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China's largest royal mansion in Qing Dynasty to open in 2008
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 11/24/2006; 452 words
; ...and a 28,000-square- meter garden. The mansion was constructed around 1776 and was originally the private residence of Heshen, a member of imperial court of Emperor Qianlong (1736-1796). Later, Emperor Jiaqing (1796- 1820) bestowed it to his...
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FIRST PALM-SIZE ACCOUNT COMPUTER ON THE MARKET
News Wire article from: AsiaInfo Services; 12/10/1998; 194 words
; ...AsiaPort -- The first palm-size account computer in the country was produced in Zhuhai recently. It is developed by Zhuhai Heshen Computer Co. It employs the latest AMSG-II monitoring system and discards the traditional managing model used in desktop...
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Imperial mansion along Beijing's scenic lake to receive public
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 8/11/2008; 470 words
; ...The grand mansion, located along the scenic Rear Lake north of the Forbidden City, was built in 1776 as the residence of Heshen, a privileged minister favored by Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799). It later became the home for several princes. "The mansion...
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Philip A. Kuhn. Origins of the Modern Chinese State. Translated by Pierre-Etienne Will.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: China Review International; 3/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...unemployment (and the immense new constituency of out-of-office literati that it produced) to what Kuhn depicts as the courtier Heshen's "extractive machine," which siphoned off bribes and surcharges to vast networks of middlemen and officials engaged in...
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Beijing imperial mansion fully opens to visitors amid Olympics
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 8/20/2008; 370 words
; ...along the scenic Rear Lake north of the Forbidden City in the center of the capital. It was built in 1776 as the residence of Heshen, a privileged minister favored by Emperor Qianlong (1711- 1799), and it later became the home for several princes. The...
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China's largest prince residence undergoes extensive renovations
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 12/6/2005; 421 words
; ...which has a total area of 32,000 square meters. This residence complex, built in 1776, was the private living quarters of Heshen, a high-ranking official and also renowned scholar at Qianlong's court (1735-1796). In 1851, it was bestowed to Yixin...
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