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Q-in-Law
Q-in-Law is the name of a Star Trek book by Peter David. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. The Enterprise (NCC-1701D) is assigned to diplomatic duty to host the wedding between two houses of the Tizarin, a race that lives only in space and engages in co..
Qin
Qin, Qín or Ch'in (Wade-Giles) can refer to... A state: Qin (state), a state of China during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.Qin Dynasty, which followed Qin's unification of ChinaThe Former Qin (Di), Later Qin (Qiang) and Western Qin (Xianbei) in the Si..
Qina
Qina ([26°10′N 32°44′E]) is the capital of Qina Governorate, Egypt. ..
Qina Governorate
Qina (Arabic: قنا ) is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is in the south of the country, and covers a stretch of the Nile valley. Its capital is Qina. Governorates of Egypt Ad Daqahliyah | Al Bahr al Ahmar | Al Buhayrah | Al Fayyum | Al Gharbiyah | Al Iskandariyah | Al Isma'iliyah ..
Qincheng Prison
Qincheng Prison is a prison in Beijing Municipality. It exists since 1958. Its inmates are political prisoners. It is the only prison belonging to the Ministry of Public Security. Among its inmates are members of the 1989 Democracy Movement. Source Laogai Handbook 2003-2004 ..
QinetiQ
QinetiQ (LSE: [QQ.]) (pronounced kĭ-nĕt'ĭk, as in kinetic energy) is a British defence technology company, created out of the greater part of the government agency DERA when it was split up in June 2001 (with the smaller part forming Dstl). The Chief Executive at inception was the pre..
QinetiQ 1
QinetiQ 1 is a balloon designed to set a new manned balloon world altitude record of around 40 km (25 miles, 132,000 feet). The balloon is named after the main sponsors, QinetiQ (formerly part of DERA, the British Defence Evaluation and Research Agency). The immense 381 m high zero-pressure balloon..
Qingdao
青岛市Qīngdǎo Shì Abbreviation: 青 or 胶 (Pinyin: Jiāo) Administration Type Sub-provincial city City Seat The area of which Qingdao is located today was called Jiao'ao (胶澳) when it was administered by the Qing Dynasty. In 1891, the Qing Government decided to make the area..
Qingdao Haixin
The Qingdao Haixin, previously named Guangdong Hongyuan, Qingdao Hailifeng, Hefei Chuangyi and Qingdao Aokema is a Chinese Football Association Jia League football club. Contents 1 Names2 Guangdong Hongyuan Era3 Qingdao Era4 External Links Names The club has changed its nam..
Qingdao Liuting International Airport
}}; pinyin: ) is located in Qingdao, China. Its IATA Airport Code is TAO. Airlines Air ChinaAll Nippon AirwaysAsiana AirlinesCathay Pacific*DragonairChina Eastern AirlinesChina Southern AirlinesHainan AirlinesJapan AirlinesKorean AirShandong AirlinesShanghai AirlinesShenzhen Airlines External links..
Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
Qingdao Tiantai Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Qingdao, China. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home of Qingdao Haixin. The stadium holds 20,000 people. ..
Qingdao TV Tower
Qingdao TV Tower is a 232 metre high lattice TV Tower at Qingdao China with an observation deck in a height of 130 metres. It is located on the Taiping Hill in Julin Hill Park. External links [That's Qingdao - Qingdao TV Tower] ..
Qingdao University
Qingdao University is a university located in Qingdao, China. Qingdao University is a new comprehensive university in Shandong Province, which was combined with the former Qingdao University, Shandong Textile Engineering Institute, Qingdao Medical College and Qingdao Teachers' College in 1993. QU c..
Qingdao University of Science and Technology
Qingdao University of Science and Technology is a university located in Qingdao, China. Founded in 1950, it was formerly known as Qingdao Institute of Chemical Technology. It is a comprehensive multi-disciplinary university offering academic degrees in Engineering, Science, Business, Management, Hu..
Qingdao Zhongneng
Qingdao Zhongneng is a football (soccer) club playing at the Qingdao Yizhong Center in Qingdao, China. Their Head Coach is Yin Tiesheng. After eight years as owners of the club, state-run tobacco producers Qindgao Etsong Group 頤中集團 agreed to sell Qingdao Etsong FC to privately-owned cabl..
Qingde Wang
Qingde "Daniel" Wang (王青德) is an associate professor of astronomy at the University of Massachusetts. His research focuses on the hot interstellar medium and intergalactic medium. He received his Ph.D. at Columbia University in 1990. Wang has won the following honors: 1994 Lindheimer Fell..
Qinggong
Qinggong (qīnggōng T: 輕功 S: 轻功) is a martial art training that prepares its practitioners to jump exceptional distances. In fiction, its practitioners perform improbably exaggerated feats of acrobatics, such as easily scaling walls, flying over rooftops, gliding on water or walking on tre..
Qinghai
[Qinghai] ([Media helphelp]·[info]) (Chinese: 青海; Pinyin: Qīnghǎi; Wade-Giles: Ch'ing-hai; Postal System Pinyin: Tsinghai; Tibetan: མཚོ་སྔོན་ mtsho-sngon; Mongolian: Köke Naγur; Manchu: Huhu Noor) is a province of the People's Republic of Chi..
Qinghai Huading Industrial Company Limited
Qinghai Huading Industrial Company Limited (青海华鼎, Shanghai Stock Exchange 600243) is a China based international company. The Group's principal activities are the manufacture and sale of heavy-duty machine tools, food machineries, elevator parts and gear wheel container. Other activities i..
Qinghai Lake
Qinghai Lake from space, November 1994 Qinghai Lake or Lake Koko Nor (Tibetan: mtsho khri shor rgyal mo or མཚོ་སྔོན་ mtsho sngon po; Chinese: 青海湖;, pinyin: Qīnghǎi Hú, "Blue Sea"; Mongolian: Хөхнуур [Höhnuur], "Blue Lake"; Classical Mongolian: ᠬ..
Qinghai University
Qinghai University is a university located in Xining, the capital city of Qinghai Province, China. Established in 1958, the university awards Bachelor's degrees in the areas of Economics and Management, Agriculture and Stockbreeding, Science and Technology, Engineering, Veterinary sciences, Adult E..
Qinghe railway station
Qinghe railway station (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: }}}; pinyin: ) is a railway station in Beijing. Coordinate The station is located at 40°02.4′ N, 116°18.5′ E. Schedules There are 6 passenger trains stop at the station everyday: Train No. Arrive Depart Stops 7..
Qinghuayuan
Tsinghua UniversityQinghuayuan railway station This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. ..
Qinghuayuan railway station
Coordinates: [39°58′52″N, 116°20′01″E] Qinghuayuan railway station (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: }}}; pinyin: ) is a railway station in Beijing. History The construction work of the station was completed in 1910. The station was located near the east gate of Ts..
Qinghua clique
The term Qinghua clique refers to a group of Communist Chinese politicians that have graduated from Tsinghua University. They are members of the fourth generation of Chinese leadership, and are purported to hold hesitantly pro-democratic or reformist ideas (a number have studied in the United State..
Qingjiang
The Qingjiang is a tributary to the Yangtze River.[#endnote_Dams] It is 423 kilometers long.[#endnote_Probe] Its drainage area is 17,000 km2.[#endnote_ChinaDaily] The Qingjiang empties into the Yangtze at the ancient city of Yichang.[#endnote_ChinaTodayYichang] ..
Qingming
Qingming (Traditional Chinese: 清明; Simplified Chinese: 清明; pinyin: qīng míng; Japanese: 清明; Korean: 청명) is a solar term begins when Sun lies between the celestial longitude of 15° and 30°. It sometimes refers in particular to the day when Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude..
Qingming Festival
Burning paper gifts for the departed. This article is about the festival, for the solar term, see Qingming The Qingming Festival (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: }}}; pinyin: ), or Ching Ming Festival used in Hong Kong, literally Clear and Bright Festival, is a traditional Chinese ..
Qingnian Wenzhai
Qingnian Wenzhai (}; }) is a famous magazine published in the People's Republic of China. External links [Official Website (Chinese)] ..
Qingpu District
Qingpu is one of the districts of Shanghai, China, located to the west of Shanghai city. The only freshwater lake of Shanghai, Dian Shan Lake, is located in Qingpu. The population of Qingpu (at the end of 2001) was 456,834. It has an area of 675.11 km². Shanghai district map highlighting Qing..
Qingtan
Qingtan (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing-t'an), translated a "pure conversation," was a movement related to Taoism during the Wei-Chin period of the Northern dynasties. The most prominent of these groups was the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. Pure conversation has often been compared to the Zen practice of koa..
Qingtian dialect
Qingtian dialect (青田话) is a spoken dialect of the Chinese language. It is spoken in Qingtian, Zhejiang, China. ..
Qingxi Town
Qingxi (}; }) is an industrial town located in the western part of Dongguan prefecture-level city, Guangdong province, China. The town is situated in a somewhat mountainous region close to the Pearl River Delta. It is west of Shenzhen, and approximately 60 kilometers from the border with Hong Kong. ..
Qingyang
Qingyang (simplified Chinese: 庆阳; pinyin: Qìngyáng) is a prefecture-level city in China's Gansu province. Contents 1 Geography and climate2 History3 Administration4 Economy5 Culture6 External links Geography and climate Qingyang is in eastern Gansu province ..
Qingyang County
Qingyang County (simplified Chinese: 青阳县; pinyin: Qīngyáng Xiàn) is a county in Anhui under the jurisdiction of Chizhou. Its population is 280,000 and its area is 1181 square kilometers. The government of Qingyang County is located at Yongcheng Town. Qingyang County has jurisdiction over 9..
Qingyuan
Qingyuan (清远) is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong province of the People's Republic of China. It covers an area of 19.000 km². Qingyuan is on Bei Jiang river. There is an expressway to Guangzhou. Qingyuan is surrounded by mountainuous areas. Cantonese is spoken here. See also Liannan Ya..
Qingyuan Jiedushi
Qingyuan (清源) Jiedushi (節度使) was the official title of Chen Hong (陳洪), the military commissioner (jiedushi) of the Pinghai military prefecture (平海軍). Following the assassination of Wang Yanjun (王延鈞) by his brother Wang Yanhan (王延翰) in 933 and the subsequent proclaima..
Qingzang railway
Map of the railway The Qingzang railway, Qinghai–Xizang railway, or Qinghai–Tibet railway (Simplified Chinese: }}}; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), is a railway which connects Xining, Qinghai Province, to Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, in the People's Republic of China. The section of ..
Qingzhen
The term Qingzhen can also refer to Chinese Muslims or the Hui ethnic group. Qīngzhèn (清镇) is a county-level city under the administration of Guiyang in Guizhou province of the People's Republic of China. ..
Qingzhou
Qíngzhōu (青州) is the ancient capital of Shandong province, China. It survives to this day as a smaller county-level city to the west of Weifang. Tourism An old churchMuslim district, including at least two large and historic mosquesOu Yuan, a Ming Dynasty garden turned zoo and performance ar..
Qing anthem
The only official national anthem of the Qing Empire, The Cup of Solid Gold, lived less than a month when Wuchang Uprising occurred in 1911. It is in a very flowery Classical Chinese. However, the Republic of China denies that "The Cup of Solid Gold" is a national anthem. ..
Qing Dynasty
History of China 3 Sovereigns & 5 Emperors Xia Dynasty Shang Dynasty Western Zhou Zhou Spring & Autumn Eastern Zhou Warring States Qin Dynasty Western Han Han Xin Eastern Han Three Kingdoms Western Jin Jin Sixteen Kingdoms Eastern Jin Southern & Northe..
Qing gong
Qing Gong (qīnggōng T: 輕功 S: 轻功) translates to "light body skill", and consists of two main skills: One being the ability to perform vertical jumps of a height many times that of the human body, and the other being the ability to travel long distances with a flitting, continuous motion a..
Qinhuangdao
Coordinates: [39°56′N 119°36′E] Qinhuangdao (Simplified Chinese: }}}; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ch'in Huang Tao; postal pinyin: Chinwangtao) is a city in the Hebei province, in China. It is located approx. 300 km east of Beijing, on the Bo Hai (see Bohai Gulf), th..
Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium
The Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium will serve as one of the Football venues during the 2008 Summer Olympics. The stadium lies inside the Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre on the Hebei Avenue in Qinhuangdao, China. Its construction was started in May 2002 and completed on July 30, 2004...
Qinhuangdao Olympic Sport Stadium
Qinhuangdao Olympic Sport Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Qinhuangdao, China. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 35,000 people. The stadium was built in 2004. ..
Qinlingosaurus
Qinlingosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from Cretaceous Asia. The type species, Q. luonanensis, was named by Xue, Zhang and Bi in 1996 on the strength of an ilium, ischium and three vertebrae. From such little fossil evidence, it is classified as Sauropod incertae sedis. The name comes from..
Qinling Mountains
The Qinling Mountains (Chinese Simplified 秦岭, Chinese Traditional 秦嶺) are a major mountain range in central China. They form the main physical barrier between the Wei River valley and the Sichuan Plain. They were once home to the Qinling Pandas, but they were restricted to the mountains Se..
Qinling Panda
The Qinling Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca qinlingensis) is a subspecies of the Giant Panda, named by science in 2005. The first Giant Panda subspecies recognised, it differs from the more familiar variety by its brown fur, and smaller skull. This subspecies is restricted to the Qinling Mountains,..
Qinpu
This is a list of existing Qinpu 「琴譜」 or tablature score collections for the Chinese musical instrument, the guqin. Contents 1 What are qinpu?2 Guide to tables3 Listings3.1 List of located qinpu3.2 List of contemporary (21st century) qinpu3.3 List of litt..
Qinqiang
Qinqiang (秦腔, pinyin: Qínqiāng) or Luantan (乱弹, pinyin: Luàntán) is the representative folk opera of the northwest Province of Shaanxi, China, where it was called Qin thousands of years ago. Its melodies were originated from the rural areas of ancient Shaanxi and Gansu. It uses Bangzi ..
Qinqin
The qinqin ([[wiktionary:秦|秦]][[wiktionary:琴|琴]]; pinyin: qínqín) is a plucked Chinese lute with a wooden body, fretted neck, and either two or four strings. Its body can be either round, hexagonal, or octagonal. The qinqin is particularly popular in southern China: in Guangdong, Hong K..
Qintar
Qintar refers to a small currency unit of Albania, see Lekthe name used in the Arabic world for the quintal, a unit of mass. redirect[[Template:Disambig]]..
Qintex
For Hal Roach Studios see Hal Roach. Qintex Ltd. was an Australian company that came to prominence during the 1980's, until its collapse in 1989. Its main shareholder and Managing Director was Christopher Skase. At its peak, Qintex owned interests in the Australian Television Network (Channel 7), ..
Qintex (disambiguation)
Qintex may refer to: Qintex (I), an Australian business started by Christopher SkaseAn alternate name for the Hal Roach studios redirect[[Template:Disambig]]..
Qintong Boat Festival
Qintong Boat Festival (Chinese: 溱潼会船节)is an annual event in Jiangyan, Jiangsu, China. It has a long history since Ming Dynasty, and it is becoming an important tourist destination in the whole eastern China with the highlight of the Dragon Boat Racing. Qintong Boat Festival is held in..
Qinzhou
Qinzhou (simplified Chinese: 钦州; traditional Chinese: 欽州; Qīnzhōu; Wade-Giles: Ch'in-chow, older transliteration: Yamchow or Yen Chow) is a prefecture-level city on the Gulf of Tonkin in Guangxi in the People's Republic of China. Grain cultivation, hog husbandry, fruit growing and fishin..
Qin (state)
History of China 3 Sovereigns & 5 Emperors Xia Dynasty Shang Dynasty Western Zhou Zhou Spring & Autumn Eastern Zhou Warring States Qin Dynasty Western Han Han Xin Eastern Han Three Kingdoms Western Jin Jin Sixteen Kingdoms Eastern Jin Southern & Northe..
Qin Bangxian
--> Qin Bangxian or Bo Gu (秦邦宪or博古) (May 14,1907-April 8, 1946) was a senior leader of Communist Party of China in early stage, and well known for being a member of the famous group 28 Bolsheviks. A native of Wuxi, Jiangsu, Qin was born in 1907. He studied in the Suzhou Industrial Schoo..
Qin Dynasty
History of China 3 Sovereigns & 5 Emperors Xia Dynasty Shang Dynasty Western Zhou Zhou Spring & Autumn Eastern Zhou Warring States Qin Dynasty Western Han Han Xin Eastern Han Three Kingdoms Western Jin Jin Sixteen Kingdoms Eastern Jin Southern & Northe..
Qin Er Shi
Qin Er Shi (秦二世) Ancestral name (姓): Ying (嬴) Clan name (氏): Zhao¹ (趙), or Qin² (秦) Given name (名): Huhai (胡亥) Dates of reign: Oct. 210 BC–beg. Oct. 207 BC Official name: Second Emperor (二世皇帝) Temple name: None³. Posthumous name: None4 General note: ..
Qin Gong
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the Qin Gong, also known as the Sword of Light, was one of Cao Cao's famous swords. It was said to have cut through iron as easily as mud. The Qin Gong was the counterpart to Cao Cao's other sword, the Sword of Heaven.Cao Cao entrusted it Xiahou En,one his most..
Qin Kanying
Qin Kanying (b. 1974) is a Chinese chess player with an ELO rating of 2471 in 2004. She is a FIDE Woman Grandmaster. External links FIDE rating card for [Qin Kanying][] at ChessGames.com ..
Qin Lang
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Qin Mi
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Qin Ming
Qin Ming (秦明) is a character in the Chinese literary classic Water Margin. He was one of the highest ranking compatriots of Song Jiang. Before he joined the Liangshan heroes however, he was formally a commander of the Qingzhou troops serving the Imperial Court. Nicknamed the Thunderbolt (霹雳..
Qin Qi
Qin Qi(秦琪), in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a story about the early history of China, was supposed to be guarding a ferry point at the southern shore of the Yellow River(黄河). He refused to let Guan Yu cross the river and challenged Guan Yu, which resulted in his death when Guan Yu severed..
Qin Shi Huang
Qin Shi Huang Ancestral name (姓): Ying (嬴) Clan name (氏): Zhao¹ (趙),or Qin² (秦) Given name (名): Zheng (政) King of the State of Qin Dates of reign: July 247 BCE–221 BCE Official title: King of Qin (秦王) Emperor of Qin Dynasty Dates of reign: 221 BCE–Sept. 10,..
Qin Wuyang
Qin Wuyang was a young man who followed Jing Ke when the latter went on the mission to assassinate Ying Zheng, the king of Qin. Both Jing and Qin were first disguised as envoys from Yan and were there to present the severed head of "Fan Yuqi", a Qin turncoat, and a map of Dukang. However, Qin Wuyang..
Qin Zhong
Qin Zhong (秦钟) is a secondary character in Cao Xueqin's classic Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber. He is Qin Shi's younger brother and Baoyu's best friend and schoolmate. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Qin Zhong and Baoyu are aroun..

 


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