…a country in East Asia, the third largest and most populous in the world; population 1,338,613,000 (est. 2009); language, Chinese (of which Mandarin is the official form); capital, Beijing…
…the part of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of China, divided by the island of Taiwan into the East China Sea in the north and the South China Sea in the south…
…tea made from a small-leaved type of tea plant grown in China, typically flavoured by smoke curing or the addition of flower petals…
…white porcelain containing bone ash, made in Britain since about 1800…
…a Chinese plant of the daisy family, which is cultivated for its bright showy flowers…
…a Chinese rose which was introduced into Europe in the 19th century…
…partly kaolinized granite containing plagioclase feldspar, which is ground and mixed with kaolin to make porcelain…
…the peninsula of SE Asia containing Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Malaya, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam; especially, the part of this area consisting of Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam, which was a French dependency (French Indo-China) from 1862 to 1954…
…the former name for the southern region of what is now Vietnam. Part of French Indo-China from 1862, in 1946 it became a French overseas territory, then merged officially with Vietnam in 1949…
…a hypothetical sequence of events following the meltdown of a nuclear reactor, in which the core melts through its containment structure and deep into the earth…
…a fortified wall in northern China, extending some 2,400 km (1,500 miles) from Gansu province to the Yellow Sea north of Beijing. It was first built circa 210 bc, as a protection against nomad invaders. The present wall dates from the Ming dynasty…
…behaving recklessly and clumsily in a situation where one is likely to cause damage…
…there is nothing at all that could induce one to do something…
…a tall tree which bears fragrant lilac flowers and yellow berries, native to Asia and Australasia…
…a chicken of an Asian breed with feathery legs…
…porcelain ware with elaborate decoration and delicate colourings, made originally at Dresden and (since 1710) at nearby Meissen…
…the peninsula of SE Asia containing Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Malaya, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam; especially, the part of this area consisting of Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam, which was a French dependency (French Indo-China) from 1862 to 1954…
…the part of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of China, divided by the island of Taiwan into the East China Sea in the north and the South China Sea in the south…
…the part of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of China, divided by the island of Taiwan into the East China Sea in the north and the South China Sea in the south…
