(Encyclopedia) Barrow, Sir John, 1764–1848, British geographer, promoter of arctic exploration. His early travels as secretary to Earl Macartney (who was ambassador to China and governor of the Cape…
(Encyclopedia) AnshanAnshanänˈshänˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 1,251,700), central Liaoning prov., China, on a branch of the South Liaoning RR. Its huge integrated iron and steel complex is the…
(Encyclopedia) Hinggan Ling, Da, or Great KhinganHinggan Ling, Da,both: hĭngˈgänˈ [key], mountain range, Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, NE China, extending c.750 mi (1,210 km) from the Amur River…
(Encyclopedia) SuiyuanSuiyuanswāˈyüänˈ [key], former province (c.126,000 sq mi/326,340 sq km), N China. The capital was Guisui (Hohhot). The region of Suiyuan, part of Inner Mongolia, is chiefly a…
(Encyclopedia) YiningYiningyēˈnĭngˈ [key] or GuljaYiningg&oobreve;lˈjäˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 197,500), W Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, on the Ili River in the Dzungarian basin.…
(Encyclopedia) Carlson, Evans Fordyce, 1896–1947, U.S. marine officer, b. Delaware co., N.Y. Enlisting at 16 in the army, he served in the Philippines and Hawaii and in France during World War I. In…
(Encyclopedia) Hsüan-tsangHsüan-tsangshüän-dzäng [key], 605?–664, Chinese Buddhist scholar and translator. He early entered monastic life and later traveled in China, teaching and studying. Between…
(Encyclopedia) extraterritoriality or exterritoriality, privilege of immunity from local law enforcement enjoyed by certain aliens. Although physically present upon the territory of a foreign nation…
Droughts are unusually long periods of insufficient rainfall. Since ancient times droughts have had far-reaching effects on humankind by causing the failure of…
Traders from Indonesia, India, China, and the Middle East have all influenced Malay cooking, which can be quite varied because of the ethnic mix of the country. Ethnic Malays are Muslim and do not…
