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List of universities in mainland China - National. Peking University Renmin University of China Tsinghua University Beijing Jiaotong University University of Science and Technology Beijing Beijing University of Petroleum Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Beijing University of Chemical Technology China Agricultural University Beijing Forestry University Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Be ...

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Beijing ▶ (help·info) (Chinese: 北京; Hanyu Pinyin: Běijīng; Wade-Giles: Pei-ching; Postal System Pinyin: Peking) is the capital of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Beijing is one of the four municipalities of the PRC, equivalent to a province in China's administrative structure. Beijing Municipality ...

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Beijing (北京) literally means "northern capital", in line with the common East Asian tradition whereby capital cities are explicitly named as such. Other cities similarly named include Nanjing (南京), China, meaning "southern capital"; Tokyo (東京), Japan, and Tonkin (東京; now Hanoi), Vietnam, both meaning "eastern capital"; as well as Kyoto (京都), Japan, and Gyeongseong (京城; now Seoul), Kore ...

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Beijing (北京) literally means "northern capital", in line with the common East Asian tradition whereby capital cities are explicitly named as such. Other cities similarly named include Nanjing (南京), China, meaning "southern capital"; Tokyo (東京), Japan, and Tonkin (東京; now Hanoi), Vietnam, both meaning "eastern capital"; as well as Kyoto (京都), Japan, and Gyeongseong (京城; now Seoul), Kore ...

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Kalki, or Sri Kalki Bhagavan, the founder of Golden Age Foundation, He is considered to be the Kalki Avatar capable of bringing enlightenment and to introduce the Golden Age. Here he is commenting on The Significance of the Golden City.

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The Venus Transit of June 8, 2004 is the astronomical event of the year. The Venus Transit has always preceeded great break thrus in human conciousness and played a very significant role in the Mayan Calendar. This article presents the significance of the Venus transit on June 8, 2004 in its larger context and in relation to the Mayan Calendar.

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If you haven�t already marked the date of the Venus transit on June 8, 2004, in your diary, you might want to do so. Otherwise you could miss an astronomical event that only happens once in a lifetime. It is also the time of a global event when more people around the world are likely to be focused in a meditative state than ever before � the so-called Oneness Celebration.

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Ngawang Lozang Gyatso (Wylie transliteration: Blo-bzang Rgya-mtsho), (also Lobsang Gyatso) the Great Fifth Dalai Lama, (1617 – 1682), The Fifth Dalai Lama Lozang Gyatso was a political and religious leader in seventeenth century Tibet. He was the first Dalai Lama to wield effective political power over central Tibet. He initiated the construction of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. The Fifth Dalai Lama is known for unifying Tibet under the control of the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism, after defeating the rival Kagyupa sect and ...

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This page refers to the year 1979. For the Smashing Pumpkins song, see 1979 (song). 1979 (MCMLXXIX) is a common year starting on Monday. 1979 - Events. 1979 energy crisis - occurred in the wake of the Iranian Revolution January 1 - United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the "International Year of the Child." Many musicians donate to the "Music for UNICEF" fund. January 1 - Sino-American relations: United States and ...

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 • Summer (DST) AEDT (UTC+11) Canberra is the capital city of Australia and with a population of just over 323,000 is Australia's largest inland city. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory, 300 km southwest of Sydney, and 650 km north-east of Melbourne. Canberra was selected as the location of the National Capital in 1908 as a compromise between Sydney and Melbourne and is unusual amongst Australian capital cities as an entirely purpose-built, planned city. Following an i ...

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1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). 1922 - Events. January 7 - Dáil Éireann, the extra-legal parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64-57 votes. January 8 - The Social Democratic Youth League of Norway is founded. January 10 - Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éireann. January 11 - First successful insulin treatment of diabetes. January 12 - Briti ...

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Tenzin Gyatso (Tibetan: བསྟན་འཛིན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་ Wylie: Bstan 'dzin Rgya mtsho) (b. July 6, 1935) is the fourteenth and current Dalai Lama. The fifth of nine children of a farming family in the Tibetan province of Amdo, he was proclaimed the tulku (reincarnation) of the thirteenth Dalai Lama at the age of three. On November 17, 1950, at the age of fifteen, he was enthroned as Tibet's Head of State and most important political ruler, while Ti ...

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1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. 1981 - Events. January - Sarawak chamber found January 1 - Greece enters the EEC January 1 - Palau becomes self-governing January 4 - Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper January 13 - Donna Griffiths, a schoolgirl in Pershore, Worcestershire, UK, begins a uncontrollable series of sneezes that end September 16, 1983 - after 978 days Janua ...

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1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The world population growth in absolute numbers is believed to have been the highest ever around this time. [1] 1989 - Events. January 8 - the Kegworth Air Disaster - A British Midland Boeing 737 crashes on approach to East Midlands Airport - 44 dead January 16–18 - Race riots in Overtown, Miami January 10 - Cuban troops begin withdrawing from Angola January 10 - Assistant Austra ...

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Buddhist temples and monasteries, sorted by location. List of Buddhist temples - Australia. Nan Tien Temple List of Buddhist temples - Queensland. Queensland Burmese Buddhist Monastery List of Buddhist temples - Bhutan. Kurjey Lhakhang Kyichu Lhakhang Taktshang List of Buddhist temples - Canada. List of Buddhist tem ...

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Cornell University - Conception of Cornell. When Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White met in the New York Senate in January 1864, each a newly elected member, their eventual partnership seemed unlikely. Although both valued egalitarianism, science, and education, they had come from two very different backgrounds. Ezra Cornell, a self-made businessman and austere, pragmatic telegraph mogul, made his fortune on the Western Union Telegraph Company stock he received during the consolidation that led to its fo ...

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Continental Airlines - Early history. Continental Airlines began service in 1934 as Varney Speed Lines, named after its initial owner, Walter T. Varney, first operating out of El Paso International Airport. Varney Speed Lines changed its name to Continental on 1 July 1937 after new owner Robert Six had taken over. Six moved the airline headquarters to Stapleton Airport in Denver, Colorado in October of that same year. He w ...

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The Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese: 中国科学院; pinyin: Zhōngguó Kēxuéyuàn), formerly known as Academia Sinica (not to be confused with the Academia Sinica currently headquartered in Taipei), is the national academy for the natural sciences of the People's Republic of China. It is an institution of the State Council of China. It is headquartered in Beijing, with institutes all over China. The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) currently has five sections (Mathematics and Physics, Chemistry, Earth Science, ...

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The Xinhua News Agency (Simplified: 新华社; Traditional: 新華社; Hanyu Pinyin: xīn huá shè), or NCNA (New China News Agency), is the official press agency of the government of the People's Republic of China and the biggest center for collecting information and press conferences in the PRC. It is one of the two news agencies in mainland China, the other being the China News Service, and is among the premier world news agencies. Xinhua is an institution of the State Council of China. Critics of Xinhua therefore consi ...

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The China Baseball League (中国棒球联赛) or Chinese Baseball League or CBL is a fledgling professional baseball league in the People's Republic of China, founded in 2002. Very confusingly, there is another CBL, the Chinese Basketball League, which is a "division 2" basketball minor league for the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). The teams are: Beijing Tigers (北京猛虎) China Hope Stars (希望之星) (also based in Beijing) Shanghai Eagles (上海金鹰) Sichuan Dragons (四川蛟龙) Tianjin Lions (天 ...

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