The masculine active principle in nature that in Chinese cosmology is exhibited in light, heat, or dryness and that combines with yin to produce all that comes to be

(1907-) Chinese communist politician. He held a senior position in the party 1956–66 but was demoted during the Cultural Revolution. He was rehabilitated 1978, elected to the Politburo 1982, and served as state president 1988–93.
The son of a wealthy Sichuan landlord and a veteran of the Long March 1934–35 and the war against Japan 1937–45, Yang rose in the ranks of the Chinese Communist Party before being purged for alleged revisionism in the Cultural Revolution. He is viewed as a trusted supporter of Deng Xiaoping.

City E China in SW Jiangsu NE of Nanjing

See Taiyuan.

Formerly (until 1989) Rangoon; Capital and chief port of Myanmar (Burma) on the Yangon River, 32 km/20 mi from the Indian Ocean; Products include timber, oil, and rice. The city Dagon was founded on the site AD 746; it was given the name Rangoon (meaning “end of conflict”) by King Alaungpaya 1755.

City N China in E Shanxi E of Taiyuan

Site of a Neolithic culture in Henan, in the Huang He (Yellow River) region of N China. Discovered in the 1920s, the culture dates from the 4th–3rd millennia BC. Polished stone axes and knives and red-burnished pottery were used by millet-growing farming communities who practiced terracing and lived in semisubterranean timber and thatched houses in clustered hamlets.
Pigs and dogs were domesticated and hemp and silk spun and woven into cloth.

The longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai; Also called: Yangtze River, Yangtze Kiang, Kiang, Chang.

Alternative transcription of Chang Jiang, the longest river in China.

Or Yangchow; Canal port in Jiangsu province, E China, on the Chang Jiang River; Among its features are gardens and pavilions. It is an artistic center for crafts, jade carving, and printing.