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  kiang - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about kiang   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Kiangs may be subspecies of the Asiatic wild ass Equus hemionus, or different species E.
All are endangered and until recently the southern kiang was believed to be extinct.
The southern kiang, found between Sikkim in northern India and the Tsangpo River in Tibet, has a shoulder height of 104–114 cm/41–45 in.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /kiang   (188 words)

  
 Yangtsze-Kiang - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The ordinary official name for the whole river is Ch i ang Kiang (pronounced in the north, Chiang) or Ta Chiang, meaning the "long river" or the "great river." Popularly in the upper reaches every section has its local name.
As it emerges from Tibet into China it is known as the Kinsha Kiang or river of Golden Sand, and farther down as the Pai-shui Kiang.
In Sze-ch i uen, after its junction with the large tributary known as the Min, it is for some distance called the Min-kiang, the people being of opinion that the Min branch is in' fact the main river.
84.1911encyclopedia.org /Y/YA/YANGTSZE_KIANG.htm   (853 words)

  
 Kiang-Si - LoveToKnow 1911
The largest river is the Kan Kiang, which rises in the mountains in the south of the province and flows north-east to the Po-yang Lake.
During the summer time it has water of sufficient depth for steamers of light draft as far as Nan-ch'ang, and it is navigable by native craft for a considerable distance beyond that city.
Another river of note is the Chang Kiang, which has its source in the province of Ngan-hui and flows into the Po-yang Lake, connecting in its course the Wuyuen district, whence come the celebrated "Moyune" green teas, and the city of King-to-chen, celebrated for its pottery, with Jao-chow Fu on the lake.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Kiang-Si   (260 words)

  
 Kiang   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Kiang Gallery: KIANG GALLERY is located at 1545 Peachtree Street NE, in the heart of midtown Atlanta, one block North of MOCAGA and several blocks North of the High Museum of...
Peter Nien-chu Kiang, Asian Studies: Dr. Peter Nien-chu Kiang is a Professor of Education at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Kiangs may be subspecies of the Asiatic wild ass Equus hemionus, or different species E. kiang There are three varieties: southern, western, and eastern.
www.specieslist.com /endangered/common_name/K/Kiang.shtml   (1764 words)

  
 Nanking - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
NANKING (" the southern capital"), the name by which Kiang-ning, the chief city in the province of Kiangsu, China, has been known for several centuries.
The city stands in 32° 5' N., 118° 47' E., nearly equidistant between Canton and Peking, on the south bank of the Yangtsze Kiang.
It dates only from the beginning of the Ming dynasty (1368), although it is built on the site of a city which for more than two thousand years figured under various names in the history of the empire.
85.1911encyclopedia.org /N/NA/NANKING.htm   (1042 words)

  
 Chinese Numismatics in Research µØ®L¬u³f·J¦Ò
The design of this Kiang Nan coin is similar to the previous coin except the date "Chi-Hai" (1899AD).
Actually, he misunderstood that I needed a "Lao Kiang Nan" silver coin, but he showed me this coin later and promised to me with a special price.
"Lao Kiang Nan" is a very rare silver coin with the dragon pattern in a circle, minted in Kiangnan province in 1897.
ykleungt.tripod.com /kiangn01.htm   (1104 words)

  
 China
The chief river is the Yang-tze, called simply Ta-Kiang (Great River) or Kiang (River); as far as the Sze-ch'wan bend it is called Kin-sha-kiang; its general course is from west to east and its length about 4000 miles.
Under Emperor Yu the Great and the Hia dynasty, the capital was Yang-hia (in Ho-nan), and China was divided into nine chou: K'e, Ts'ing, Yen, Su, Yu, Yung, Leang, King, and Yang.
(7) Kiang-si (west of the Kiang); capital Nan-ch'ang, on the Kan-kiang, south of the celebrated P'o-yang lake; principal places Kiu-kiang, a treaty port, Yao-chou, King-te-chen, the centre of the manufacture of porcelain, with 100,000 workmen; population 25,534,000.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/c/china.html   (8587 words)

  
 Kiang-Su - LoveToKnow 1911
Hang-chow Fu and Su-chow Fu, situated on the T'ai-hu, are reckoned the most beautiful cities in China.
"Above there is Paradise, below are Su and Hang," says a Chinese proverb.
Shang-hai is the chief port in the province.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Kiang-Su   (300 words)

  
 Lalor, Cyclopaedia of Political Science, V.1, Entry 212, CHINA: Library of Economics and Liberty
Those best known to foreigners are the maritime provinces, containing the treaty ports with a population estimated at 4,990,000, open to the trade and residence of aliens, of whom there were, in 1878, 3,814.
The coast provinces are, Shin-king, Chi-li, Shan-tung, Kiang-su, Che kiang, Fo-kien, Kwang-tung.
After two years, during which the British troops occupied various coast cities, the Chinese sued for peace, and paid war indemnities amounting to $21,000,000, and opened the ports of Canton, Amoy, Fuchow, Ningpo and Shanghai to trade, ceded Hong Kong to the British, and agreed to conduct diplomatic correspondence on equal terms.
www.econlib.org /library/YPDBooks/Lalor/llCy212.html   (10509 words)

  
 China: La lucha antiterrorista como excusa para la represión
El gobierno chino sigue deteniendo a presos de conciencia, que nunca han utilizado la violencia o propugnado su uso, demostrando así que la política de represión en la región va mucho más allá de combatir los actos de violencia o "terrorismo".
Amnistía Internacional mostró su satisfacción por la reducción de su condena (se redujo en un año) anunciada en marzo, pero sigue pidiendo su libertad inmediata e incondicional.
Según su relato, lo golpearon con grilletes, le aplicaron descargas eléctricas y le metieron clavos de metal en las uñas de los pies en un intento de hacerle confesar diversos delitos.
www.lainsignia.org /2004/julio/der_008.htm   (892 words)

  
 SBE 3: Part III: The Books of Hsiâ: Book I. The Tribute of Yü
The three Kiang were led to enter the sea, and it became possible to still the marsh of Kăn.
The Kiang and the Han pursued their (common) course to the sea, as if they were hastening to court.
The Black-water, or 'the Kiang of the Golden Sands,' is. identified with the present Lû.
www.sacred-texts.com /cfu/sbe03/sbe03013.htm   (3602 words)

  
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The people of Wu blamed Ku Su chefs for the downfall of their state and boycotted these chefs who had no choice but to make a fresh start somewhere else.
They claimed they were celebrated chefs from Ku Su, once had been in the service of King Fu Chai, and that their cuisine was time tested with royalty approved specialties.
The Selangor Shin Chung Hung is 105, the Penang Ku Su Kwang Chun Tang at the ripe age of 127, is the oldest among them.
www.flavorandfortune.com /dataaccess/article.php?ID=182   (1425 words)

  
 KIAKHTA - Online Information article about KIAKHTA
river is the Kan Kiang, which rises in the mountains in the south of the province and flows north-See also:
note is the Chang Kiang, which has its source in the province of Ngan-hui and flows into the Po-yang Lake, connecting in its course the Wuyuen See also:
Fu, situated on the T'ai-hu, are reckoned the most beautiful cities in China.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /KHA_KRI/KIAKHTA.html   (1064 words)

  
 Shu King Part III
The three Kiang were led to enter the sea, and it became possible to still the marsh of Kan. The bamboos, small and large, then spread about; the grass grew thin and long, and the trees rose high; the soil was miry.
Eastward still, and whirling on, it formed the marsh of Phang-lî; and from that its eastern flow was the northern Kiang, as which it entered the sea.
From mount Min he traced the Kiang, which, branching off to the east, formed the Tho; eastward again, it reached the Lî, passed the nine Kiang, and went on to Tung-ling; then flowing east, and winding to the north, it joined (the Han) with its eddying movements.
fraktali.849pm.com /text/archive/cfu/sbe03/shu03.htm   (5320 words)

  
 su - OneLook Dictionary Search
SU : Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
SU : DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations [home, info]
Phrases that include su: kiang su, mat su, su chou, su chow, su fi, more...
www.onelook.com /cgi-bin/cgiwrap/bware/dofind.cgi?word=su   (251 words)

  
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Hence we need not be surprised to find that the Conqueror or Assertor of the dynasty had conferred upon a staunch adviser, of alien origin, and upon two of his most trusty relatives, the three distant fiefs which commanded both sides of the Yellow River mouth, at that time near the modern Tientsin.
There was no Canal in those days, and the river which runs past Confucius' birth-place, and now goes towards feeding the Grand Canal, had then a free course south-east towards the lakes in Kiang Su province to the north of Nanking.
The official name of the region after the Chou infeoffment of 1106 B.C. was the State of Tsin, and it was roughly divided off to the west from its less civilized colleague Ts'in by the Yellow River, on the right bank of which Tsin still possessed a number of towns.
www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext04/8chsm10.txt   (7899 words)

  
 UNC Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Azoxymethane is a genetic background-dependent colorectal tumor initiator and promotor in mice: effects of dose, route, and diet.
Chang X, Gao JX, Jiang Q, Wen J, Seifers N, Su L, Godfrey VL, Zuo T, Zheng P, Liu Y. The scurfy mutation of foxp3 in the thymic stroma lead to defective thymopoieisis and over-expression of the erbB2 gene.
Gebuhr TC, Kovalev GI, Bultman S, Godfrey V, Su L, Magnuson T. The role of Brg 1, a catalytic subunit of mammalian chromatin- remodeling complexes, in T cell development.
www.pathology.unc.edu /common/godfrey.htm   (948 words)

  
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When first I heard Su's words, I was too sad to speak and could not answer her.
But in a little while I ordered the bridle to be turned and the sleeve reversed.[1] Then I gave her wine and drank a cup myself, and in my happiness sang a few score notes.
This is what Su would say to you before she goes, And this is what your horse meant also When he neighed at the gate.
www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/6/5/0/16500/16500.txt   (22226 words)

  
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The Tî Kiang, or Kiang of Tî, still existed in the time of the Han dynasty, occupying portions of the present Kan-sû.
The chiefs of the wild tribes, lying beyond the nine provinces of the kingdom, were required to present themselves once in their lifetime at the royal court.
About Kiang Yüan and her conception and birth of Hâu-kî, see the first piece in the third decade of the Major Odes of the Kingdom.
www.gutenberg.net /etext05/8shih10.txt   (21419 words)

  
 Guide to the Lorenzo and Ruth Bennett Morgan Papers (Record Group No. 126): Finding Aid
James Woods at the hospital in Tsingkiang Pu [Qingjiang], Kiang Su [Jiangsu] Province
Based at the hospital in Tsing Kiang Pu [Qingjiang], Kiang Su [Jiangsu] Province; incl.
LSM in Tsing Kiang Pu; RBM in Kuling 1906 Jun - Jul
www.library.yale.edu /div/fa/divinity.126.con.html   (3227 words)

  
 CHINA. Temor de tortura y malos tratos - Amnistía Internacional   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Amnistía Internacional cree que puede ser preso de conciencia, detenido únicamente por ejercer su derecho a la libertad de expresión.
Se desconoce su paradero y corre grave peligro de ser torturado y maltratado.
Los cargos exactos contra Abdulla Jamal no se han hecho públicos, pero, según los informes, las autoridades chinas lo han acusado de incitar con su libro al "separatismo".
t2web.amnesty.r3h.net /library/Index/ESLASA170192005   (644 words)

  
 SBE 3: Shih King: Odes of the Temple and the Altar: III. The Praise Odes of Lû: Ode 4. The Pî Kung
The writer was evidently in a poetic rapture as to what his ruler was, and would do.
The poet traces the lords of Lû to Kiang Yüen and her son Hâu-kî.
341:1 About Kiang Yüan and her conception and birth of Hâu-kî, see the first piece in the third decade of the Major Odes of the Kingdom.
www.sacred-texts.com /cfu/sbe03/sbe03103.htm   (1644 words)

  
 B
de Tuchuns der provincies Kiang Su (niet te verwarren met het Zuidelijke Kiang Si), Hupch, Chihli, Feugtuen, enz., die aan hun vertegenwoordigers in het Pekingsche Parlement hebben getelegrafeerd om werkeloos te blijven totdat de toestand is opgeklaard.
Hetzelfde is 't geval met Hongkong (terecht: Hiang Kiang, geurige stroomen, en hier ook haven), en dat in 1841 als een barre trots aan Engeland werd afgestaan door China, van de veronderstelling uitgaande dat het toch vrijwel onbewoonbaar zou zijn, en dat nu vol groen staat en zelfs een Botanischen tuin heeft.
Zes en twintig jaar geleden verliet ik mijn dierbare wonderschoone eiland Ku Lang Su aan boord van de Hai Lung, en ook nu weer voerde de Zee Draak mij weg, maar het dier is veel moderner en comfortabeler geworden.
d-compu.dyndns.org /passagiers/henriborel1920b.htm   (16096 words)

  
 China and Japan, Appendix, by James D. Johnston
The consular courts shall be open to Japanese creditors, to enable them to recover their just claims against American citizens, and the Japanese courts shall in like manner be open to American citizens for the recovery of their just claims against Japanese.
All claims for forfeitures or penalties for violations of this treaty, or of the articles regulating trade which are appended hereunto, shall be sued for in the consular courts, and all recoveries shall be delivered to the Japanese authorities.
Neither the American or Japanese governments are to be held responsible for the payment of any debts contracted by their respective citizens or subjects.
www.myoutbox.net /cajappx.htm   (5550 words)

  
 Selected Poems from Sung Dynasty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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Wang An-shih (A.D. Su Shih (A.D. Lu Yu (A.D. Wang An-shih (A.D. Anchoring the Boat at Melon Island
Su Shih (A.D. The West Lake When Rain is Falling
www.cs.uiowa.edu /~yefeihe/poetry/sung_poems.html   (189 words)

  
 Induction of p18INK4c and its predominant association with CDK4 and CDK6 during myogenic differentiation -- Franklin ...
G. Kovalev, D. Franklin, V. Coffield, Y. Xiong, and L. Su
D. Franklin, V. Godfrey, H. Lee, G. Kovalev, R. Schoonhoven, S. Chen-Kiang, L. Su, and Y. Xiong
CDK inhibitors p18INK4c and p27Kip1 mediate two separate pathways to collaboratively suppress pituitary tumorigenesis
www.molbiolcell.org /cgi/content/abstract/7/10/1587?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&searchid=QID_NOT_SET&FIRSTINDEX=&volume=7&firstpage=1587   (1214 words)

  
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In 1874 he went to Peru to investigate the affairs of Chinese laborers; in 1878 he was appointed Assistant Minister Resident of China to Washington.
In 1882, after the Chinese students were recalled, and the educational scheme abandoned, he returned to China, and was appointed an official and as of Kiang Su province; When his American wife Mary grew ill, he returned to Hartford, where he nursed her until she died in 1886.
Both Yung Wing and his wife now lie buried in the Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford.
yaleglobal.yale.edu /article.print?id=4653   (4665 words)

  
 Shijing Part I
Formerly, in the time of Thang the Successful, Even from the Kiang of Tî[1], They dared not but come with their offerings; (Their chiefs) dared not but come to seek acknowledgment[2]:--Such is the regular rule of Shang.'
Heaven had given their appointments (to the princes), But where their capitals, had been assigned within the sphere of the labours of Yü, For the business of every year they appeared before our king[3], (Saying), 'Do not punish nor reprove us; We have not been remiss in our husbandry.'
On him were conferred all blessings,--(To know) how the (ordinary) millet ripened early, and the sacrificial millet late; How first to sow pulse
www.100jia.net /texte/shijing/shijinglegge/shih01.htm   (13284 words)

  
 Pan Asian Ban Cha Chalin Chalom Chelam Cho Kiang Pan Pong Priyono Salue Sommung Su Lin Sunti Sutam Suwan Thaner Thee ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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