(Encyclopedia) Suzhou,&sp;SoochowSuzhou,both: s&oomacr;ˈjōˈ [key], or WuxianSuzhou,w&oomacr;ˈshēĕnˈ [key], city (1994 pop. 710,900), SE Jiangsu prov., E central China, on the Grand Canal…
(Encyclopedia) TaipeiTaipeitībāˈ [key], special municipality (2010 pop. 2,655,515), N Taiwan, capital of Taiwan and provisional capital of the Republic of China. It is the administrative, cultural,…
(Encyclopedia) TarimTarimdārēmˈ [key], Mandarin Dayan, chief river of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, NW China, c.1,300 mi (2,090 km) long, formed by the union of the Aksu and the Yarkant rivers at…
(Encyclopedia) Qinghai or TsinghaiTsinghaiboth: chĭngˈhīˈ [key], province (2010 pop. 5,626,722), c.279,000 sq mi (722,797 sq km), W China. Xining is the capital. Qinghai lies in the Tibetan highlands…
