reference to the West Chihli Area (Peking,1922), pp.
Thus in certain districts, like those about Tingchow or Shuntefu in Chihli, famine is almost a permanent condition and times of the most intense suffering are different from normal only in degree.
There are no seven fat kine-rather only seven lean kine and then seven a little more lean.
www.isop.ucla.edu /eas/restricted/famine.htm   (1506 words)

  
 TIME.com: Quo Fad is? -- Jun. 25, 1923 -- Page 1
At Tientsing, capital of Chihli province, the presidential train was stopped by soldiers of the Governor of Chihli.
Wang, Dr Wellington Koo having refused to take office The position of the Government is indeed precarious, for nothing is known of the intentions of the Militarists, who are, of course, inspired by Marshal Tsao-Kun, Chihli Tuchun.
Marshal Tsao-Kun, Tuchun of Chihli, probably the richest War Lord of all the Tuchuns, is also a strong man. He wants to become President, but has no policy except the plagiarism " reunification of China."
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,715882,00.html   (768 words)

  
 Wu P'ei-fu Summary
As head of the Chihli clique, he controlled significant portions of central and northern China between 1918 and 1926.
Wu P'ei-fu was born into a merchant's household in the northeast province of Shantung.
After the Peiyang clique split into the Chihli and Anfu factions in 1918, Wu became a leading figure in the Chihli group.
www.bookrags.com /Wu_P'ei-fu   (708 words)

  
 Travel Channel :: 99 Things To Do :: Walk the Great Wall of China
In the centuries since, however, it has become both a symbol of tyranny — thousands of slaves were sacrificed during the building process — and a tourist attraction, drawing thousands of visitors each year.
Construction of the wall began in the seventh century B.C. and additions we added and sections rebuilt until the 16th century A.D. It stretches from east to west from Shan-hai Pass near Po Hai (Gulf of Chihli) to Chia-yü Pass (in the modern Kansu province).
Large sections of the wall are now in ruins or have disappeared, but there are good viewing points just a short drive from Beijing.
travel.discovery.com /ideas/culture_attractions/101/histcult/5.html   (341 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "Nan Chihli": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
' Early in 1400 the Chien-wen emperor acted on a complaint about the tax inequities of the Nan Chihli and Chekiang regions and ordered a reduction of the land tax in these prefectures to the uniform rate of one...
Yunnan) SW China independent kingdom 50-51 Nan Chihli E China Ming province 51/4 Nancy E France X73/3; WW1 119/2 Nanhai S China Han Commanderie 29/3 Nanking N China...
In September 1634, for example, there was a major upheaval in Nan-Chihli's T'ung-ch'eng County and shortly thereafter a region that just a few years earlier had been one of the most prosperous...
www.amazon.com /phrase/Nan-Chihli   (486 words)

  
 Commercial Oriental Crop Production
This group has an erect, upright growing habit, weighs 2 to 5 pounds, matures in 72 to 80 days and has some tolerance to bolting and bacterial speck.
Among the varieties having this form are Chihli, Michihli, Market Pride, Shantung, Green Rocket, Monument and Shaho Tsai.
The michihli is a new, improved strain of chihli.
pubs.caes.uga.edu /caespubs/pubcd/C809-w.htm   (4317 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Chihli, Gulf of (Oceans And Continents) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Chihli, Gulf of (Oceans And Continents) - Encyclopedia
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reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/X/X-Chihli-G.html   (123 words)

  
 Hoover Museum - Digital Archives
In China he would also manage various mine resources, plus deal with major economic problems, and a rebellion.
Herbert Hoover's dual role would be as the Chinese government's resident chief engineer of the Bureau of Mines for Chihli and Jehol provinces, and Bewick Moreing's representative in China.
At the very time Herbert Hoover went to China, a nationalist reaction to the previous plunder and forced territorial concessions by Europeans threatened to endanger both foreign interests and native development of natural resources.
www.ecommcode.com /hoover/hooveronline/hoover_bio/china.htm   (341 words)

  
 The QRF Chinese Civil War Range
The Chinese Civil War (1917 - 1928) - The QRF Range
Chihli DMW 1909 MG and Crew x 3
Chang-Tso-Lin, Frank One-Arm Sutton and assorted important bods
www.millicheap.freeserve.co.uk /ccw/qrfccw.htm   (37 words)

  
 Ricci Roundtable on the History of Christianity in China
153, this was an offshoot of the South Chihli Mission.
In 1914 the following missionaries were stationed at Miyang: William Henry Nowack and wife (Alice Broughton), H. Von Klitzing, Miss M. Boyer, Miss S. Taylor.
Subject Index: Ebenezer Mission /Miyang, Henan /Henan /Jiuenhui /Chiu-en-hui /Ebenezer Orphanage /South Chihli Mission
ricci.rt.usfca.edu /institution/view.aspx?institutionID=289   (187 words)

  
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