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Emperor Kublai Khan |
Kublai Khan, named Hu Bilie, was the founder of China's Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). Born in 1215, he was the second son of Toluia and Sorghaghtani Beki and the grandson of the great Mongol conqueror, Genghis Khan. Kublai's mother raised him and his th... |
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Emperor Kangxi |
Emperor Kangxi, named Xuanye, was the fourth emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and the third son of Emperor Shunzhi. He was born on May 4, 1654 and died in 61st year of his reign (1722), Kangxi succeeded imperial throne at the age of 8 on Febr... |
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China Land and Mineral Resources |
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The composition and distribution of China's land resources have three major characteristics: (1) variety in type -- cultivated land, forests, grasslands, deserts and tideland; (2) more mountains and plateaus than flatlands and basins; (3) unbalanced... |
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China Fauna and Flora |
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China is one of the countries with the greatest diversity of wildlife in the world. There are more than 6,266 species of vertebrates, including 2,404 species of land vertebrates and 3,862 species of fishes -- more than 10% of the world's total. Ther... |
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China Surface Water |
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Surface water, also called land water, consists of rivers, glaciers, lakes and marshes. It is one of the key water sources for people's daily use and a major component of the world's water resources. China's rivers total 420,000 kilometers in length... |
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China Groundwater |
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Groundwater resources play a decisive role in the nation's water resources. China has an abundant reserve of groundwater with a vast distribution, good quality, free of pollutants, easily re-adjustable and in convenient supply. Cities in the north o... |
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China Ocean |
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China has an abundance of ocean resources: 18,000 kilometers of continental coastal line, over two million square kilometers of continental shelf, some 6,500 islands and about three million square kilometers of maritime space under its jurisdiction.... |
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China Aquatic Products |
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China has a vast water area and its aquatic products are of great variety, large quantity and high exploitative value. China's aquatic products can be divided into the following five categories: fish (most abundant), crustaceans, mollusks, algae and... |
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Distribution of Forests in China |
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The Greater Hinggan: The biggest and most important pine forest in China. The mountain is 1,400 kilometers long and 300 kilometers wide -- 62 percent of which is covered by forests with a total area of 15 million hectares. The Lesser Hinggan: locate... |
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China Anhui She Inkstone |
The history of inkstone goes back to over 5,000 years ago. There is a lot of archeological evidence that Chinese used inkstone for grinding ink. There was a stone inkstone found in a 5,000-year-old archeological site in Jiazhai of Shanxi Province. A... |
