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unusual facts about Xie


Chen Youliang

Chen was born with the surname Xie (謝) to a fishing family in Mianyang (沔陽; in present-day Hubei).


Andy Xie

Xie described the Chinese economy as a "Panda Economy", which is named after "Kung Fu Panda"—a popular Hollywood cartoon movie.

Coelodonta thibetana

It was first named by Tao Deng, Xiaoming Wang, Mikael Fortelius, Qiang Li, Yang Wang, Zhijie J. Tseng, Gary T. Takeuchi, Joel E. Saylor, Laura K. Säilä and Guangpu Xie in 2011.

Fiona Xie

In 2006, Xie attempted her first villain role as a spoilt diamond heiress in the Channel 8 drama An Enchanted Life, starring alongside Yvonne Lim and Pierre Png.

Of late, Xie has become known for her talents as a bilingual variety show hostess, in particular of the long-running series City Beat.

Kaze no Michi

"Aitakute" was written by members of The Gospellers, "Shiahō: Xie He" was written by Chinese composer Liang Jian Feng (musical director/composer for Twelve Girls Band) and "Hyakuman no Hoshi" had music composed by Korean singer/songwriter Yang Jeong Seung (Kiroy Y).

King Flower

The show was supposed to star Sonia Sui as the main female lead but it was reported that Nikki Xie replaced Sonia as the main female lead.

Lady Xie

Lady Xie (birth and death dates unknown) was a concubine of Sun Quan, the founding emperor of the state of Eastern Wu in the Three Kingdoms period.

Selden Map of China

The routes and locations on the map have parallels with but do not match two famous accounts of navigation from the early seventeenth century, notably the Shunfeng Xiangsong (順風相送) owned by William Laud and now also in the Bodleian, the maps of Zheng He's voyages in the Wubei Zhi (ca. 1628) and Zhang Xie's (張燮) Dongxi Yangkao (東西洋考, 1617).

Women's World Chess Championship 1996

The championship match was played in Jaén in 1996 and, like the Candidates Tournament, dominated by Polgar who won 6 games (against 2) and in the end defeated champion Xie Jun by four points.

Xiaoliang Sunney Xie

Xie received a B.S. in chemistry from Peking University, followed by his Ph.D. in 1990 from the University of California at San Diego.

Xie Jishi

Itō was so impressed with the young Xie that he recommended him for a scholarship to Meiji University in Tokyo, from which he graduated from the law school.

Xie Jun

Around the end of the 1990s, Xie was reading for a doctorate in psychology at Beijing Normal University.

Xie of Xia

In the 21st year of his reign, Xie fought with the surrounding barbarians of Fei, Bai, Chi, Xuan, Feng, and Yang.

Xie Pengfei

Xie was promoted to Hangzhou Greentown's first team squad by Takeshi Okada in 2012.

Xie Shijie

From 1958 to 1959 Xie studied at the Southwest Agricultural College (now part of Southwest University), and worked as Director of Ya'an Agricultural School from 1959 to 1971.

Xie Xuejing

Xie received many honors and awards both from China and international organizations, especially the prestigious AAG Gold Medal from the Association of Applied Geochemists in June, 2007 at the 23rd International Geochemical Exploration Symposium banquet in Oviedo, Spain, for "his outstanding scientific achievements in exploration geochemistry".

Xie Xuren

From September 1981 to January 1984, Xie studied at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou and majored in industral finance management.

Xu Yuan

Xu Yuan (poet), female Chinese poet (fl. c. 1590), nicknamed "Xie reincarnate" in reference to Xie Daoyun, see 1590 in poetry

Yuan Xie

It is not known when Tuoba Xie was born, but he was a younger brother to Emperor Xiaowen and was younger to all of the six other sons of their father Emperor Xianwen except Tuoba Xiang (拓拔詳) the Prince of Beihai.

Later that year, Emperor Xiaowen became ill again, and he made Yuan Xie his prime minister, with intention that Yuan Xie serve as regent for his son Yuan Ke.

In 498, when Emperor Xiaowen carried out a major southern campaign against rival Southern Qi, Yuan Xie was one of the key commanding generals, although it is not clear whether he saw combat.

Yuan Xie (元勰) (died 508), né Tuoba Xie (拓拔勰, changed 496), courtesy name Yanhe (彥和), formally Prince Wuxuan of Pengcheng (彭城武宣王), later posthumously honored as Emperor Wenmu (文穆皇帝) with the temple name of Suzu (肅祖), was an imperial prince of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei.

When Emperor Xuanwu's brother Yuan Yu (元愉) the Prince of Jingzhao rebelled in fall 508, Yuan Yu seized Yuan Xie's maternal uncle Pan Senggu (潘僧固) and forced Pan to join his rebellion, and Gao Zhao used this incident to falsely accuse Yuan Xie of conspiring with Yuan Yu and rival Liang Dynasty (which had replaced Southern Qi).

Yuan Yong

He made Yuan Xie's son Yuan Ziyou emperor (as Emperor Xiaozhuang) and threw Empress Dowager Hu and Yuan Zhao into the Yellow River to drown.

Zhang Zuo

With Princess Ma's approval, Zhang Yaoling was deposed in early 354 and replaced with Zhang Zuo, who soon showed his cruel side, as he put Xie Ai and Zhang Chonghua's wife Princess Pei to death.


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