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	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Beijing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The northwestern part of the municipality, especially Yanqing County and Huairou District, are dominated by the Jundu Mountains, while the western part of the municipality is framed by the Xishan Mountains.
		Mount Dongling in the Xishan ranges and on the border with Hebei is the municipality's highest point, with an altitude of 2303 m.
		Beijing's 18 districts and counties are further subdivided into 273 lower (third)-level administrative units at the township level: 119 towns, 24 townships, 5 ethnic townships and 125 subdistricts.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Beijing (5689 words)

	Beijing
		The Beijing city wall was torn down between 1965 and 1969 to make way for the construction of the 2nd Ring Road.
		The Great Wall of China, which stretches across the northern part of Beijing Municipality, made use of this rugged topography to defend against nomadic incursions from the steppes.
		The other eight districts and the two counties are located further out, and govern more distant suburbs, satellite towns, and some rural areas:
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/b/be/beijing.html (5811 words)

	History of Macau
		Chinese records of Macau date back to the establishment in 1152 of Xiangshan County under which Macau was administered, though it remained unpopulated through most of the next century.
		Members of the South Sung (Song) Dynasty and some 50,000 followers were the first recorded inhabitants of the area, seeking refuge in Macau from invading Mongols in 1277.
		China has promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's socialist economic system will not be practiced in Macau, and that Macau will enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs for the next 50 years.
	infotut.com /geography/Macau (1247 words)

	Sun Yat-sen - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		He was born to a peasant family in Cuiheng Village, Xiangshan County (香山县) of Guangdong Province, in southern China.
		The county has been renamed Zhongshan in his honor.
		At age 13 he went to live with an older brother, who had immigrated there as a laborer and become a prosperous merchant, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Sun_Yat-sen (1453 words)

	Sun Yat-sen Encyclopedia Articles @ PriceOfFreedom.com (Price of Freedom) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		On November 12, 1866, Sun Yat-sen was born to a Chiuchow peasant family in the village of Cuiheng, Xiangshan county, Guangzhou prefecture, Guangdong province (26 km (16 miles) north of Macao) and spoke the Zhongshan dialect of Cantonese.
		When Sun Yat-sen died in 1925, the name of Xiangshan was changed to Zhongshan in his honor.
		After receiving a few years of local schooling, at age thirteen, Sun went to live with his elder brother, Sun Mei, in Honolulu.
	www.priceoffreedom.com /encyclopedia/Sun_Yat-sen (3906 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Epoch Times Commentaries on the Communist Party — Part 6
		It was built during the Taiyan time period of the Northern Wei Dynasty 1,600 years ago and had precious statues and frescos.
		Although it was situated on a hillside quite a distance away from the county seat, the people who participated in the ‘Casting Away the Four Olds’ ignored the difficulties and made a clean sweep of the statues and frescos there.
		It is revered as “the first land of the blessed under heaven.” The temple is situated on the hillside north of the Zhongnan Mountains, 15 kilometers (9 miles) southeast of Zhouzhi County and 70 kilometers (42 miles) from Xi’an City.
	english.epochtimes.com /news/4-12-20/25087.html (12494 words)

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