NEO-China Top City Main Tower — The NEO China Top City Main Tower is a 795 ft (242 m) tall skyscraper in the city of Chongqing, China. It has fifty four floors and is the one hundred and sixty fifth tallest building in the world. It was completed in 2008. See also List of… … Wikipedia
china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material … Universalium
China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast … Universalium
China — This article is about the People s Republic of China. For the state commonly known as Taiwan, see the Republic of China. For other uses, see China (disambiguation). PRC redirects here. For other uses, see PRC (disambiguation). People … Wikipedia
Neo-Byzantine architecture in the Russian Empire — Cathedral of Saint Vladimir in Kiev was the first neo Byzantine design approved for construction in Russian Empire (1852). It was not the first to be completed though, since construction started in 1859 and continued until 1889 … Wikipedia
Religion in China — Three laughs at Tiger Brook , Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism are one, a litang style painting portraying three men laughing by a river stream, 12th century, Song Dynasty … Wikipedia
Republic of China — This article is about the sovereign state on Taiwan since 1949. For the territories currently governed by the Republic of China, see Taiwan and List of islands of the Republic of China. Not to be confused with the People s Republic of China.… … Wikipedia
List of tallest buildings in Chongqing — This list of tallest buildings in Chongqing ranks skyscrapers in Chongqing, China by height. The tallest building in Chongqing is currently the Chongqing World Trade Center, which rises 283 m (929 feet). Chongqing is one of the largest… … Wikipedia
Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral — Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary Catedral Metropolitana de la Asunción de María (Spanish) Mexico City Cathedral, with the Metropolitan Tabernacle to the right. Basic in … Wikipedia
NEW YORK CITY — NEW YORK CITY, foremost city of the Western Hemisphere and largest urban Jewish community in history; pop. 7,771,730 (1970), est. Jewish pop. 1,836,000 (1968); metropolitan area 11,448,480 (1970), metropolitan area Jewish (1968), 2,381,000… … Encyclopedia of Judaism