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	China
		(13) Kwang-si (west of the Kwang); capital, Kwei-lin, on the Kwei-kiang; principal places, Wu-chou on the Si-kiang, Nan-ning of the Yu-kiang, Lung-chou on the Tso-kiang; Liu-chou on the Liu-kiang, Po-se; population 8,000,000.
		Emperor Kwang Siu came of age 7 Feb., 1887, and took control of the government, 4 March, 1889.
		From 10 June, 1898, until 20 Sept., 1898, when a coup d'état of Empress Tze-hi deprived Emperor Kwang Siu of all his power, he made a strong attempt to reform the administration of his empire with the assistance of K'ang Yu-wei and others.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/c/china.html (8577 words)

	Tsz Wan Shan
		Tsz Wan Shan (慈雲山 pinyin: ci2 yun2 shan1) is a residential area in Hong Kong's Kowloon peninsula, part of Wong Tai Sin district, located at the foot of the Temple Hill.
		The infamy has been wiped off when the old Tsz Wan Shan Estate (consists of 64 buildings) had been demolished by Mid-1990s, since the poor design of the old Estate provided a good environment for the gangsters.
		KowloonEast with the arrest of four men in Kowloon City and Tsz Wan Shan and theseizure of $3.2 million worth of high-grade No...
	hallencyclopedia.com /Tsz_Wan_Shan (491 words)

	Chronology of Asian maritime history
		He founded the Mosque of Remembrance, near the Kwang Ta (Smooth Minaret) built by the Arabs as a lighthouse.
		Wan Zhen, writing in the same Wu period, reported that a large foreign ship (from Funan?) was over 20 jo (48m) long and 2-3 jo (5-7m) above the water, and carried 6-700 passengers.
		The book 'Strange things from the south' reports the prosperity of Funan, its control of trade routes through vassal states in what is now Thailand and the Malay peninsula, and four-masted ships with sails set obliquely and woven from 10-foot leaves of the lu-tou tree.
	www.maritimeasia.ws /topic/chronology.html (14181 words)

	Kwang
		Written by Grandmaster Kwang Jo Choi, the founder of Choi Kwang Do, it thoroughly explains the mechanics and moves of...
		CHOI KWANG DO PRAIRIEVILLE, LA Georgia Seminar May 21, 2005 Instrucors and students listen as GM Choi explains the benefits of Choi Kwang Do at the Georgia Seminar Mr.
		Chilukuri Mak Kwang Hwai Malik Taysir Al-Qdah Marinah Othman Mathias Foo Fui Lin Md Shabiul Islam...
	todoterreno4x4.iota4x4.com /kwang (863 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: China
		The true Chinaman, that is to say, the native of the central provinces, from the banks of the Hwang-ho and lower Yang-tze, differs greatly from his countrymen of the maritime provinces of Kwang-tung and Fu-kien.
		(18) Sze-ch'wan (four rivers, i.e., Yang-tze, Min, Ch'ung, and Kia-ling); capital, Ch'eng-tu, in a large and rich plain, well-irrigated; principal places: Ta-tsien-lu, Ya-chou, Kia-ting, Su-chou or Sui-fu, Sh'un-king, Wan, Ling-yuen, capital of Kien-ch'ang, the Lolo region, Li-tang, and Ba-tang; population, 79,500,000; estimated in 1904 by A. Hosie at 45,000,000.
		His eyes are black and often oblique, his complexion varying between pale white and dark brown; his forehead shaven, and his coarse black hair hanging down his back in a plait; his beard is black and scanty, his feet small.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03663b.htm (863 words)

	Ancient History
		Chou Xiou-Li became the next Emperor in the Xiaxi Province (incidentally, Chou Wen-Wang, the Scholar Emperor, was later incarcerated by Sang dynasty's last emperor, Emperor Sang Di-Sing.
		Chou Wen-Wang's son then united all the peasants and finally took over the dynasty and started the Chou Dynasty).
		Wu Kwang, after becoming the new King, sent word to a famous blacksmith to create swords for his use.
	www.wujiaquan.com /his.htm (863 words)

	China-related Topics I-L Topic Center - China-Related Topics
		Kwang-Chou-Wan Kwang-Chou-Wan was a small enclave of France on the south coast of China.
		King Kang of Zhou King Kang of Zhou (Chinese languagech and#21608;and#24247;and#29579; zhand#333;u kand#257;ng w?ng) or Ki...
		King Gong of Zhou King Gong of Zhou (Chinese languagech and#21608;and#20849;and#29579; zhand#333;u gand#333;ng w?ng) or Ki...
	www.famouschinese.com /topic/China-related_Topics_I-L (863 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Kwang-Tung
		Francis Xavier was the first missionary who attempted to penetrate the province of Kwang-tung (1552), but he died in the Island of Shang-sch'wan (St. John's Island), south-west of Macao, before he was able to preach Christianity there.
		When the persecution of Emperor Yong-chin broke out in 1742 there were 30,000 Christians in the province of Kwang-tung, but all the missionaries were then expelled.
		From Canton Father Ricci went to Shin-hing, then the capital of the province,and afterwards to Shin-chou, were he met for the first time the celebrated Sin, a native of Kiang-nan.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08712b.htm (863 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Martyrs in China
		On 27 Feb., 1857, Jean-Victor Muller, of the Paris Foreign Missions, was arrested in Kwang-tung; an indemnity of 200 dollars was paid to him; he was finally murdered by the rebels at Hing-yi-fu, on 24 April, 1866.
		The secretary of the French legation, Guilaume de Roquette, was sent to Sze ch'wan, and after some protracted negotiations, arranged that two murderers should be executed, and indemnity paid and some mandarins punished (1875).
		at Ville de Lézoux, Bourbonnais, 1751), of the Paris Foreign Missions, Bishop of Tabraca (24 July, 1800, and Vicar Apostolic of Sze ch'wan, was beheaded in this province on 14 September, 1815.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09746b.htm (2005 words)

	Guangdong [Definition]
		Situated in Guangdong Province in a bay on the east side of the Leizhou Peninsula, north of Hainan, Kwang-Chou-Wan was annexed by the French on 27 May 1898 to counter the growing power of Hong Kong and Macau....
		Leizhou Peninsula The Leizhou Peninsula (雷州半岛; leizhou bandao; Liuchow) is a peninsula in southern Guangdong province of southern China.
		As time passed, the demographics of what is now Guangdong slowly shifted to Han Chinese -dominance, especially during several periods of massive migration from the north during periods of political turmoil and/or nomadic incursions from the fall of the Han Dynasty onwards.
	www.wikimirror.com /Guangdong (2005 words)

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