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(Encyclopedia) Hu Jintao ho͞oˈ jĭnˈtouˈ [key], 1942–, Chinese political leader, b. Jixi, Anhui prov. A hydroelectric engineering graduate (1965) of Tsinghua Univ., he joined the Chinese Communist party in 196...

(Encyclopedia) Grand Canal, Chinese Da Yunhe [large transit river], longest in the world, extending c.1,000 mi (1,600 km) from Beijing to Hangzhou, E China, and forming an important north-south waterway on the North...

(Encyclopedia) Pao-chi or Paoki: see Baoji, China. ...

(Encyclopedia) Khingan, Great, mountain range, China: see Hinggan Ling, Da. ...

(Encyclopedia) Yarlung Zangbo, river, Tibet Autonomous Region, China: see Brahmaputra. ...

(Encyclopedia) Ninghsia Hui Autonomous Region: see Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China. ...

(Encyclopedia) Kwangsi Chuang Autonomous Region: see Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. ...

(Encyclopedia) Hebei or Hopei both: ho͝o-bā [key], province, 78,900 sq mi (204,404 sq km), NE China, on the Bohai, an ...

(Encyclopedia) Silk Road, ancient overland trade route linking Asia and Europe, consisting of a network of caravan routes running from China across central Asia to the shores of the Mediterranean. Its starting point...

(Encyclopedia) Liaoning lyouˈnĭngˈ [key], province (2010 pop. 43,746,323), c.58,400 sq mi (151,295 sq km), NE China, on the Bohai and Korea Bay. The capital is Shenyang (Mukden). A part of Manchuria, it encompass...