Sham Chun River — (also called Shenzhen River or Shenzhen He) serves as the natural border between Hong Kong and mainland China, together with the Sha Tau Kok River.It formed part of the limit of the lease of the New Territories in 1898 in the Convention for the… … Wikipedia
Ng Tung River — on a clear day Ng Tung River (Chinese: 梧桐河; also known as River Indus) is a river in the northeast New Territories, Hong Kong. Tributaries of the river include Tan Shan River and Kwan Tei River. It collects other major rivers like Shek Sheung… … Wikipedia
Rivers of Hong Kong — The location of Hong Kong, adjacent to the coast, is not close to the system of major rivers in southern China, though the water to the west of Hong Kong is influenced by Pearl River. In 1,103 km² of land, the territory is largely hilly with over … Wikipedia
Hok Tau Reservoir — Infobox lake lake name = Hok Tau Reservoir image lake = Hok tau reservoir dam.jpg caption lake = dam image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = New Territories, Hong Kong coords = coord|22.4914|N|114.1814|E|region:HK… … Wikipedia
Keelung Campaign — The Keelung Campaign (October 1884 to April 1885) was a military campaign undertaken by the French in northern Formosa (Taiwan) during the Sino French War (August 1884–April 1885). Criticised at the time by Admiral Amédée Courbet, the commander… … Wikipedia
Taipei — /tuy pay /; Chin. /tuy bay /, n. Wade Giles. a city in and the capital of Taiwan, in the N part. 2,100,000. Also, Taibei; Older Spelling, Taipeh. * * * city, special (province level) municipality (pop., 2003 est.: 2,638,065), and seat of… … Universalium
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1939–1940 Winter Offensive — Warbox conflict=1939 40 Winter Offensive partof=Second Sino Japanese War date=Late Nov. 1, 1939 to Late March 1940 place=Vicinities of Anhui, Guangdong, Hubei, Henan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shanxi, Shandong, Suiyuan result= Japanese Victory… … Wikipedia
China — • Includes history, government, education, and religion Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. China China † … Catholic encyclopedia
arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… … Universalium
