Huanggutun Incident (Chinese: 皇姑屯事件; Japanese: Zhang Zuolin Assassination Incident (張作霖爆殺事件, Chosakurin bakusatsu jiken)) was an assassination plotted by the Japanese Kwantung Army that targeted Fengtian warlord Zhang Zuolin. It took place on June 4…
Huaibei (Chinese: 淮北; pinyin: Huáiběi) is a prefecture-level city in northern Anhui Province, People's Republic of China. It borders Suzhou to the east, Bengbu to the south, Bozhou to the west, and the province of Henan to the north.
Haiyan County (Chinese: 海盐; pinyin: Hǎiyán Xiàn) is a county in Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province of China.
Fuling (simplified Chinese: 涪陵区; traditional Chinese: 涪陵區; pinyin: Fúlíng Qū) is a district in the geographical center of Chongqing Municipality, China.
Delhi (SASM/GNC/SRC romanization of Mongolian: Delhi hot ᠳᠡᠯᠡᠬᠡᠢ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ ), or Delingha (Chinese: 德令哈; pinyin: Délìnghā; Tibetan: གཏེར་ལེན་ཁ།, Wylie: gter-len-kha, ZYPY: Dêrlênka) is a city in and the seat of the Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Pre…
The Chinese Aviation Museum (simplified Chinese: 中国航空博物馆; traditional Chinese: 中國航空博物館; pinyin: Zhōngguó Hángkōng Bówùguǎn), sometimes referred to as the China Aviation Museum and the Datangshan Aviation Museum (due to its location adjacent to the m…
The Capital Indoor Stadium (simplified Chinese: 首都体育馆; traditional Chinese: 首都體育館; pinyin: Shǒudū Tǐyùguǎn) is an indoor arena in Beijing, China that was built in 1968. It hosted matches between national table tennis teams of China and the United St…
The Temple of Confucius at Beijing (simplified Chinese: 北京孔庙; traditional Chinese: 北京孔廟; pinyin: Běijīng Kǒngmiào) is the second largest Confucian Temple in China, after the one in Confucius' hometown of Qufu.
Bazhong (Chinese: 巴中; pinyin: Bāzhōng; Wade–Giles: Pa-chung; literally: "centre of Ba") is a prefecture-level city in north-eastern Sichuan province, People's Republic of China.
Amne Machin or Anyi Machen Tibetan: ཨ་མྱིས་རྨ་ཆེན།, Wylie: a mye rma chin, "Grandfather Pomra") is the highest peak of a mountain range of the same name (Hanyu Pinyin: Animaqing Shan) in the province of Qinghai in west-central China.
The 2008 Chinese Grand Prix (formally the V Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on October 19, 2008 at the Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China. It was the 17th and penultimate race of the 2008 Formula One season…
The 2004 Chinese Grand Prix (formally the I Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 26 September 2004 at the Shanghai International Circuit. It was the sixteenth race of the 2004 Formula One season, and the first Chinese Gra…
The 1975 Haicheng earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter Scale occurred at 19:36 CST on February 4, 1975 in Haicheng, Liaoning, China, a city that at the time had approximately 1 million residents.
Zhuji (simplified Chinese: 诸暨; traditional Chinese: 諸暨; pinyin: Zhūjì) is a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Shaoxing in China's southeastern Zhejiang province, located about 40 miles south of Hangzhou. It h…
Yulshul Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Tibetan: ཡུལ་ཤུལ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ།, ZYPY: Yüxü Poirig Ranggyong Kü, Lhasa dialect IPA: [[jỳɕúː pʰø ̀rik ràŋcoŋkyː(l)]]), commonly known as Yushu (Chinese: 玉树藏族自治州; retranscribed into Tibetan as ཡུས་ཧྲུའུ།)…
Yangcheng Lake (Chinese: 阳澄湖; pinyin: Yángchéng Hú) is a freshwater lake about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) northeast of the city of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province, China.
Xitang (Chinese: 西塘; pinyin: Xītáng) is an ancient scenic town in Jiashan County, Zhejiang Province, China.
Xilinhot (Mongolian: Шилийн хот, , Shili-yin hota; simplified Chinese: 锡林浩特; traditional Chinese: 錫林浩特; pinyin: Xīlínhàotè) is a county-level city which serves as the seat of government for the Xilin Gol league in Inner Mongolia, People's Republic o…
Xiantao (Chinese: 仙桃; pinyin: Xiāntáo) is a sub-prefecture-level city in east of Hubei province, People's Republic of China. Located at the Jianghan Plain in the middle of Hubei province and spanning 112°55'—113°49' east longitude and 30°04'—30°32' …
The Wuhan Railway Station (Chinese: 武汉站) is one of the three main passenger railway stations of Wuhan, the capital of China's Hubei Province. It is located northeast of Wuhan's East Lake, near a small lake called Yangchunhu, and is adjacent to the 3…
Wudaokou (Chinese: 五道口; pinyin: Wǔdàokǒu), whose name is a literal reference to the fifth level crossing of the Jingbao Railway, is a neighborhood in the Haidian District of North West Beijing. It is around 10 km (6.2 mi) from the center of Beijing,…
Wanning (Chinese Postal Map Romanisation: Manning; simplified Chinese: 万宁; traditional Chinese: 萬寧; pinyin: Wànníng; literally: "ten thousand peace") is a county-level city in the southeast of Hainan Province, China. Although called a "city", Wannin…
Wafangdian (Chinese: 瓦房店; pinyin: Wǎfángdiàn) is one of the three "northern county-level cities", the other two being Pulandian and Zhuanghe, under the administration of Dalian, located in the south of Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. …
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (USST; Chinese: 上海理工大学; pinyin: Shànghǎi Lǐgōng Dàxué) founded in 1906, is a public university in Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
The Tianjin Tower, or Jin Tower (Chinese: 津塔; pinyin: Jīntǎ), or Tianjin World Financial Center (Chinese: 天津环球金融中心; pinyin: Tiānjīn Huánqiú Jīnróng Zhōngxīn) is a modern supertall skyscraper located in the Heping Business District of Tianjin, China,…
The Temple of the Six Banyan Trees (Chinese: 六榕寺; pinyin: Liùróng Sì; Wade–Giles: Liu4-jung2 Szu4) is an ancient Buddhist temple originally built in 537 in the Liang dynasty in Guangzhou, southern China.
The Taipa Temporary Ferry Terminal (IATA: YFT) is located in Taipa, Macau SAR, a few meters north of the Macau International Airport. It is currently solely served by Cotai Jet for services from the Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier, Hong Kong in Sheung Wa…
Siping (Chinese: 四平; pinyin: Sìpíng), formerly Ssupingkai (Chinese: 四平街; pinyin: Sìpíngjiē), is a prefecture-level city in the west of Jilin province, People's Republic of China. Located in the southwestern part of the province, in the middle of the…
Shennongjia Forestry District (Chinese: 神农架林区) is a county-level administrative unit (a "forestry district") in northwestern Hubei province, People's Republic of China, directly subordinated to the provincial government.
Shaanxi History Museum, which is located to the northwest of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in the ancient city Xi'an, in the Shaanxi province of China, is one of the first huge state museums with modern facilities in China. The museum houses over 370,…
The Puning Temple (Chinese: 普宁寺; pinyin: Pǔníng Sì; literally: "Temple of Universal Peace") of Chengde, Hebei province, China (commonly called the Big Buddha Temple) is a Qing dynasty era Buddhist temple complex built in 1755, during the reign of th…
Plaza 66 (Chinese: 恒隆广场) is a commercial and office complex in Shanghai, consisting of a shopping mall and two skyscrapers. The shopping mall has 5 levels with a total area of over 50,000 square metres.
The University of Pikeville Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine (UP-KYCOM) is a private, non-profit, osteopathic medical school located in Pikeville, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. UP-KYCOM was established in 1997, grants the Doctor of Osteopat…
The Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre (Chinese: 南京奥林匹克体育中心) is located in Nanjing Hexi New City, covers an area of 89.6 hectares, with a total construction area of about 401,000 square meters. As the main venue of the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and of t…
The Marble Boat (Chinese: 石舫; pinyin: Shí Fǎng), also known as the Boat of Purity and Ease, is a lakeside pavilion on the grounds of the Summer Palace in Beijing, China.
Lüliang or Lyuliang (simplified Chinese: 吕梁; traditional Chinese: 呂梁; pinyin: Lǚliáng) is a prefecture-level city in the west of Shanxi province, People's Republic of China, bordering Shaanxi province across the Yellow River to the west, Jinzhong an…