Wu Gorge (simplified Chinese: 巫峡; traditional Chinese: 巫峽; pinyin: Wū Xiá), sometimes called Great Gorge (Chinese: 大峡; pinyin: Dà Xiá), is the second gorge of the Three Gorges system on the Yangtze River, People's Republic of China. Formed by the Wu…
Wenzhou World Trade Center (Chinese: 温州世贸中心大厦) is a 68-floor supertall skyscraper in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. Construction of the building began on 9 June 2003 and was completed in 2010 at 333 m (1,093 ft), giving it the title of the 25th-tallest b…
Wenchuan County (Chinese: 汶川县; pinyin: Wènchuān Xiàn, Tibetan: ལུང་དགུ་རྫོང༌།, ZYPY: Lunggu Zong) is a county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.
The Wanshan Archipelago (which means Myriad Islands Archipelago), sometimes referred to as the Ladrones Islands (Thieves Islands), is a 104-island archipelago that is part of the Xiangzhou District of Zhuhai Municipality in Guangdong Province, Peopl…
The Triathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, were held on Monday, August 18 (women) and Tuesday, August 19 (men), on the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling.
Tongchuan (simplified Chinese: 铜川; traditional Chinese: 銅川; pinyin: Tóngchuān; literally: "copper river") is a prefecture-level city located in central Shaanxi province, People's Republic of China on the southern fringe of the Loess Plateau that def…
Tingri or Dingri or Dhingri (Standard Tibetan: དིང་རི་; Wylie: Ding-ri; Chinese: 定日; Pinyin: Dìngrì = 'Lawn Mountain') is a town in southern Tibet. It is in Tingri County, Shigatse Prefecture with a population of around 523. It is often used as a ba…
Tiantai Mountain, Mount Tiantai, or Tiantaishan (Chinese: 天台山, p Tiāntāi Shān), formerly romanized as T‘ien-t‘ai, is a mountain in Tiantai County near the city of Taizhou, Zhejiang, in eastern China. Its highest peak, Huading, reaches a height of 1,…
The Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple (Chinese: 崇圣寺三塔) are an ensemble of three independent pagoda towers arranged on the corners of an equilateral triangle, near the town of Dali, Yunnan province, China, dating from the time of the Kingdom of Nanz…
The Sutong Yangtze River Bridge (Chinese: 苏通长江大桥; Wu pronunciation: [sutʰoŋ dadʒɔ], Pinyin: sūtōngchángjiāngdàqiáo) is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the Yangtze River in China between Nantong and Changshu, a satellite city of Suzhou, in Jiangsu p…
Siling Lake (Chinese: 色林错; pinyin: Sèlín Cuò; Tibetan: སེར་གླིང་མཚོ, ZYPY: Sêling Co), is a lake in the Tibet Autonomous Region, to the north of Xainza. Doijiang is located near the lake.
Shibaozhai (simplified Chinese: 石宝寨; traditional Chinese: 石寶寨; pinyin: shí bǎo zhài; literally: "Precious Stone Fortress") is a hill along the bank of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in Zhong County, Chongqing, China. This rocky and craggy hill has …
Foshan Shadi Airport (Chinese: 佛山沙堤机场; pinyin: Fóshān Shādī Jīchǎng) (IATA: FUO, ICAO: ZGFS), or Shadi Air Base, is a dual-use military and public airport serving the city of Foshan in Guangdong Province, China.
Qitaihe (Chinese: 七台河; pinyin: Qītáihé) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China. Covering an area 6,223 km2 (2,403 sq mi), it is geographically the smallest prefecture-level division of the province. Q…
Qian'an (simplified Chinese: 迁安; traditional Chinese: 遷安; pinyin: Qiān'ān) is a city in the northeastern part of Hebei province in North China.
Purple Mountain Observatory (Chinese: 紫金山天文台; pinyin: Zĭjīnshān Tiānwéntái), also known as Zijinshan Astronomical Observatory, is an astronomical observatory located on the Purple Mountain in Nanjing, China.
Pudacuo National Park (simplified Chinese: 普达措国家公园; traditional Chinese: 普達措國家公園; pinyin: Pǔdácuò Guójiāgōngyuán) is a 500 sq mi (1,300 km2) national park located in Shangri-La County, Yunnan Province in the People's Republic of China. The park was …
Pagri or Phari (Tibetan: ཕག་རི; Chinese: 帕里镇) is a town in Yadong County in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China, near the border with Bhutan. Population 2121 (2004).
The China National Convention Center, sometimes known as the Olympic Green Convention Center (simplified Chinese: 国家会议中心; traditional Chinese: 國家會議中心; pinyin: Guójiā Huìyì Zhōngxīn) is a new convention center located in the Olympic Green in Beijing.…
Nanjing Railway Station (Chinese: 南京站; pinyin: Nánjīng Zhàn) is a major railway station of Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
The Museum of the Imperial Palace of the Manchu State (Chinese: 偽滿皇宮博物院; pinyin: Wěi Mǎn Huánggōng Bówùyuàn; literally: "The Illegitimate Manchukuo Imperial Palace Museum") is a museum in the northeastern corner of Changchun, Jilin province, northea…
Canyons School District is a Salt Lake County school district in Utah, United States, which serves the communities of Alta, Cottonwood Heights, Draper, Midvale and Sandy. Residents of those communities voted to create the District in 2007, making Ca…
The Longmenshan Fault (Chinese: 龙门山断层) is a thrust fault which runs along the base of the Longmen Mountains in Sichuan province in southwestern China. The strike of the fault plane is approximately NE. Motion on this fault is responsible for the upl…
Jimo (Chinese: 即墨市; pinyin: Jímò Shì) is a county-level city in Shandong province, China, located north of Qingdao.
The Hotan Prefecture (Chinese: 和田地区; pinyin: Hétián Dìqū; Uyghur: خوتەن ۋىلايىتى; Xoten Wilayiti; Hotən Vilayiti) is located in the south-western part of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, bordering the Tibet Autonomous Region to the south.
K11 is a 61-floor skyscraper and shopping mall, completed in 2002, located near Huaihai Park in the former Luwan District of Shanghai. It is 278 meters high and was built by Bregman and Hamann Architects. It overlooks the People's Square across the …
Hoh Xil or Kekexili, (Mongolian for "Blue Ridge", also Aqênganggyai for "Lord of Ten Thousand Mountains"), is an isolated region in the northwestern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China.
Hezuo (Zö) City (Tibetan: གཙོས་གྲོང་ཁྱིར།, ZYPY: Zö Chongkyir; Chinese: 合作市; pinyin: Hézuò Shì) is the administrative seat of the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in southern Gansu province in Western China. It is home to the Gêndên Qöling (Zö G…
Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou University Town or Guangzhou University City (Chinese: 广州大学城) is an area featured by higher education institutions, located on Xiaoguwei Island (Chinese: 小谷围岛) in Panyu District, Guangzhou, China.
Grand Gateway Shanghai (Chinese: 港汇广场; pinyin: Gǎnghuì Guǎngchǎng) is an office complex consisting of two identical skyscrapers in the Xujiahui area of Shanghai, China.
Golog (or Guoluo) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese: 果洛藏族自治州; pinyin: Guǒluò Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan: མགོ་ལོག་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་, Wylie: Mgo-log Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) is an autonomous prefecture occupying the southeastern corner of Q…
The Gate of Supreme Harmony (simplified Chinese: 太和门; traditional Chinese: 太和門; pinyin: Tàihémén; Manchu: Amba hūwaliyambure duka), is the second major gate encountered when entering the Forbidden City from the south.
The Gate of China in Nanjing (simplified Chinese: 中华门; traditional Chinese: 中華門; pinyin: Zhōnghuámén), was a gate and defensive complex on the city wall of Nanjing, China. It was the southern gate of Nanjing city.
Gaomi (Chinese: 高密; pinyin: Gāomì) is a county-level city of eastern Shandong province, People's Republic of China, under the administration of Weifang City.
Fuzhou University (FZU simplified Chinese: 福州大学; traditional Chinese: 福州大學; pinyin: Fúzhōu Dàxué) is a university located in Fuzhou, China.
Futian Checkpoint Station (Chinese: 福田口岸站) is a terminus of Shenzhen Metro Longhua Line. It started operations on 28 June 2007. It is located at the ground level of Futian Port Control Point (Chinese: 福田口岸管制站) in Futian District, Shenzhen, People's …