11) Liaobei. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...The capital was Liaoyuan. It was one of nine provinces created in Manchuria in 1945 by the Chinese Nationalist government. However, since the Nationalists never gained...
12) Songjiang. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Mudanjiang was the capital. It was one of nine provinces created in Manchuria by the Chinese Nationalist government after World War II. Since the Nationalists never...
13) Ussachevsky, Vladimir. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Ussachevsky emigrated to the United States in 1931 and studied at the Eastman School. He joined the faculty of Columbia Univ. in 1947. After composing many works...
14) Younghusband, Sir Francis Edward. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
2001
...Sir Francis Edward, 1863-1942, British explorer, b. India. He explored Manchuria in 1886. The following year he journeyed from China to India, crossing the Gobi desert...
15) Harbin. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Part of the great Manchurian industrial complex of metallurgical, machinery, chemical, petroleum, and coal industries, Harbin also has railroad shops, food-processing...
16) Cathay. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...North China used by medieval Europeans, derived from the Khitan (or Khitai), a Manchurian people who conquered S Manchuria and N China and founded the Liao dynasty...
17) Chang Hsueh-liang. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Chinese warlord, son of Chang Tso-lin. On the death (1928) of his father, he succeeded as military governor of Manchuria. He was then known as Chang Hsiao-liang but...
18) Maritime Territory. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Russian Far East, between China (Manchuria or the Northeast) in the west and the Sea of Japan in the east. Vladivostok is the capital. The population (constituting...
19) Hinggan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...The capital was Hailar. The region, a part of Manchuria, is bordered on the north by the Amur River and on the west by the Argun River; both separate it from Siberia....
20) Lattimore, Owen. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...American author and educator, b. Washington, D.C. He was educated (1915-19) at St. Bees School, Cumberland, England, and did graduate research (1928-29) at Harvard....
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