By Ashlesha Patil|2012-01-23T01:32:28+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, Geography, Region|
Bent NIELSEN Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is one of China’s five Autonomous Regions: administrative divisions where certain ethnic groups—in this
By Ashlesha Patil|2012-01-23T01:32:27+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, Geography, Region|
Shawn SHIEH Zhejiang, on China’s southeastern coast, is one of the nation’s wealthiest and most fertile provinces. Since the tenth
By Ashlesha Patil|2012-01-23T01:32:27+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Geography, Region, Berkshire Encyclopedia of China|
Keith A. LEITICH Henan Province, in the north-central part of the country, is China’s most densely populated province. It is
By Ashlesha Patil|2012-01-23T01:32:27+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, Geography, Region|
David D. BUCK Shandong Province is located on the country’s northern coast, across the Yellow Sea from the Koreas, and
By Ashlesha Patil|2012-01-23T01:32:26+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, Geography, Region|
Bent NIELSEN Hebei is a northern province that surrounds the national capital, Beijing, and features the eastern extension of the
By Ashlesha Patil|2012-01-23T01:32:26+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Geography, Region, Berkshire Encyclopedia of China|
Di BAI Heilongjiang Province, in the far northeast corner of the country, is named after its longest river, the Black
By Ashlesha Patil|2012-01-23T01:32:25+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, Geography, Region|
Alex McKAY A Tibetan girl in traditional dress stands in a courtyard with intricately painted pillars. Tibet—“the Roof of the
By Ashlesha Patil|2012-01-23T01:32:25+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Region, Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, Geography|
Bent NIELSEN A woman in a rice paddy. Rice makes a significant contribution to the economy of Jiangxi province, with
By Ashlesha Patil|2012-01-23T01:32:24+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Region, Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, Geography|
J. Megan GREENE Hong Kong has one of the most important import-export and finance economies in the Pacific region. It
By Ashlesha Patil|2012-01-23T01:32:24+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, Geography, Region|
Robert John PERRINS View of the Tian Shan range, Xinjiang’s most scenic mountains. PHOTO BY JOAN LEBOLD COHEN. Xinjiang Uygur
