criminal underground of the Ming and Qing dynasties of China. Their occupation entailed criminal activity, but as fences often acted as liaisons between...

report revealed that local people, some probably working as fences (see Fences in Ming China), purchased stolen animals and goods from highway bandits at...

within Ming China, and a robber could potentially sustain a living from stealing livestock and selling them to butcher-fences. Although fences usually...

The Ming Great Wall (Chinese: 明長城; pinyin: Ming changcheng), built by the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), forms the most visible parts of the Great Wall of China...

dynasties moderated the law in various ways. In Ming times, commercialization and urbanization meant that scams abounded. Fences who disposed of stolen goods...

built in the Yongle period of the Ming dynasty. As it was the southern gate of the Imperial City, and in ancient China "south" was regarded as the most...

part of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644 AD), China demanded eunuchs to be sent as tribute from Korea. Some of them oversaw the Korean concubines in the harem...

eunuch slave in the Ming imperial palace after he was captured and castrated as a boy by Ming Chinese forces, was the one who led the Ming expedition into...

gaiwan Ming table in the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1425–1436 Zhu-Ye-Qing-Tea Dragon Tea Pot, Republic of China Tea Pots, Republic of China Laoshan...

Convergence?". In Chan, Ming K.; Postiglione, Gerard A. (eds.). The Hong Kong Reader: Passage to Chinese Sovereignty: Passage to Chinese Sovereignty. Routledge...

Yuan dynasty (1279–1368) and then expanded in the Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1644–1911) dynasties. During China's dynastic period, emperors planned the city...

accomplices in the criminal underground of Ming and Qing China. Their occupation entailed criminal activity, but as fences often acted as liaisons between the...

elaborate level during the Tang dynasty, and continued in the following dynasties. For example, during the Ming dynasty, Beijing was divided into a total of 36...

Soviet Union such as Wang Ming, and the command of the Chinese Red Army was handled by a three-man committee that included Wang Ming's associates Otto Braun...

Michael Suen Ming-yeung GBM GBS CBE (born 7 April 1944) who served as the acting Chief Secretary for Administration in 2005 and 2012 and as Secretary...

Border Fence to Stem Flow of Migrants". New York Times. Retrieved 11 November 2015. "40 kilometres of new fences will be built in Slovenia in 2019" (in Slovenian)...

Square or Tian'anmen Square (/ˈtjɛnənmən/) is a city square in the city center of Beijing, China, named after the eponymous Tiananmen ("Gate of Heavenly Peace")...

July 24 of the Chinese Lunar Calendar during the Ming and Qing dynasties entertainers performed local operas on the stage. People gathered in the courtyard...

China's vast and diverse landscape is home to a profound variety and abundance of wildlife. As of one of 17 megadiverse countries in the world, China...

China are: Territorial changes of the People's Republic of China Territorial disputes of the People's Republic of China Chinese–Korean border fence McMahon...

Chinese). "九龍公園泳池突增圍欄" [Kowloon Park Swimming Pool suddenly gets fences]. Ming Pao (in Chinese). 8 April 2017. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kowloon...

Wang Ming, a Chinese communist returning from the Soviet Union. The Chinese Red Army was commanded by a three-man committee, which included Wang Ming's associates...

to ancient Chinese. Therefore, it was not included in the Three Enclosures and Twenty-Eight Mansions system. However, by the end of the Ming dynasty, Xu...

requested that Ming China intervene and help bring the Vietnamese back in line by force and demarcate the border between Champa and Vietnam. China, however...

a long period of political instability began in China. Buddhism was introduced into China by Emperor Ming (57–75 AD), and spread rapidly. By 495, the city...

the central government built wooden fences at all the entrances to the streets and lanes in Beijing. The fence was accomplished with contributions from...

pinyin: Táo Yuānmíng; Wade–Giles: T'ao Yüan-ming) to Tao Qian (simplified Chinese: 陶潜; traditional Chinese: 陶潛; pinyin: Táo Qián; Wade–Giles: T'ao Ch'ien)...

and spices in the South China Sea. The area then became known for producing pearls during the Yuan Dynasty. In the early Ming era, Chinese sailors of...

that took place in Taiwan and its surrounding islands. The island was the base of Chinese pirates who came into conflict with the Ming dynasty during the...

built by Vassal King Zhu Jianjun (朱見浚) in the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) during the reign of Chenghua Emperor, in the fourteenth year of Chenghua Era (1465–1487)...