(Encyclopedia) KuomintangKuomintanggwōˈmĭnˈdängˈ, kwōˈmĭntăngˈ [key] [Chin.,=national people's party] (KMT), Chinese and Taiwanese political party. Sung Chiao-jen organized the party in 1912, under…
(Encyclopedia) NanjingNanjingnänˈjĭngˈ [key] or NankingNankingnănˈkĭngˈ [key] [southern capital], city (1994 est. pop. 2,224,200), capital of Jiangsu prov., E central China, in a bend of the Chang (…
(Encyclopedia) Sun Yat-senSun Yat-sens&oomacr;n yät-sĕn [key], Mandarin Sun Wen, 1866–1925, Chinese revolutionary. He was born near Guangzhou into a farm-owning family. He attended (1879–82) an…
U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History Government Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations Defense U.S.-China Relations PEOPLEThe largest ethnic group is the Han…
(Encyclopedia) Mao Zedong or Mao Tse-tungMao Tse-tungmou dzŭ-d&oobreve;ng [key], 1893–1976, founder of the People's Republic of China. Mao was one of the most prominent Communist theoreticians…
(Encyclopedia) Truman, Harry S., 1884–1972, 33d President of the United States, b. Lamar, Mo.
Truman remained active in politics for many years after his retirement, campaigning around the…
(Encyclopedia) ShanghaiShanghaishăngˈhīˈ, shängˈhīˈ [key], city and municipality (2010 pop. 23,019,148), in, but independent of, Jiangsu prov., E China, on the Huangpu (Whangpoo) River where it flows…
(Encyclopedia) Tussaud, MarieTussaud, Mariet&oobreve;sōˈ, tüsōˈ [key], 1760–1850, Anglo-French modeler in wax, b. Strasbourg, France, as Marie Grosholtz or Grosholz. She learned her art from her…
