Tian Shan
The Tian Shan, also spelled Tien Shan,Standard Chinese: 天山; Pinyin: Tiānshān, Wade-Giles: T'ien-shan), Old Turkic: 𐰴𐰣 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃, Tenğri tağ; Uyghur: تەڭرىتاغ, Tengri Tagh, is a large system of mountain ranges located in Central Asia.
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Click on them to get its location and coordinatesMarco Polo Bridge Incident
The Marco Polo Bridge Incident, also known as the Lugouqiao (Lugou Bridge) Incident (盧溝橋事變) or the July 7th Incident (七七事變), was a battle between the Republic of China's National Revolutionary Army and the Imperial Japanese Army, often used as the m…
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (IATA: CAN, ICAO: ZGGG) is the main airport of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, China. Both airport codes were inherited from the old airport, and the IATA code reflects Guangzhou's former romaniza…
Anhui
Anhui (Chinese: 安徽; pinyin: Ānhuī; Wade–Giles: An-hui, Mandarin pronunciation: [ánxwéi]) is a province of the People's Republic of China, and is in eastern-China . Located across the basins of the Yangtze River and the Huai River, it borders Jiangsu…
Summer Palace
The Summer Palace (simplified Chinese: 颐和园; traditional Chinese: 頤和園; pinyin: Yíhéyuán), known as Yiheyuan in Chinese, is a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces in Beijing, China. It serves as a popular tourist destination and recreational pa…
Hubei
Hubei (Chinese: 湖北; pinyin: Húběi; Wade–Giles: Hu-pei; Postal map spelling: Hupeh) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the easternmost part of Central China. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to i…
The Venetian Macao
The Venetian Macao (Chinese: 澳門威尼斯人度假村酒店) is a luxury hotel and casino resort in Macau, China, owned by Las Vegas Sands. The Venetian is a 39-story, $2.4 billion anchor for the seven hotels on the Cotai Strip in Macau. The 10,500,000-square-foot (98…
Chang'an
Chang'an listen (simplified Chinese: 长安; traditional Chinese: 長安; pinyin: Cháng'ān; Wade–Giles: Ch'ang-an) is an ancient capital of more than ten dynasties in Chinese history, today known as Xi'an. Chang'an means "Perpetual Peace" in Classical Chi…
Qinghai
Qinghai (Chinese: 青海; pinyin: Qīnghǎi; Wade–Giles: Ch'ing-Hai; pronounced [tɕʰíŋxàɪ]), also known as Tsinghai, formerly known in English as Kokonor, is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northwest of the country.
The Bund
The Bund or Waitan (simplified Chinese: 外滩; traditional Chinese: 外灘; pinyin: Wàitān; literally: "outer bank"; Shanghainese: nga3thae1) is a waterfront area in central Shanghai. The area centres on a section of Zhongshan Road (East-1 Zhongshan Road) …
Fuzhou
Fuzhou (/ˈfuːˈdʒoʊ/; Chinese: 福州; pinyin: Fúzhōu, [fǔʈʂóʊ]; also formerly Foochow) is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian province, People's Republic of China. Along with the many counties of Ningde, those of Fuzhou are considered to…
Ordos City
Ordos (Mongolian: ᠣᠷᠳᠣᠰ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ Ordos qota; Chinese: 鄂尔多斯市) is one of the twelve major subdivisions of Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. It is within the Ordos Loop of the Yellow River. Although mainly rural, Ordos is administered as a prefec…
Pearl River Delta
The Pearl River Delta (PRD), Zhujiang Delta or Zhusanjiao in Guangdong province, People's Republic of China is the low-lying area surrounding the Pearl River estuary where the Pearl River flows into the South China Sea. It is one of the most densely…
Porcelain Tower of Nanjing
The Porcelain Tower (or Pagoda) of Nanjing (Chinese: 南京陶塔; pinyin: Nánjīng Táotǎ, or Chinese: 琉璃塔; pinyin: Liúlí Tǎ), part of the former Bao'en Temple (Chinese: 報恩寺; pinyin: Bao'en Si; literally: "Temple of Repaid Gratitude"), is a historical site l…
Heilongjiang
Heilongjiang (Chinese: 黑龙江; pinyin: Hēilóngjiāng ) is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northeastern part of the country. "Heilongjiang" literally means Black Dragon River, which is the Chinese name for the Amur. The one-c…
Soong May-ling
Soong May-ling or Soong Mei-ling, also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek or Madame Chiang (traditional Chinese: 宋美齡; simplified Chinese: 宋美龄; pinyin: Sòng Měilíng; March 5, 1898 – October 23, 2003) was a First Lady of the Republic of China (ROC), the …
Lake Manasarovar
Lake Manasarovar (Manas Sarovar; Lake Manas; Mapam Yumtso; Tibetan: མ་ཕམ་གཡུ་མཚོ།, Wylie: ma pham g.yu mtsho, ZYPY: Mapam Yumco; Nepali: मानस सरोवर; Chinese: 玛旁雍错) is a freshwater lake in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China 940 kilometres (580 mi) fr…
Changchun
Changchun is the capital and largest city of Jilin province, located in the northeast of the People's Republic of China. Lying in the center of the Songliao Plain, Changchun is administered as a sub-provincial city including 7 districts, 1 county an…
Peking Man
Peking Man (Chinese: 北京猿人; pinyin: Běijīng Yuánrén), Homo erectus pekinensis, is an example of Homo erectus. A group of fossil specimens was discovered in 1923–27 during excavations at Zhoukoudian (Chou K'ou-tien) near Beijing (written "Peking" befo…
List of longest runways
Although runway length may be of some academic interest, in terms of usability for airline operations, a runway of at least 6,000 ft (1,829 m) in length is usually adequate for aircraft weights below approximately 200,000 lb (90,718 kg). Large aircr…
Guizhou
Guizhou (simplified Chinese: 贵州; traditional Chinese: 貴州; pinyin: Guìzhōu; Wade–Giles: Kuei4-chou1; Postal map spelling: Kweichow) is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the southwestern part of the country.
Kokang
Kokang (Burmese: ကိုးကန့်; Chinese: 果敢; pinyin: Guǒgǎn; Wade–Giles: Kuo-kan), formerly the First Special Region, is a self-administered zone of Burma (Myanmar). It is located in the northern part of Shan State, with the Salween River to its west, an…
Leshan Giant Buddha
The Leshan Giant Buddha (simplified Chinese: 乐山大佛; traditional Chinese: 樂山大佛; pinyin: Lèshān Dàfó) is a 71-metre (233 ft) tall stone statue, built during the Tang Dynasty. It is carved out of a cliff face that lies at the confluence of the Minjiang,…
Chinese garden
The Chinese garden is a landscape garden style which has evolved over three thousand years. It includes both the vast gardens of the Chinese emperors and members of the Imperial Family, built for pleasure and to impress, and the more intimate garden…
Jinan
Jinan is the capital of Shandong province in Eastern China. The area of present-day Jinan has played an important role in the history of the region from the earliest beginnings of civilization and has evolved into a major national administrative, ec…
Jin Mao Tower
The Jin Mao Tower (Chinese: s 金茂大厦, t 金茂大廈, p Jīnmào Dàshà, lit. "The Golden Prosperity Building"), also known as the Jinmao Building or Jinmao Tower, is an 88-story landmark skyscraper in the Lujiazui area of the Pudong district of Shanghai, China.…
Anti-satellite weapon
Anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) are Space weapons designed to incapacitate or destroy satellites for strategic military purposes.
Tiananmen
The Tiananmen (simplified Chinese: 天安门; traditional Chinese: 天安門; pinyin: Tiān'ānmén), or Gate of Heavenly Peace, is a famous monument in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is widely used as a national symbol. First built dur…
Expo 2010
Expo 2010, officially the Expo 2010 Shanghai China, was held on both banks of the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China, from 1 May to 31 October 2010. It was a major World Expo in the tradition of international fairs and expositions, the first since 199…
Pudong
Pudong, formerly romanized as Pootung, is a district of Shanghai, China, located east of the Huangpu River across from the historic city center of Shanghai in Puxi.
Jiangxi
Jiangxi (Chinese: 江西; pinyin: Jiāngxī; Wade–Giles: Chiang1-hsi1; Gan: Kongsi) is a province in the People's Republic of China, located in the southeast of the country.
Shangdu
Shangdu (Mandarin pronunciation: [ʂɑ̂ŋ tú]), also known as Xanadu (/ˈzæn.ə.duː/; Mongolian: Šandu), was the capital of Kublai Khan's Yuan dynasty in China, before he decided to move his throne to the Jin dynasty capital of Zhōngdū (Chinese: 中都), whi…
Jilin
Jilin (Chinese: 吉林; pinyin: Jílín; former official name: Kirin) is one of the three provinces of Northeast China.
Shanghai Disney Resort
The Shanghai Disney Resort is an upcoming theme park resort by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. This is the first Disney park in mainland China and the second within the Greater China region, the other being the existing Hong Kong Disneyland. The reso…
Oriental Pearl Tower
The Oriental Pearl Radio & TV Tower (Chinese: 东方明珠塔; pinyin: Dōngfāng Míngzhūtǎ, official name: 东方明珠广播电视塔) is a TV tower in Shanghai, China.
1556 Shaanxi earthquake
The 1556 Shaanxi earthquake (Chinese: 华县大地震; pinyin: Huáxiàn Dàdìzhèn) or Jiajing earthquake (Chinese: 嘉靖大地震; pinyin: Jiājìng Dàdìzhèn) was a catastrophic earthquake and is also the deadliest earthquake on record, killing approximately 830,000 peopl…