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unusual facts about Chang Hsien-yao


Chang Hsien-yao

Chang had been teaching at Taiwanese universities as assistant professor at Nanhua University, Central Police University and Chinese Culture University.


Aksyon

Patricia Fernandez (2011-2012, relief Showbiz Aksyon anchor for Yao) (Moved to Solar News)

Ancestors: 900 Years in the Life of a Chinese Family

Qin Yao (1544–1604) was the son of Qin He, who had achieved renown for leading the defense of the town of Wukang from pirates in the 1550s.

Asia Art Archive

Speakers have included Ron Arad, Sabine Breitwieser, Johnson Chang, David Elliott, Yuko Hasegawa, Manray Hsu, Hu Fang, Eungie Joo, Vasif Kortun, Barbara London, Charles Merewether, Frances Morris, Alexandra Munroe, Martha Rosler, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Sheena Wagstaff, Ada Wong, Wong Hoy Cheong, Pauline Yao, and Daniela Zyman, among others.

Blue danio

The taxonomic name honors A.F.G. Kerr, who collected the first specimen on Ko Yao Yai in 1929.

Book of Documents

Not all of the New Text chapters are believed to be contemporaneous with the events they describe, which range from the legendary emperors Yao and Shun to early in the Spring and Autumn period.

Although Confucius invoked the pre-dynastic emperors Yao and Shun, and figures from the Xia and Shang dynasties, he complained of the lack of documentation prior to the Zhou.

Buyang people

The Buyang of Guangnan County and Funing County are officially classified as Zhuang, while those in Napo County are classified as Yao.

In Yunnan, the Buyang are classified by the Chinese government as Zhuang, while they are classified as Yao in Guangxi (Li 2006).

Cephas Yao Agbemenu

Cephas Yao Agbemenu was a member of and contributor to the African Proverbs, Stories and Sayings Committee, chaired by Father Joseph Healey founded in Nairobi, Kenya.

Art Professor Cephas Yao Agbemenu, teaches at the Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya.

Christianity in Laos

Numbers of Protestants have also expanded rapidly in the Hmong and Yao communities.

Dance of the Yao People

The first 18 notes of the 1998 song "When You Believe," as recorded by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, are based on "Dance of the Yao People," although the Chinese composers of the original work were not credited.

Diego Gambetta

In C. Castelfranchi and Yao-Hua Tan, Trust and Deception in Virtual Societies.

Eddie Fyers

In the episode "Darkness on the Edge of Town", Fyers kills Yao Fei after having him record a confession to the Chinese Government in which he takes responsibility for the downing of a Ferris Air flight.

Emperor Shun

Danzhu, Yao's son and rightful heir, was banished and later defeated in battle.

Empress Zhang Yao'er

Zhang Yao'er was described as being well-versed in mathematics, poetry, and the Chu Ci.

Indent style

It was also popular in the early days of Windows, since it was used in three influential Windows programming books, Programmer's Guide to Windows by Durant, Carlson & Yao, Programming Windows by Petzold, and Windows 3.0 Power Programming Techniques by Norton & Yao.

Juliet Cariaga

She was named, along with Alexandria Karlsen as one of several women connected with Philadelphia businessman Andrew Yao, who was convicted of bankruptcy fraud, and later plead guilty to ten counts of fraud and money laundering for lying about and concealing gambling expenditures and extravagant gifts to former Playboy and Penthouse models.

Kawachi ondo

Kawachi Ondo (河内音頭) is a kind of Japanese folk song that originates from Yao City in the old Kawachi region of Japan, now part of modern-day Osaka Prefecture.

Lao Sung

The Lao Soung aren't actually one single ethnic group but are made up of (H)mong (the main group), Yao, Akha, Phu Noi and other people who live in the Laotian mountaintops.

Li Hai-ching

Japanese forces from the east at Yao-men, tried to fight their way through to Nong′an with the support of bombers but the defenders radio ceased broadcasting, Li's forces having captured the town.

Lü Dongbin

The kindness of Lü Dongbin is demonstrated in the Chinese proverb "dog bites Lü Dongbin" (狗咬呂洞賓 gŏu yăo Lǚ Dòngbīn), which means an inability to recognize goodness and repay kindness with vice.

Matthias Yao

In 1994, Yao was publicly challenged by the leader of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), Dr Chee Soon Juan, to stand against him in a single member constituency at the next general election.

Mong Khet Township

Among the many small towns and villages, in addition to the town of Mong Khet, the following communities are local centers: Wan Namtawnkang, Wan La, Wan Singpyin, Wan Hsi-hsaw, Wan Pang-yao, Wan Ho-hkü, Wan Kawnhawng, Wan Ho-nawng, and Ta-pom.

Punu

Bunu languages or Punu languages, the Hmongic languages of the Yao people of China

Qiao Zong

In late 408, Liu Jingxuan advanced to Huanghu (黃虎, in modern Suining, Sichuan), and Qiao Zong sought aid from Later Qin; Yao Xing sent an army to assist him, but at the same time, Qiao Daofu was able to resist Liu Jingxuan's advance, and after the armies stalemated for 60 days, Liu Jingxuan's army ran out of food supplies and grew ill, and was forced to retreat.

Shaozhou Tuhua

It is also known as Pingdi Yaohua (平地瑶话 "Lowland Yao dialect"), locally Piongtuojo, Piongtoajeu; "Yao" here might be a cultural designation, as only half of the one million speakers are classified as ethnic Yao.

Sosthene Yao

Sosthene Aubin Yao known as Sos Yao (born 7 August 1987 in Bloléquin Côte d'Ivoire) is a footballer, who currently plays in England for Tooting & Mitcham United.

Sun Ce's conquests in Jiangdong

As a defensive measure against Wu Jing, Liu Yao ordered Fan Neng and Yu Mi to garrison at Hengjiang Ford (southeast of present-day He County, Anhui), Zhang Ying to defend Danglikou (east of present-day He County, Anhui).

The Story of the Western Wing

It was a released as a silent film Romance of the Western Chamber (1927 film) in China in 1927, directed by Li Minwei and Yao Hou, and in 2005, the TVB series Lost in the Chamber of Love made a twist in the tale and had Hong Niang, played by Myolie Wu, falling in love with Zhang Sheng, played by Ron Ng, while Cui Yingying, played by Michelle Ye, would marry Emperor Dezong of Tang, played by Kenneth Ma.

Wang Shifu

Wang, Shifu, Edited and Translated with an Introduction by Stephen H. West and Wilt L. Idema; with a Study of Its Woodblock Illustrations by Yao Dajuin.

Wu Yao

Wu Teh Yao (simplified Chinese: 吴德耀; traditional Chinese: 吳德耀; pinyin: Wú Dé Yào, 1915–1995), an educator and a specialist in Confucianism and political science

Yago Alonso-Fueyo Sako

After unsuccessful trials at both Aris Thessaloniki F.C. and Hamilton Academical, Yao returned to Spain in January 2010, signing with modest Montañeros CF in Galicia.

Yao Chen

On November 17, 2012 Yao Chen married cinematographer Cao Yu in Queenstown, New Zealand.

Yao Jinnan

In September Yao competed at the Chinese Nationals and tied for gold in the all around with Shang Chunsong.

Yao Lifa

Yao Lifa, born in 1958, in Qianjiang City in the central province of Hubei, China, is apparently the first person in China elected through self-nomination to a municipal-level people’s congress.

Yao Ximing

Yao later migrated to the USA where he coached and played, winning the 1986 U.S. Open men's doubles with former Pakistani star Tariq Wadood.

Yao Xueyin

Yao was born into a family of landlord background in Dengzhou, Henan in 1910.

In 1930, Yao was expelled for taking part in student movement from Henan University.

Yao Zhenshan

Acting Commander-in-Chief of the National Salvation Army, Wu Yicheng, soon appointed Yao to Brigade Commander.

Yao's Millionaires' Problem

Yao's Millionaires' problem is a secure multiparty communication problem which was introduced by Andrew Yao, a prominent computer scientist and computational theorist.


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