A mercantile establishment or factory for foreign trade in China, as formerly at Canton; a succession of offices connected by a common passage and used for business or storage
a coastal administrative region in south-east China, formerly a British colony, currently a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
seaport and world's major commercial center on the southeastern coast of China, formerly a Crown Colony leased by China to Britain in 1842 and returned in 1997 (comprised of the Kowloon peninsula and a number of islands including the island of Hong Kong)
an area on the south coast of China, consisting of Hong Kong Island, the Kowloon Peninsula, the New Territories and 235 outlying islands. Population: 6,720,000 (mid-2001). Hong Kong was a British colony from 1842 to 1997, when it became the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China. Although it is part of China, it has its own government and financial system, and is an important financial and trade centre. Chinese Xianggang or Hsiang-kang Special administrative region of China (pop., 2002 est.: 6,785,000)
Peasant uprising in northern Korea in 1812 organized by Hong Ky ng-nae, a fallen yangban (court official), in response to oppressive taxation and forced labour during a time of famine caused by crop failure. The rebels prevailed for several months and were put down only after a concerted military campaign. A similar rebellion occurred in the 1860s
or Hung Hsiu-ch'üan born Jan. 1, 1814, Fuyuanshui, Guangdong, China died June 1, 1864, Nanjing Chinese religious prophet, leader of the Taiping Rebellion (1850-64). Born into a poor Hakka family, Hong showed signs of great intelligence but failed three times to obtain even the lowest degree on the civil-service exams. Suffering an emotional collapse, he had a vision in which he was instructed to rid the world of evil demons. He became the leader of his own brand of Christianity, demanded the abolition of opium smoking and prostitution, and promised an ultimate reward to his followers. In 1850 he began plotting a rebellion; the next year he declared himself Heavenly King of the Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace (Taiping Tianguo). His army of more than a million men and women soldiers captured Nanjing, which became Hong's new capital. Power struggles culminated in his leaving affairs of state to his incompetent older brothers; he withdrew and committed suicide in 1864 after a lingering illness
formerly a Crown Colony on the coast of southern China in Guangdong province; leased by China to Britain in 1842 and returned in 1997; one of the world's leading commercial centers
or Ko Hung born 283, Danyang, China died 343, Danyang Chinese alchemist and Daoist philosopher. He received a Confucian education but later became interested in the Daoist cult of physical immortality. His writings blended the occult doctrines of Daoism with the ethics of Confucius. His major work, Baopuzi ("He Who Holds to Simplicity"), discusses alchemy, diet, sexual hygiene, and meditation as well as the importance of ethical principles
orig. Maxine Hong born Oct. 27, 1940, Stockton, Calif., U.S. U.S. writer. Born to an immigrant family, she examined the myths, realities, and cultural identities of Chinese and American families and the role of women in Chinese culture in her fiction and nonfiction. Her widely admired The Woman Warrior (1976) and China Men (1980) blend fact and fantasy to tell aspects of her family's history
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