Wan-hsien
(Encyclopedia) Wan-hsien: see Wanxian, China.
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Qiantang
(Encyclopedia) Qiantang, river, China: see Fuchun.
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Tsientang
(Encyclopedia) Tsientang, river, China: see Fuchun.
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Tungting
(Encyclopedia) Tungting, lake, China: see Dongting.
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Tan-tung
(Encyclopedia) Tan-tung: see Dandong. China.
Po Hai
(Encyclopedia) Po Hai: see Bohai, China.
Ergun
(Encyclopedia) Ergun, river, China: see Argun.
Lin Yutang
(Encyclopedia) Lin Yutang lĭn yüˈtängˈ [key], 1895–1976, Chinese-American writer, translator, and editor, b. Lunqi, Fujian, educated in China and at Harvard, Ph.D. Univ. of Leipzig, 1923. Lin spent most of hi...
mah jongg
(Encyclopedia) mah jongg mä jông [key], four-handed game, probably of Chinese origin, popular in the United States. It is played in many variations throughout China. In 1920, Joseph P. Babcock, an American travele...
Ordos
(Encyclopedia) Ordos ôrˈdōs [key], Mandarin Erdesi, sandy desert plateau region, c.35,000 sq mi (90,650 sq km), Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, N China; almost encircled by the great northern bend of the Huang...
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