11) Shaoxing. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...The most famous export is Shaoxing rice wine. The city is a center of light industry; manufactures include food, textiles, apparel, iron and steel, and machinery....
12) Tai, lake, China. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Dotted with islands, it is one of China's most scenic areas. The lake basin is one of the richest agricultural regions in China; rice, wheat, and cotton are grown....
13) Nanchang. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Gan River, near the southern end of Poyang Lake. A major transportation center, it has a port, rail links to Shanghai, Zhejiang, and Hunan, and an airport. It is...
14) Tso Tsung-t'ang. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Tso Tsung-t ang, (dzo dzoong-tang) (KEY) , 1812-85, Chinese general and statesman of the Ch'ing dynasty. He directed (1852-59) resistance to the Taiping Rebellion...
15) Chinese. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Tibetan family of languages (see Sino-Tibetan languages), which is also sometimes grouped with the Tai, or Thai, languages in a Sinitic subfamily of the Sino-Tibetan...
16) China. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Republic of China, country (2000 pop. 1,295,000,000), 3,691,502 sq mi (9,561,000 sq km), E Asia. The most populous country in the world, China has a 4,000-mi (6,400-km)...
17) Sino-Tibetan languages. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Tibetan languages, family of languages spoken by over a billion people in central and SE Asia. This linguistic family is second only to the Indo-European stock in...
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