Beijing (redirect from Chinese Peking)
music Zhihua Temple music Tongzhou shanty Folk dance Tongzhou Dragon dance Miliangtun Stilts Traditional opera Kunqu Peking opera Melodious art Xiangsheng...
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Battle of Yangcun (Yangtsun) on 6 August and reached Tongzhou (Tongchou), 14 miles from Beijing (Peking), on 12 August. The relief force was much reduced...
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decided to continue advancing, this time along the Beihe River, toward Tongzhou, 25 km (16 mi) from Beijing. By 19 June, the force was halted by progressively...
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History of Beijing (redirect from History of Peking)
population. The completion of the Tonghui Canal in 1293 allowed barges from Tongzhou to sail through the city right to the gates of the imperial palace at Shichahai...
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Linqing. The Northern Canal joins with the Bai He (or Chaobai River) at Tongzhou. The Northern Canal (sharing a channel with Bai He) is also the only waterway...
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Peking–Mukden Railway (Chinese: 北京-奉天铁路; pinyin: Běijīng – Fèngtiān Tiělù) was a 19th-century steam powered trunkline connecting Peking (Beijing) and...
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before proceeding toward the outskirts of Beijing for a decisive battle in Tongzhou (also romanized as Tungchow). On 21 September, at Baliqiao (Eight Mile...
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before proceeding toward the outskirts of Beijing for a decisive battle in Tongzhou District, Beijing. On 21 September, at the Battle of Palikao, Sengge Rinchen's...
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Hiram Harrison Lowry was its principal. North China Union College in Tongzhou (通州協和大學). Its precursor (公理會潞河書院) was founded by the Congregational Church...
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towards Beijing. For the purpose of arranging for a camping ground in Tongzhou he accompanied Mr (afterwards Sir) Harry Parkes on his first visit to that...
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district of Beijing. It borders the districts of Shunyi to the northeast, Tongzhou to the east and southeast, Daxing to the south, Fengtai to the southwest...
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becoming a Presbyterian minister. Soon after, he was sent on a mission to Tongzhou, China. Although he found little success with direct evangelization efforts...
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October 21, 2013. Beijing Tongzhou International New City Investment and Operation Co., Ltd (July 4, 2012). "The Positioning of Tongzhou New City Upgraded to...
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Beijing Subway (redirect from Peking Metro)
from Shijingshan District in the west to the Beijing City Sub-Center in Tongzhou District, terminating at Lucheng just beyond the eastern 6th Ring Road...
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Kaiping Tramway and Imperial Railways of North China (section A Peking (Beijing) terminus at Ma Chia Pu (Majiabao))
Peking and extended the line to near the front gate of the Tartar city at Zhengyangmen as well as the addition of a branch line eastwards to Tongzhou...
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American missionaries and about 100 Chinese Christians in Tongzhou and escorted them to Peking. They took refuge in the Legation Quarter during the siege...
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stationed. At Tongzhou, British envoy Harry Parkes insisted the British and French delegations to make a high-profile entrance into Peking and refuses to...
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the south of urban Beijing. Of the suburban districts further afield, Tongzhou and Shunyi in the east are rapidly urbanizing. Mentougou and Fangshan lie...
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capital, Peking (Beijing), Loch was chosen with Parkes to complete the preliminary negotiations for peace at Tungchow (present-day Tongzhou District,...
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Boxer forces and fired upon several armed junks on the Hai River near Tongzhou in Beijing. They took part in the seizure of the Taku Forts commanding...
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for services rendered at Peking's International Hospital during the Boxer Rebellion. Abbie Goodrich Chapin was born in Tongzhou, China, the daughter of...
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infant mortality was reduced from 11.7% to 4.6%. Yang was born in 1891 in Tongzhou District, Beijing to a family of farmers. Her father was well educated...
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1st Brigade 'Beijing' (Maj. Gen. Liu Fengzhi) 1st Regiment (Peking) 2nd Regiment (Tongzhou) 2nd Brigade 'Baoding' (Maj. Gen. Huang Nanbeng) 3rd Regiment...
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Mei Lanfang performing the Peking opera "Resisting the Jin Army" at Tianchan Theatre...
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to negotiate with Prince Yi and representatives of the Qing Empire at Tongzhou (Tungchow) and to scout out campsites behind enemy lines. The delegation...
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COVID-19 pandemic in Beijing (redirect from COVID-19 pandemic in Peking)
17 in Haidian District, 4 in Fengtai District, 2 in Shijingshan, 6 in Tongzhou District, 1 in Shunyi District, 5 in Daxing District, 7 in Changping District...
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William Scott Ament (section Peking (1880–1885))
the evacuation of the besieged ABCFM missionaries in Tungchow (now the Tongzhou District of Beijing) (located 21 kilometres south-east of Beijing). As...
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Wang Yongquan as Old Master Li Feng Hui as Lin Shen Xing Minshan as Duan Tongzhou Wei Zhi as Prince Hui Zhao Da as Tuoba Yu Shi Shi as Princess Tuoba Chonghua...
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Xianfeng Emperor ordered Zaiyuan and Muyin (穆廕) to negotiate for peace at Tongzhou with British and French officials. An Anglo-French delegation sent to negotiate...
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French troops then advanced further towards Tongzhou near the Qing capital, Beijing (romanized as "Peking" at the time). Parkes and a delegation – whose...
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