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  • Thumbnail for Yūzen
    Yūzen (友禅) is a Japanese resist dyeing technique where dyes are applied inside outlines of dyed or undyed rice-paste resist, which may be drawn freehand...
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    Lu Wei (simplified Chinese: 鲁炜; traditional Chinese: 魯煒; pinyin: Lǔ Wěi; born January 1960) is a former Chinese politician. He served as the deputy head...
    10 KB (881 words) - 06:58, 17 June 2023
  • Xue Heng (Chinese: 薛恒; born November 1955) is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career in his home-province Liaoning. He was investigated...
    7 KB (609 words) - 07:04, 12 June 2022
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    Mark Chao (Chinese: 趙又廷; Wade–Giles: Chao Yu-t'ing; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiō Iū-têng, born 25 September 1984) is a Taiwanese-Canadian actor and model. He made his...
    19 KB (1,288 words) - 05:46, 10 February 2023
  • Thumbnail for Shindō jinen-ryū
    Shindo Jinen Ryu (神道自然流) is a form of karate that was founded in 1933 by Yasuhiro Konishi (康弘小西, Konishi Yasuhiro). Konishi believed that if one lives...
    7 KB (592 words) - 21:44, 9 December 2022
  • Thumbnail for Junnosuke Yoshiyuki
    Junnosuke Yoshiyuki (吉行 淳之介, Yoshiyuki Junnosuke, April 13, 1924 – July 26, 1994) was a Japanese novelist and short-story writer, and a member of the so-called...
    3 KB (320 words) - 10:26, 1 September 2022
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    Hideo Oguni (小国 英雄, Oguni Hideo, 9 July 1904 – 5 February 1996) was a Japanese writer who wrote over 100 screenplays. He is best known for co-writing screenplays...
    3 KB (224 words) - 01:55, 23 September 2022
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    The Turpan water system or Turfan karez system Uyghur: كارىز, romanized: kariz) in Turpan, located in the Turpan Depression, Xinjiang, China, is a vertical...
    7 KB (742 words) - 23:04, 22 April 2023
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    Zheng Xiaoying (Chinese: 郑小瑛; pinyin: Zhèng Xiǎoyīng; born 28 September 1929) is a Chinese conductor and was the first female conductor in China. Zheng...
    10 KB (800 words) - 21:16, 27 May 2023
  • C. Y. Cyrus Chu (Chinese: 朱敬一; pinyin: Zhū Jìngyī; born 29 October 1955) is a Taiwanese economist and politician. He holds a Bachelor of Law (Department...
    8 KB (665 words) - 20:35, 8 February 2023
  • A Nippon individual savings account (NISA) is an account that is meant to help residents in Japan save money with tax-exempt benefits. It is modeled after...
    4 KB (428 words) - 12:44, 13 January 2024
  • Liu Lina (simplified Chinese: 刘丽娜; traditional Chinese: 劉麗娜; pinyin: Liú Lìnà; born 1979-02-20 in Xinjiang) is an Olympic equestrian sportswoman for China...
    2 KB (84 words) - 18:50, 23 May 2023
  • Nobuo Kawai (川合伸旺, Kawai Nobuo, 18 April 1932 - 24 June 2006) was a Japanese actor. He is most famous for playing villains and appeared in many jidaigeki...
    4 KB (447 words) - 01:23, 13 February 2023
  • Takashi Yamanouchi (山内孝, Yamanouchi Takashi, 10 January 1945) is a Japanese businessman. Yamanouchi has been the chairman of Mazda Motor Corporation. Yamanouchi...
    3 KB (164 words) - 20:58, 1 October 2022
  • Lizhuang (simplified Chinese: 李庄镇; traditional Chinese: 李莊鎮; pinyin: Lǐzhuāng Zhèn) is a town in Dangshan County, Suzhou, Anhui Province, China. As of...
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    Jason Tsai (born Tsai Ji-chun Chinese: 蔡吉春; pinyin: Cài Jíchūn; May 17, 1951 at Tainan County, Taiwan, is a Taiwanese founder and chairman of the Entagroup...
    7 KB (461 words) - 08:41, 3 March 2023
  • The Chinese Platinum Panda is a series of platinum coins of China produced from 1987 to 2005. The series is named after the image of giant panda printed...
    3 KB (223 words) - 00:26, 15 April 2022