Distributor:Weston Woods Mia Farrow narrates a moving iconographic presentation of a picture book based on author Rose Lewis’ experience adopting a baby girl from China.
(Encyclopedia) FuchunFuchunf&oomacr;ˈch&oobreve;nˈ [key] or QiantangFuchunchēĕnˈtängˈ [key], river, 285 mi (459 km) long, Zhejiang prov., SE China. An important commercial artery, it flows NE…
(Encyclopedia) Manzhouli or ManchouliManchouliboth: mänˈjōˈlēˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 129,100), NE Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, China, on the Russian border. Heavy industry is the most…
(Encyclopedia) TaishanTaishantīˈshänˈ [key] or TaiTaishantī [key], peak, 5,069 ft (1,545 m) high, W Shandong prov., E China. Located in the homeland of Confucius, it is China's most sacred mountain.…
(Encyclopedia) Tanggula ShanTanggula Shantäng-g&oomacr;-lä shän [key] or TanglaTanggula Shantäng-lä, däng-lä [key], mountain range, southeast extension of the Karakorum range, in the central…
(Encyclopedia) BeihaiBeihaibāˈhīˈ [key] or PakhoiPakhoibäkˈhoiˈ [key], town (1994 est. pop. 135,500), Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, SE China, an important fishing and trade port on the Gulf of…
(Encyclopedia) SoongSoongs&oobreve;ng [key], Mandarin Song, Chinese family, prominent in public affairs. Soong Yao-ju or Charles Jones Soong, 1866–1918, graduated from Vanderbilt Univ. and, after…
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AsiaAsiaāˈzhə [key], the world's largest continent 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km) and most populous (2015 est. pop. 4,419,898,000), with nearly three fifths of the world's…
