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Wayne Wang

film directorBorn: 1/12/1949Birthplace: Hong Kong Wang was raised on American movies. In fact, he was named after John Wayne. He studied film at California's College of Arts and Crafts, and then…

John Woo

(Ng Yu-Sum [Cantonese]; Wu Yu-Sen [Mandarin])directorBorn: 5/01/1946Birthplace: Guangzhou, Canton, China Woo got his start in show business at Hong Kong's Cathay Studios, where he worked as a…

Peter III, king of Aragón and king of Sicily

(Encyclopedia) Peter III (Peter the Great), 1239?–1285, king of Aragón and count of Barcelona (1276–85) and king of Sicily (1282–85); son and successor of James I. In 1280 he established Aragonese…

China Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments Date of Information: 7/5/2022 Pres. Xi Jinping Vice Pres. Li Yuanchao Premier, State Council Li…

DK People & Places: Population

HONG KONG, CHINA FACTFILE: POPULATIONFIND OUT MOREPeople have lived on Earth for two million years. For most of that time, the population has remained small, as the number of births has roughly…

2000 Olympics: Table Tennis

MEN Singles: 1. Kong Linghui, CHN def. 2. Jan-Ove Waldner, SWE (21-16, 21-19, 17-21, 14-21, 21-13); 3. Liu Guoliang, CHN def. Joergen Persson, SWE (21-18, 19-21, 21-14, 21-13). Doubles: 1. Wang…

Guangzhou

(Encyclopedia) GuangzhouGuangzhougwängˈjōˈ [key] or CantonGuangzhoukănˌtŏnˈ, kănˈtŏnˌ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 3,113,800), capital of Guangdong prov., S China, a major deepwater port on the Pearl…