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  Encyclopedia: Liaoning Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Liaoning borders the Yellow Sea (Korea Bay) and the Bohai Gulf in the south, North Korea in the southeast, Jilin Province to the northeast, Hebei Province to the west, and Inner Mongolia to the northwest.
The population of Liaoning is mostly Han Chinese with minorities of Manchus, Mongols, Hui, Koreans and Xibe.
Liaoning's culture is part of a culture of Northeast China that is quite homogeneous across all of the northeastern China.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Liaoning-Province   (1286 words)

  
 Liaoning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Liaoning (Simplified Chinese: 辽宁; Traditional Chinese: 遼寧; pinyin: Liáoníng) is a northeastern province of the People's Republic of China.
At the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Liaoning did not exist; instead there were two provinces, Liaodong and Liaoxi, as well as five municipalities, Shenyang, Luda, Anshan, Fushun, and Benxi.
Recognizing the special difficulties faced by Liaoning and other provinces in Northeast China because of their heritage of heavy industry, the Chinese central government recently launched a Revitalize the Northeast Campaign.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liaoning   (1293 words)

  
 Liaoning
People's life: In 2000, Liaoning had employees of 20.52 million, of whom 5.465 million were state employees; the urban unemployed population totaled 10.86 million; In urban areas, the average wage of staff and workers reached RMB 6,639 and per capita consumption was RMB 4,356.
In 2000, Liaoning's population totaled 42.38 million, ranking it 12th nationwide; and the number of households was 13.06 million, or 11th in the country, indicating that Liaoning was a province with a moderate population size.
Liaoning entered the later stage of an adult society and population aging accelerated due to the reduced birth rate.
www.unescap.org /esid/psis/population/database/chinadata/liaoning.htm   (2184 words)

  
 Liaoning Province China - China tourist & travel guide for Liaoning Province, China
Liaoning Province (Liao for short) is located on the southern part of northeast China, covering an area of 150,000 square kilometers and with a population 29.58 million.
Liaoning's topography is characterized by the central plain sandwiched in between mountains and hills on the east and west sides, and the Liaodong peninsular on southern Liaoning thrusting between the Liaodong Gulf and the Yellow Sea.
Liaoning abounds in mineral resources such as iron, magnesite, talcum, jade etc. which come out at top in China, while the deposits of coal, petroleum, oil-shale, manganese, copper, aluminium, zinc and refractory clay are substantial too.
www.orientaltravel.com /province/Liaoning.htm   (216 words)

  
 Liaoning -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Liaoning is located in the southern part of China's Northeast, a part of what is often referred to as (A region in northeastern China) Manchuria.
Liaoning is the southernmost part of the region historically known as (A region in northeastern China) Manchuria.
Liaoning is also an important source of (A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons) petroleum and (A fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes) natural gas.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/li/liaoning.htm   (2253 words)

  
 Liaoning --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
With an area of 56,300 square miles (145,700 square kilometres), Liaoning is bounded on the northeast by the province of Kirin, on the east by North Korea, on the south by the Yellow Sea, on the southwest by the province of Hopeh, and on the northwest by the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
The economy of Liaoning is by far the strongest in the Northeast and is one of the strongest provincial economies in China.
The southernmost of the three Chinese provinces that form the region known as Manchuria, Liaoning is bounded by Jilin province on the northeast, North Korea on the east, the Yellow Sea on the south, Hebei province on the southwest, and the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region on the northwest.
www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9370147?tocId=9370147   (678 words)

  
 Liaoning Province travel guide - China travel guide, Liaoning China travel services, Liaoning tours   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Liaoning Province is located in the southern part of northeast China, with the Yellow and Bohai Seas in the south, Hebei Province in the southwest, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the northwest, Jilin Province in the northeast, and Korea m the southeast.
Liaoning is abundant with rich resources of hot springs, such as Tanggangzi in Anshan, Wulongbei in Dandong, Xingcheng in Huludao, Wenquansi in Benxi, and Tanghe in Liaoyang.
Liaoning belongs to the continental climate on the northern temperate zone, with an annual mean temperature of 6°C - 11°C.
www.gochina.com /liaoning   (373 words)

  
 Liaoning: My Home Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The inhabitants of Liaoning almost all speak Northern Mandarin Chinese, except for the Mongolians in the northwest and the Koreans in the extreme northeast of the province.
The Manchurian rulers of Liaoning attempted to preserve the ethnic purity of their homeland by officially discouraging Chinese immigration to the region, but they were unable to stop increasing numbers of Chinese settlers arriving from northern China.
Liaoning's most famous traditional handicrafts are jade and shell carvings from Dalian, amber and jet carvings from Fushun, and feather paintings from Shenyang.
www.magma.ca /~mtooker/cities/liaoning.htm   (1017 words)

  
 Liaoning Province China Fossils
Liaoning, Shangdong, Guangdong, GuangZhou, Ghuizhou, Gansu and the Gobi Desert Inner Mongolia
Fossils unearthed in Liaoning Province, for example, may help end one of the most high-powered debates in paleontology--whether birds evolved from dinosaurs.Phenomenal finds in the past few years in Liaoning include Liaoxiornis delicatus the smallest bird known from the Mesozoic, and Hyphalosaurus sinohydrosaurus (Nature 401, 262, 1999) a long-necked diapsid reptile.
Chengjiang was accidentally discovered in 1984 near Chengjiang, in Yunnan Province, South China, and is part of the Qiongzhusi Formation belonging to the Qiongzhusi stage of the late Lower Cambrian.
www.fossilmall.com /Science/Sites/China/China.htm   (749 words)

  
 Liaoning on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Liaoning is also a leading producer of machine-made paper, and it has numerous brick and tile factories that utilize waste ash and slag.
Liaoning's fine harbors were long coveted by Russia and Japan for their strategic positions.
Liaoning Bodao beats Qingdao Hademen 3-1 in first leg of CFA Cup final.
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 Country Profile:Liaoning Province--People's Daily Online
Liaoning province lies in the east of the Eurasian Continent.It features temperate continental monsoon climate with a long winter, a warm summer and a short spring and autumn.
The province receives annual sunlight radiation ranging from 100-200 calories per square cm, and 2100-2600 hours of sunlight with average temperature of 7-11o C. It enjoys 130- 200 days frost free period and 600- 1100 mm of precipitation every year.
Liaoning is a multi-nationality province with 44 nationalities in the province.
english.peopledaily.com.cn /data/province/liaoning.html   (260 words)

  
 Liaoning Province: China Travel Information
As the southernmost province of the three provinces in northeast China, Liaoning Province's proximity to the sea has given it commercial and strategic advantages throughout its history.
Liaoning's often troubled history has given us an interesting legacy of architecture and artifacts, as well as archeological treasures, which combined with its transcendent natural beauty, makes Liaoning Province an area you will want to visit many times.
Liaoning is the province in northeast China having the most sunlight, heat, and rainfall.
www.travelchinaguide.com /cityguides/liaoning   (1065 words)

  
 Shenyang Summit
The economy of Liaoning is by far the strongest in the Northeast and is one of the strongest among all provinces in China.
Liaoning is an especially important production base of equipment and machinery in the country, of which Shenyang and Dalian are the major industrial centers.
Liaoning Province is recognised as one of the most rapidly reforming regions in China.
www.shenyangsummit.com /index.php?link=shenyang&lang=english   (437 words)

  
 Gas And Heating Supply Project To Clean Up Environment Of Liaoning Province, PRC - ADB.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Covering six cities in Liaoning, the project will improve the efficiency and reliability of gas and central heating supply, and close small coal-fired boilers to reduce emissions.
The cities of Liaoning face severe air pollution problems due to a heavy reliance on coal as the primary fuel for its numerous heavy industries and small coal-fired heating boilers.
The Government of Liaoning Province is the executing agency for the project, which is due for completion around March 2009.
www.adb.org /Documents/News/2004/nr2004161.asp   (763 words)

  
 Natural History Magazine | Feature
A new fossil from northeastern China’s Liaoning Province
Liaoning’s farmers have been collecting fossil fish and insects in the area for decades.
Beneath the green farm country of Liaoning, northeast of Beijing, layers of sediment preserve communities of organisms that lived in and near ancient lakes: plants, insects, small dinosaurs, birds, fish, various reptiles, and mammals.
www.naturalhistorymag.com /0701/0701_feature.html   (1490 words)

  
 Liaoning - China Tour - Travel to China
The eastern part of Liaoning is dominated by the Changbai MountainsChangbai Shan and Qian Shan ranges, which extends into the sea to form the Liaodong Peninsula.
Liaoning is one of China's most important industryindustrial bases, covering a wide range of industries, such as machinery, electronics, metal refining, petroleum, chemical industries, construction materials, coal, and so on.
In paleontology, Liaoning is well known for its extraordinary fossils from the Lower Cretaceous period; eg, the early 'placental' mammal known as Eomaia.
www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Liaoning   (1372 words)

  
 Liaoning Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Liaoning is the richest of China's northeastern provinces.
Industries in the province include metallurgy, petrochemicals, machinery, and electronics.
Liaoning ranks among the top five provincial producers of beef, mutton, poultry, fish, shrimps, prawns, crabs, and shellfish.
www.paulnoll.com /China/Provinces/Province-Liaoning.html   (89 words)

  
 Falun Dafa Clearwisdom.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Falun Dafa practitioner Wu Bo of Fushun City, Liaoning Province is currently jailed in Division 11 of the No. 2 Prison District of the Masanjia Prison, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province.
Zhao Yanxia of Taipingzhuang Village, Jianping County, Liaoning Province, was arrested by five officers from Jianping County and Taipingzhuang Village Police Station.
Zhang Mingzhen of Qi County, Henan Province, 48 years old, was arrested by police on February 22, 2005 when she was distributing truth clarification material in Tuzhai Village of Sisuolou Township, Tongxu County.
cw83913.zhufa.org /emh/articles/2005/3/20/58623.html   (1738 words)

  
 Liaoning Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Liaoning is part of the industrial powerhouse of North-Eastern China.
It borders on North Korea to the South and has the important port of Dalian on the rugged peninsula extending into the Yellow Sea.
Eventually the communists took control from the Japanese, Russians and nationalists to bring the whole area into the People's Republic of China.
www.sacu.org /liaoning.html   (103 words)

  
 China Tourism
Liaoning plays an important role in the development of the old industrial base of the northeast region.
Dalian, a tourist city in northeast China's Liaoning Province, is listening to the complaints of visitors, and establishing a star rating system for its public toilets.
Anbo Hotspring-Ski Resort is the first outdoor skiing park in south Liaoning Province with 30 billion RMB funds by a Japanese enterprise.
www.chinainfotravel.com /China_Tourism.htm   (15054 words)

  
 Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - PetroChina to supply gas to China’s Liaoning province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Although no sales contracts have yet been signed between CNPC and gas users in Liaoning, CNPC initially plans to supply 1 bn cmpy of gas to the province.
CNPC plans to build a domestic pipeline spanning about 1,000 km from Beijing to terminate at Dalian city via Shenyang city, the capital of Liaoning province.
An official from CNPC said the gas the company will sell to users in Liaoning will be cheaper than the Russian gas.
www.gasandoil.com /goc/company/cns42074.htm   (329 words)

  
 Falun Dafa Clearwisdom.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Practitioner Sui Xin from Fuxin City, Liaoning Province was again sentenced to five years of imprisonment after he served two years of forced labor.
Li Yajuan from Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province was put into the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp for two years of forced labor for clarifying the truth about Falun Dafa.
Because of her determination to her belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, even after the due date of May 6, 2005 was up, the authorities of the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp didn't release her.
cw83913.zhufa.org /emh/articles/2005/6/10/61698p.html   (2353 words)

  
 D&B Profiles Wang Dan’s Last Laogai: Liaoning Province Jinzhou Switch Factory
After his second "conviction" in 1996, he was held in the Liaoning Province Jinzhou Prison.
This Laogai previously operated under the commercial name "Liaoning Jinzhou Xinsheng (New Life) Switch Factory." This camp is also a well-known Laogai enterprise.
"Liaoning Jinzhou Switch Works, located at the coast of the Bohai Sea, is a public enterprise specializing in producing high and low voltage electric switches and complete sets of switching equipment.
www.laogai.org /economy/page3.htm   (314 words)

  
 The Auto Channel - Search Results
China's largest van maker, Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd, said on Wednesday authorities in the northeastern province of Liaoning had approved the arrest of Yang, an executive director of the firm.
Shenyang is the capital of Liaoning province, which is Brilliance China's controlling shareholder.
Jiang was awarded a degree in Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Liaoning University in 1984 and a diploma in Accounting from the Central Finance and Economics University in 1992.
www.theautochannel.com /search/search.html?words=Liaoning+Province   (600 words)

  
 Falun Dafa Clearwisdom.net
Yao is from Huludao City, Liaoning Province and has been transferred back there and held in the Huludao Forced Labor Camp.
In August 2001, he was arrested while distributing Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province after leaving his hometown.
On March 9, 2004, Falun Dafa practitioner Gong from Yantai City, Shandong Province was arrested along with his two children, a 5-year-old girl and a 3-year-old boy.
clearwisdom.net /emh/articles/2004/4/26/47430p.html   (1134 words)

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