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  • Helong Stadium

    He Long Stadium (simplified Chinese: 贺龙体育场; traditional Chinese: 賀龍體育場; pinyin: Hèlóng Tǐyùchǎng) is a multi-purpose stadium in Changsha, Hunan province, China.

  • Hall of Preserving Harmony

    The Hall of Preserving Harmony (Chinese: 保和殿; pinyin: Bǎo Hé Diàn) is one of the three halls of the Outer Court of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, along with the Hall of Supreme Harmony and Hall of Central Harmony. Rectangular in plan, the Hal…

  • Guizhou University

    Guizhou University (Chinese: 贵州大学; Pinyin: Guìzhōu Dàxué; abbreviation: 贵大 GuìDà) is a public coeducational university, located in the suburban outskirts of Guiyang, the capital city of Guizhou Province, China.

  • Ganden Sumtseling Monastery

    The Ganden Sumtsenling Monastery, also known as Sungtseling and Guihuasi (Tibetan: དགའ་ལྡན་སུམ་རྩེན་གླིང་, dga' ldan sum rtsen gling, Chinese: 松赞林寺 Sōngzànlín Sì), is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery situated 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the city of Zhong…

  • Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture

    Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese: 恩施土家族苗族自治州; pinyin: Ēnshī Tǔjiāzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu) is located in the mountainous southwestern corner of Hubei province, People's Republic of China. It forms Hubei's southwestern "panhandle", bord…

  • Drigung Monastery

    Drigung Thil Monastery (Wylie: 'bri gung mthil 'og min byang chub gling) is a monastery in Maizhokunggar County, Lhasa, Tibet founded in 1179. Traditionally it has been the main seat of the Drikung Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. In its early y…

  • Dongzhimen Station

    Dongzhimen Station (simplified Chinese: 东直门站; traditional Chinese: 東直門站; pinyin: Dōngzhímén Zhàn) is an interchange station for Line 2, Line 13 and the Airport Express of the Beijing Subway.

  • Dongshan Island Campaign

    Dongshan Island Campaign (traditional Chinese: 東山島戰役; simplified Chinese: 东山岛战役; pinyin: Dōngshān Dǎo Zhànyì) was a series of battles fought on the Dongshan Island, Fujian between the Nationalists and the Communists during the Chinese Civil War when…

  • Daocheng County

    Daocheng County or Dapba in Tibetan (Tibetan: འདབ་པ་རྫོང།, ZYPY: Dabba Zong; Chinese: 稻城县; pinyin: Dàochéng Xiàn), historically Daoba (simplified Chinese: 稻坝; traditional Chinese: 稻壩; pinyin: Dàobà), is a county of western Sichuan Province, China, l…

  • Dabie Mountains

    The Dabie Mountains (Chinese: 大别山; pinyin: Dàbié Shān) are a major mountain range located in central China. Running northwest-to-southeast, they form the main watershed between the Huai and Yangtze rivers.

  • China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509

    China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509 (SZ4509) was a flight from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, Sichuan to Wenzhou Yongqiang Airport, Zhejiang. On February 24, 1999 it crashed into a field while on approach to Wenzhou Airport, killing all 6…

  • Changxing County

     Changxing  (Chinese: 长兴县; Pinyin: Chángxīng Xiàn) is a county in the prefecture-level city of Zhejiang, China. Situated in the northern part of Zhejiang Province, it is close to the border of Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui Province, Shanghai and serves a…

  • Changbai Korean Autonomous County

    Changbai Korean Autonomous County, or simply Changbai County, is a county in southern Jilin province, China, facing Hyesan, North Korea. It is under the administration of Baishan City, 160 kilometres (99 mi) to the west-northwest, with a population …

  • Baotu Spring

    The Baotu Spring (Chinese: 趵突泉; pinyin: Bàotū Quán, sometimes translated as "Jet Spring" or "Spurting Spring") is a culturally significant artesian karst spring located in the city of Jinan, Shandong, China. It is mentioned in the Spring and Autumn …

  • Anshun Bridge

    The Anshun Bridge (Chinese: 安顺桥) is a bridge in the provincial capital of Chengdu in Sichuan, China. It crosses the Jin River.

  • Guangxiao Temple (Guangzhou)

    Guangxiao Temple (Chinese: 光孝寺; pinyin: Guāngxiào Sì; Wade–Giles: Kuang1-hsiao4 Szu4) on Guangxiao Road is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China. As the special geographical position, Guangxiao Temple often acted…

  • Yilong Lake

    Yilong Lake (Chinese: 异龙湖; pinyin: Yì Lóng Hú) is a large freshwater lake located in Shiping County, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan province, southwestern China. The lake has a surface area of approximately 32 square kilometres (12 sq mi) and is particul…

  • Yellow River oil spill

    The Yellow River oil spill was an oil spill in the Yellow River in Shaanxi, China which took place due to the rupturing of a segment of Lanzhou-Zhengzhou oil pipeline on December 30, 2009. Approximately 150,000 l (40,000 US gal) of diesel oil flowed…

  • Yarlung Valley

    The Yarlung Valley is formed by the Yarlung Tsangpo River and refers especially to the district where it joins with the Chongye River, and broadens out into a large plain about 2 km wide, before they flow north into the Yarlung Tsangpo River or Brah…

  • Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard

    Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard (Chinese: 烟台莱福士船厂) is a shipbuilding company in Yantai, Shandong Province, Peoples Republic of China. The shipyard is one of three operated by CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd.

  • Yangzhong

    Yangzhong (simplified Chinese: 扬中; traditional Chinese: 揚中; pinyin: Yángzhōng; literally: "Yang[zi River] middle") is a county-level city under the administration of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province, China.

  • Yalong River

    The Yalong River (Chinese: 雅砻江, p Yǎlóngjiāng, w Ya-lung Chiang) or Nyag Chu (Tibetan: ཉག་ཆུ་, z Nyag Qu) is an 822-mile (1,323 km) long river in Sichuan province in southwestern China. It is a tributary of the Yangtze River.

  • Xuanwu District, Nanjing

    Xuanwu District (simplified Chinese: 玄武区; traditional Chinese: 玄武區; pinyin: Xuánwǔ qū) is one of 11 districts of Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, China. Xuanwu District is an urban centre located in the north-eastern part of Nanjing.

  • Wulong County

    Wulong County (simplified Chinese: 武隆县; traditional Chinese: 武隆縣; pinyin: Wǔlóng Xiàn) is a county level subdivision of Chongqing Municipality, in South-Central China.

  • Workers Indoor Arena

    The Workers' Indoor Arena, also known as Beijing Workers' Gymnasium (simplified Chinese: 北京工人体育馆; traditional Chinese: 北京工人體育館; pinyin: Běijīng Gōngrén Tǐyùguǎn), is an indoor arena located west of the Workers Stadium in Beijing, China.

  • West Pearl Tower

    West Pearl Tower (Chinese: 四川广播电视塔) is a 339 m (1,112 ft) high tower built of reinforced concrete located in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China. West Pearl Tower started construction in 1992 but construction was halted later in the year due to budgeti…

  • Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture

    Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 文山壮族苗族自治州; traditional Chinese: 文山壯族苗族自治州; pinyin: Wénshān Zhuàngzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu) is an autonomous prefecture in southeastern Yunnan province, People's Republic of China, and the…

  • Tsaparang

    Tsaparang was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Guge in the Garuda Valley, through which the upper Sutlej River flows, in Ngari Prefecture (Western Tibet) near the border of Ladakh. It is 278 km south-southwest of Senggezangbo Town and 26 km wes…