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  • The Woo-Sung river empties into the Yang-tse-Kiang about 40 miles from its confluence with the ocean, and the city of Shanghae is situated upon the Woo-Sung, about three leagues above its junction with the Yang-tse-Kiang, which is one of the largest rivers in China, and washes the walls of the city of Nankin, formerly the southern capital of the Empire.

    Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas W. Hastings Macaulay

  • He visited Kui-kiang on the river Kiang, which is very broad here, and upon which 5000 ships can sail at the same moment; Kain-gui, which supplies the Emperor's palace with corn; Ching-kiang where are two

    Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Jules Verne 1866

  • The Si-Kiang, which is one of the principal rivers of China, and which, at a short distance before entering the sea, is eight nautical miles broad, is so contracted by hills and rocks at its mouth, that it loses one half of its breadth.

    A Woman's Journey Round the World Ida Pfeiffer 1827

  • In summer 1971, Kiang gave me intensive tutorials in auditory neurophysiology and an interesting project analyzing spike trains from the cochlear nucleus.

    Roger Y. Tsien - Autobiography 2009

  • "The changes to the capital adequacy requirements will help keep our banking system strong, and preserve Singapore's reputation as a safe, open and dynamic financial centre," MAS Deputy Chairman Lim Hng Kiang said in a speech Tuesday.

    Singapore Raises Capital Ratios For Banks Sam Holmes 2011

  • I asked Prof. Hubel if I could do a summer internship in their lab, but he told me they had no space for undergraduates and suggested that I apply to Nelson Kiang at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary instead.

    Roger Y. Tsien - Autobiography 2009

  • Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang said the external business and financial environment has become more complex and uncertain.

    Singapore Warns of Slower Growth P.R. Venkat 2011

  • "The changes to the capital adequacy requirements will help keep our banking system strong, and preserve Singapore's reputation as a safe, open and dynamic financial centre," MAS Deputy Chairman Lim Hng Kiang said in a speech Tuesday.

    Singapore Raises Capital Ratios For Banks Sam Holmes 2011

  • When I asked Hubel and Kiang for advice on where to apply to graduate school in neuroscience, their only point of agreement was that the top places were Cambridge, MA and Cambridge, UK.

    Roger Y. Tsien - Autobiography 2009

  • Used as a warehouse for five years prior, Kiang found the neglected space by luck.

    Lisa Adams: Downtown Is the New Downtown: L.A.'s Latest Greatest Art Scene 2010

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