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unusual facts about Tiger Hill, Suzhou



1N4001 and 1N5400 series diodes

In the version of these components manufactured for Fairchild Semiconductor by Suzhou, the silicon chip that rectifies the current weighs just 880 micrograms.

An Wang

A native of Kunshan County in Suzhou Prefecture, he was born in Shanghai, China, and graduated from Chiao Tung University with a degree in electrical engineering in 1940.

Canglang Pavilion

A pillar couplet has been formed by one verse from Ouyang Xiu's The Canglang Pavilion, and Su Shunqin's (苏舜钦) Passing by Suzhou (过苏州), "The refreshing breeze and the bright moon are priceless; And water nearby and hills afar how beautifully they rate".

China Nepstar

These cities include Shenzhen (from 202 stores as of December 31, 2006 to 311 stores as of December 31, 2007), Dalian (from 127 stores to 174 stores), Guangzhou (from 123 stores to 161 stores), Hangzhou (from 102 stores to 144 stores), Ningbo (from 73 stores to 96 stores), Dongguan (from 75 stores to 94 stores), Suzhou (from 54 stores to 70 stores), Tianjin (from 23 stores to 66 stores), and Shanghai (from 46 stores to 60 stores).

Chio Lim Stone Forest

Ltd is an international corporate advisory firm with offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou, Chengdu and Shenzhen.

Dantherm

In 1996 the company established a production facility in Spartanburg, USA and in 2001 in Suzhou, China.

Ducun

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

Empress Dowager Bo

The future Empress Dowager Bo's father, Gentleman Bo (薄翁), came from Wu County (吳縣, in modern Suzhou, Jiangsu).

Ghatak Force

Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav of 18 Grenadiers was a part of the Ghatak Commando platoon during the action on Tiger Hill in the Kargil War, for which he was awarded India's highest gallantry award the Param Vir Chakra.

Heilind Electronics

The company further expanded internationally in 2012, first purchasing distributor Kotek Eletro Eletronica Ltda, based in São Paulo City, São Paulo, Brazil, and then later that same year opening offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Suzhou and Dongguan, China.

Hiroshima Maple Reds

They won the 1st prize at the 2nd East Asian Handball Club Championship in 2005 in Suzhou, China.

Ji Cheng

Ji Cheng was born in the Ming Wanli Reign 10th year (1582) in Tong Li township, Wujiang county, Suzhou.

Ji Jianye

He worked as deputy editor for Suzhou Daily, and as government official in Wu County and Kunshan.

Jincang Lake

In 2003, the government invested in constructing a new highway connecting Suzhou, Kunshan and Taicang.

Josephine Teo

She began her career there in enterprise development, and was later posted to Suzhou, China, as part of EDB's pioneering team there.

Kunqu

Today, Kunqu is performed professionally in seven Mainland Chinese major cities: Beijing (Northern Kunqu Theatre), Shanghai (Shanghai Kunqu Theatre), Suzhou (Suzhou Kunqu Theatre), Nanjing (Jiangsu Province Kunqu Theatre), Chenzhou (Hunan Kunqu Theatre), Yongjia County/Wenzhou (Yongjia Kunqu Theatre) and Hangzhou (Zhejiang Province Kunqu Theatre), as well as in Taipei.

L. S. Starrett Company

In 1998 Starrett expanded into China, opening a new plant in Suzhou.

Li Rongrong

Born in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, Li graduated from department of chemical engineering of Tianjin University, majoring in electro-chemistry.

Lingering Garden

The East Garden became famous in its day when the magistrates of Wu and Changzhou County both praised the design of Shi Ping Peak, a rockery constructed to resemble Tiantai Mountain in Putao.

Liu Xiaosheng

His personal best time is 45.79 seconds, achieved in June 2007 in Suzhou.

Lou Ye

Upon its release, international audiences praised Suzhou River, which several critics felt evoked Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, particularly in how both films focus on a man obsessed with a mysterious woman.

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.

Sky Burial

The novel involves a Chinese woman, Shu Wen, retelling her life in Tibet to Xinran in a tea shop in Suzhou.

Sky-Watcher

The products are manufactured at Synta Taiwan's Suzhou Synta Optical Technology Co., Ltd. in Suzhou (Jiangsu), China.

South Society

Chen Qubing (陳去病, 1874–1933, a native from Suzhou), Gao Xu (高旭, 1877-1925, a native from current Shanghai Jinshan District), and Liu Yazi (柳亞子, 1887-1958, a native of Suzhou) were three founding fathers of society.

SSCAC

Suzhou Culture and Arts Centre, Suzhou, China (formerly known as Suzhou Science and Culture Arts Centre)

Suzhou Polytechnic Institute of Agriculture

Suzhou Polytechnic Institute of Agriculture is situated in the downtown part of Suzhou, 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.

Tiger Hill

Tiger Hill, a ship involved in Aliyah Bet, an illegal immigration of Jews to Palestine in 1939

Tiger Hill, Suzhou

Tiger Hill boasts impressive rocks, deep dales, 3 matchless scenes, 9 suitable occasions for enjoyment, 18 scenic spots, and changing scenery at all times.

Wang Min

In May 2002, he became the Communist Party Chief of the city of Suzhou.

Wu Xian

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

Yogendra Singh Yadav

Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav of the 18 Grenadiers was part of the Commando 'Ghatak' (Deadly or Lethal) Platoon tasked to capture three strategic bunkers on Tiger Hill in the early morning hours of 4 July 1999.

Zhang Xiaoyi

In June 2007 he confirmed his form with a 8.09 m jump in Suzhou.

Zhou Can

His personal best jump is 8.22 metres, achieved in June 2007 in Suzhou.


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