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unusual facts about Jurong, Jiangsu


Ge Chaofu

He was most likely born in Jurong, the ancestral home of the Ge family, sometime in the latter half of the 4th century CE.


2010 Nanjing chemical plant explosion

The 2010 Nanjing chemical plant explosion occurred on July 28, 2010 in Qixia District, Nanjing, Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China.

Abatai

He then led a raiding force into northern China, advancing into Zhili, Shandong and Jiangsu from 1642 to 1643.

Battle of Huaiyin–Huai'an

Furthermore, all of the communist bases in central and northern Jiangsu were lost as a consequence because the natural barriers that would help to defend these communist bases such as Lake Hongze, Lake Gaoyou (Gao You Hu, 高邮湖), and Grand Canal of China were in nationalist hands when HuaiyinHuai'an region was lost by the communists.

The collapse of the communist bases in northern and central Jiangsu as a consequence of the fall of HuaiyinHuai'an region meant that the rural area as a rich source in grain production and providing soldiers was no longer within the communist grasp.

The nationalist victory resulted in a great blow to the morale of the enemy when Huaiyin, the capital of the communist base in central Jiangsu was taken by the advancing nationalists.

Cathay Organisation

Cathay distributed Golden Harvest films and when Jurong Drive-In screened Bruce Lee’s Big Boss, the line-up of cars was so long that many got out and walked.

Changzhou Changjiang Bus

Changzhou Changjiang Bus is a bus manufacturer based in Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.

Changzhou No. 2 High School

It nurtured many eminient figures like Zhu Muzhi (Chinese Communist news activist), Wu Ze (a famous historian), Yu Yunjie (a famous painter), and Yuan Ying (a famous writer), creating improved education in regions south of the Yangtze River (one of the famous mother rivers in Jiangsu Province).

China Health and Nutrition Survey

The study population is drawn from the nine provinces of Guangxi, Guizhou, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Liaoning, and Shandong.

Citibusiness Singapore

Citibank Business Singapore has 11 branches, namely at AMK Hub, Orchard Road, Paragon Citigold Centre, Parkway Parade, Bishan, Capital Square, Cuscaden Road, Esplanade, Vivocity, Great World City and Jurong East.

Danyang

Danyang, Jiangsu (丹阳市), county-level city of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China

Duan Chengshi

In 853, the story first appeared in Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang, which was published shortly after he returned to Chang'an after his term of acting Governor of Jizhou (now known as Ji'an in Jiangsu).

Ducun

Linhu, Suzhou, formerly Ducun (渡村镇), town in Wuzhong District, Suzhou, Jiangsu

Emperor Yang of Sui

Apparently beginning to consider the idea of evacuating to south of the Yangtze River, he ordered that a major palace be built at Piling Commandery (毗陵, roughly modern Changzhou, Jiangsu), and that another palace be built at Kuaiji Commandery (會稽, roughly modern Shaoxing, Zhejiang).

Goh Tat Chuan

It was his convincing performances in the middle of the park for Jurong which prompted Singapore coach Barry Whitbread to call him up to play for the Singapore national team in 2001.

Hao Meng

One night in the sixth lunar month of 196, he rebelled against Lü Bu in Xiapi (下邳; present-day Pizhou, Xuzhou, Jiangsu), the capital of Lü Bu's domain Xu Province, and led his men to attack Lü Bu's office, but was unable to break in.

Hua Tianyou

Born Hua Tingyou (滑庭友) in Huaiyin, Jiangsu province in 1901, Hua graduated from the No. 6 Normal School of Jiangsu Province in 1924.

Huan Xuan

They were soon joined by a number of other conspirators, and in spring 404 they started the uprising against Huan from the cities of Jingkou (京口, in modern Zhenjiang, Jiangsu) and Guangling.

Hudson Taylor

Buried 9 June 1905 in Protestant Cemetery (no longer existing) in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China

Joo Koon MRT Station

Built alongside with Pioneer, it was part of the Boon Lay MRT Extension (BLE) project announced by the Land Transport Authority in December 2004 to help people working in the Jurong Industrial Area travel faster.

Jurong Central Park

Jurong Central Park is a 8-ha regional park and the first in Singapore to have life-sized board-game features including life-sized Snakes and Ladders playground and Ludo Garden.

Jurong FC

Jurong Reptile Park pull out in between the season and there is a financial crisis in the club and facing a gravely financial problems, The New Paper planned and set up a "SAVE JURONG CAMPAIGN", "SAVE JURONG LIFE-LINE", "Walkaton", Golf Tournament" and a "Gala Dinner & Dance" in order to raise a fund of $500,000,00 which was achieved.

Jurong Lake

On 4 April 2008, the National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan announced a plan to develop the Jurong into a commercial hub outside the Central Business District (CBD).

Jurong Primary School

Taufik Batisah and Elvin Ng were educated in Boon Lay Primary School and Jurong Primary School respectively.

Jurong railway station

Construction of the Jurong station and the Jurong Line started in 1963 and was opened in 1965 amid much fanfare despite the rail line was not for passenger services, but however when politic and diplomatic relations strained between Singapore and Malaysia, and much further with more roads to Jurong Port and Jurong Island, freight services to Jurong were terminated in early 1993 with the station building demolished immediately after.

Jurong Secondary School

On the request of community leaders, then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew helped to establish the school in 1963 as Jurong Integrated Secondary School.

Li Mian

As part of the preparation for war, Emperor Dezong divided Yongping, making three of its seven prefectures — Song (宋州, in modern Shangqiu, Henan), Bo (亳州, in modern Bozhou, Anhui), and Ying Prefectures — into a new Xuanwu Circuit, giving Si Prefecture (泗州, in modern Huai'an, Jiangsu) to Huainan Circuit (淮南, headquartered in modern Yangzhou, Jiangsu), and adding Zheng Prefecture (鄭州, in modern Zhengzhou, Henan) to Yongping.

Li Rongrong

Since 1986, he had served as vice director of economics commission of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, director of light manufacturing bureau, director of planning commission of the city, and vice director of economics planning commission of Jiangsu.

Nanjing Foreign Language School

Nanjing Foreign Language School, (NFLS, Simplified Chinese: 南京外国语学校, or Nan-Wai (南外) for short), is a middle and high school located in Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.

Nanjing Military Region

Its jurisdiction covers all military and armed police located in Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Shanghai.

Peter Bakowski

He has been writer-in-residence at the B.R. Whiting Library in Rome; the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris; the University of Macau; Soochow University, Jiangsu Province, China; the Katherine Susannah Prichard Writers’ Centre in Greenmount, Western Australia; the Hobart Writer’s Cottage in Battery Point, Tasmania; the Arthur Boyd Estate of “Bundanon” near Nowra, New South Wales; the Broken Hill Poetry Festival, New South Wales.

Rudong Yangkou Harbour

Rudong Yangkou Harbour is a harbour in Rudong County, Nantong city, Jiangsu Province, China.

Sinojackia xylocarpa

It is endemic to eastern China in Jiangsu province, where it occurs at altitudes of 500–800 m.

Song Xiuyan

Following Gu Xiulian, who served as Governor of Jiangsu from 1983 to 1985, she is the second female Governor in China.

Synta Technology Corporation of Taiwan

investors, established the Suzhou Synta Optical Technology Co., Ltd in Suzhou (Jiangsu), China (outside Shanghai) as a manufacturing facility producing telescopes for Celestron and Tasco.

Township and Village Enterprises

More than half of TVE production in the 1980s occurred in Guandong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Shandong provinces, all of which border the Pacific Ocean.

Transportation in Suzhou

Shanghai–Nanjing Intercity Railway is a high-speed railway which is major serves commuter between cities in Jiangsu and Shanghai, with run at high speed, on time, and short headway in Suzhou New Area Railway Station, Suzhou Railway Station, Suzhou Industrial Park Railway Station.

Wang Maozu

In 1927, he resigned from National Central University and established Suzhou High School, based on Jiangsu Provincial No.1

Wei Feng

The Shiyu (世語) claimed that Wei Feng was a native of Pei (沛; around present-day Pei County, Xuzhou, Jiangsu), but the Jia Jie (家誡) by Wang Chang stated that he was from Jiyin (濟陰; around present-day Heze, Shandong).

Wu Xian

Wu County (Wu Xian), later Wuxian City, a former county and county-level city of Suzhou, Jiangsu

Xiao Mohe

In 580, after Northern Zhou captured the region between the Yangtze and Huai from Chen, Emperor Xuan made an attempt to recapture the territory, and Xiao served in the campaign along with Emperor Xuan's nephew Chen Huiji (陳慧紀), but after he was unable to capture Guangling (廣陵, in modern Huaiyin, Jiangsu), he withdrew.

Xu Shao

He then headed further south to Qu'e (曲阿; present-day Danyang, Jiangsu), where he joined Liu Yao, the Inspector of Yang Province.

Yangtze River Delta

In 2010, the association accepted 6 new members after six-year observation and review, including Yancheng and Huai'an in Jiangsu, Jinhua and Quzhou in Zhejiang, and Ma'anshan and Hefei in Anhui.

Yuan Zhen

Meanwhile, sometime thereafter, Yuan was made the military advisor to the prefect of Tong Prefecture (通州, in modern Nantong, Jiangsu), while Bai was made the military governor of Jiang Prefecture (江州, in modern Nanchang, Jiangxi).

Yuantong

Yuantong Station (元通), a railway station on lines 1 and 2 of the Nanjing Metro, in Jiangsu province, China

Yuneec International EViva

The Yuneec EViva is a Chinese low-wing, two-seat motor glider that was designed by Martin Wezel is now under development by Yuneec International of Kunshan, Jiangsu.

Zhili–Anhui War

In April 1920, while visiting a memorial service at Baoding for soldiers who died in Hunan, one-time presidential-candidate Cao Kun added more warlords to the anti-Anhui clique alliance, including the rulers of Hubei, Henan, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Jiangxi and Zhili.

Zhongli Mo

Zhongli Mo was a native of Yilu Village (in present-day Guanyun County, Lianyungang, Jiangsu).

Zhou Xinfang

Zhou, a native of Cixi, Ningbo, Zhejiang, was born in Qingjiangpu, north Jiangsu in 1895, in a family with a tradition of opera performance.


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