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unusual facts about Tongzhou District, Nantong



Amber Parkinson

In August 2007 Parkinson competed in the Asian Fencing Championships Nantong, China, coming second.

Arthur Henderson Smith

Smith and his wife were attending a missionary conference in Tongzhou in May 1900 when all the missionaries in Northern China found it necessary to seek safety from the Boxers by fleeing to Beijing or Tianjin.

Battle of Beiping–Tianjin

On 27 July, as the Japanese laid siege to Chinese forces in Tongzhou, one Chinese battalion broke out and fell back to Nanyuan.

Battle of Zhangjiawan

Battle of Zhangjiawan was fought at the village of Zhangjiawan (to the east of Tongzhou) by British and French forces during the Second Opium War on the morning of 18 September 1860.

East Hebei Autonomous Council

Ten days later, on 25 November, he proclaimed them to be independent of the Republic of China and to have their capital at T'ungchow.

Henry Loch, 1st Baron Loch

During the advance on Peking Loch was chosen with Parkes to complete the preliminary negotiations for peace at Tungchow.

Hyosung

Contracted with Goodyear for the long-term supply of Tire Cords and Contracted to take over four Factories around the World; acquired an Agfa photo production facility in Germany; acquired the Nantong Hyosung Transformer Co., Ltd. in China; acquired Dongguk Trade's spandex factory in China

Ji Desheng

One time, the official observed a snakebite patient from Li Gang village of Tong Zhou County, a Nantong port town.

John Livingstone Nevius

They spent some time in Tung Chow and dispensed medicine to the locals during the 1862 cholera epidemic there.

Line 7, Beijing Subway

It is planned to run parallel and to the south of Line 1 and Batong Line, from the Beijing West Railway Station in Xuanwu District to Jiaohuachang (Coking Plant) in Tongzhou District.

Nanjing–Qidong Railway

The railway serves several cities located between Nanjing and Nantong, in particular Yangzhou, Taizhou, and Hai'an.

Nantong blue calico

Nantong blue calico printing and dyeing has been practiced for centuries in most parts of Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, China.

Old Summer Palace

On September 29, two envoys, Henry Loch and Harry Parkes went ahead of the main force under a flag of truce to negotiate with the Prince I at Tungchow.

Provisional Government of the Republic of China

The Provisional Government Army began to be organized in May 1938 with the organization of a Japanese-run military academy in Tongzhou.

Qidong

Qidong, Jiangsu (启东市), formerly Qidong County, county-level city of Nantong, Jiangsu, China

Rebellion of Cao Qin

The Emperor spared some of the culprits the sentence of death by commuting their sentence to imprisonment instead; this included Vice Commissioner-in-chief Esen Temür, who lowered himself down the city walls of Beijing and was later found in a farmer's melon patch as far as Tongzhou District.

Rudong Yangkou Harbour

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

Second Opium War

The Anglo-French forces clashed with Sengge Rinchen's Mongolian cavalry on 18 September near Zhangjiawan before proceeding toward the outskirts of Beijing for a decisive battle in Tongzhou District, Beijing.

Thomas William Bowlby

Bowlby died on 22 September at Tungchow, from the effects of the treatment he received in prison.

After the capture of Tientsin on 23 August 1860, Bowlby accompanied Admiral Sir James Hope and four others to Tungchow to arrange the preliminaries of peace.

Tongzhou District, Beijing

Tongzhou District borders the Beijing districts of Shunyi, Chaoyang and Daxing, Wuqing District of Tianjin Municipality, and Langfang City (both the Sanhe City−Dachang CountyXianghe County exclave and Guangyang District) of Hebei province, and is 12 miles from Tiananmen Square and 10 miles from Beijing Capital International Airport.

Downtown Tongzhou is connected to downtown Beijing by Jingtong Expressway and Line Batong, Beijing Subway.

Tongzhou District, Nantong

In 860, Yuhuangdian (玉皇殿) was built and six year later, the palace of Emperor Taizong of Tang was rebuilt as the Guangyuan Temple.

Xinyi–Changxing Railway

Including a 62.5 km spur from Haian to Nantong, the Xinchang Railway is 638 km in total length.

Xue Yongjun

Xue Yongjun is a Chinese contemporary artist who was born in Nantong, Jiangsu in 1973.He graduated from China Central Academy of Fine Art in the year of 2002 and has started to get involved in different group shows since 2004.

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).


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