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Wu-chou

(Encyclopedia)Wu-chou: see Wuzhou, China.

Su-chou

(Encyclopedia)Su-chou: see Suzhou, China.

Chern, Shiing-Shen

(Encyclopedia)Chern, Shiing-Shen, 1911–2004, Chinese-American mathematician, b. Kashing (now Jiaxing), China, D.Sc. Hamburg, 1936. While undertaking graduate studies in China (1932–34), Chern developed what bec...

Ch'üan-chou

(Encyclopedia)Ch'üan-chou: see Quanzhou, China. ...

Ch'ang-chou

(Encyclopedia)Ch'ang-chou: see Changzhou, China. ...

Eben-ezer

(Encyclopedia)Eben-ezer ĕbˈən-ēˈzər [key] [Heb.,=stone of help], in the Bible. 1 Stone set up (near Shen) by Samuel to commemorate the victory over the Philistines. 2 Site of the battle where the Philistines ...

White Lotus Rebellion

(Encyclopedia)White Lotus Rebellion, Chinese anti-Manchu uprising that occurred during the Ch'ing dynasty. It broke out (1796) among impoverished settlers in the mountainous region that separates Sichuan prov. from...

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