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Fossils of Java man and Peking man suggest these close evolutionary relatives were frequent victims of physical violence.
In June 1900, supported by the Manchu dynasty, the Boxers laid siege to the foreign legations in Peking.
When the combined expeditionary forces relieved the siege of the foreign legations in Peking, we exacted our revenge.
But when the Peking duck arrives, he at last focuses on the food and watches in admiration as the waiters carve the roasted bird.
Weidenreich came to the Museum in 1941, just before the Japanese invaded Beijing and his beloved Peking man fossils were lost in the shuffle.
In a technical and physical challenge, the dancers perform Peking opera gestures and movements at the same time as they dance ballet steps.
In addition, Fuzhou Road was the birthplace of Shanghai's southern school of Peking opera.
The Peking duck with plum sauce and pancakes was perfect and the deep fried squid with chilli and garlic simply divine.
This 30-year-old restaurant is proud of its Peking duck, and about 20 of them go on the table every day.
One member of our group was encouraged to try Peking duck, which symbolizes good wishes.
The food varied from average to superb, with the salt and pepper quail, Peking duck dumplings and gingko nut sticky rice getting top marks.
Locals talk about sushi, feta cheese and tiramisu with casual familiarity and can probably discuss the finer qualities of Peking duck.
If you're serving bone-in items such as ribs or Peking duck, plan on a pound for every two guests.
The suckling pig, which took nearly half an hour to prepare, had the honied lightness of good Peking duck.
Today, the neighborhood boasts some of the worst kitchens that ever made a Peking duck.
The discovery of the Peking Man fossils in China was a landmark discovery for archaeologists and anthropologists.
Some practised singing Peking opera and played roles in private circles as amateurs.
The colors of the silk clothing play with old symbolisms, hidden speakers whisper to their creator and play melodies from the Peking opera.
A member of the brassica family, this cabbage is also known as Napa, celery cabbage, pe-tsai, hakusai, wong bok, and Peking cabbage.
Ricci attempted to visit Peking in 1595 but found the city closed to foreigners.
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Harbin, a Russian trading post, is connected with Peking and with European cities by railway.
How, then, can they be even equal to the products of remote Honan and fabulous Peking?
Meanwhile, the Empire was still the internationally recognized government of China and continued to function in Peking.
Tientsin is a large city, nearly as large as Peking, with about a million inhabitants.
He might have headed a revolutionary government elsewhere in China but not a carry-over administration in Peking.
After the period of the Peking man there comes a great gap in our knowledge.
That is to say, at some port in the Yellow Sea, or its river nearest to Peking.
On my return from Peking I inquired of one of your father's servants about his daughter.
Some anthropologists consider, however, that the Peking man possessed already certain characteristics peculiar to the yellow race.
Darkness fell again and swallowed up Peking and Hangchow, the great ports, the crowding junks, the noble civilization.
Winchance has offices throughout China, amongst others in Hongkong, Peking.
Peking is now pointing with wonder and delight to a new exchange, spick and span, with a couple of ten-thousand-wire switchboards.
He was not afflicted with the midsummer madness of his brethren at Peking.
The elephants of Rangoon are as fascinating as the camels of Peking.
There were three gaily dressed women, all young and beautiful, one of them with a Peking spaniel upon her lap.
Manchu, the language of the conquerors, is still kept alive at Peking.
I can take some of your chickens to sell in Peking at the same time.
My starting-point was Peking, and my direction due north-west.
The work has been given in the form of lectures both in London and Peking, and one lecture, that on Desire, has been published in the Athenaeum.
Its predecessor is Imperial University of Peking, which was renamed as Excellent-level Normal School in 1908, when it became an independent school.
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