Another story is that it was invented during Qing Dynasty premier Li Hongzhang's visit to the United States in 1896 by his chef, who tried to create a dish suitable for both Chinese and American palates.

It is now operated in conjunction with the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department and is one of the premier surviving examples of a nineteenth century Chinese apothecary shop.

The Hong Kong Sevens ( Chinese: 香港國際七人欖球賽 ) is considered the premier tournament on the IRB Sevens World Series in rugby sevens — a variant of rugby union.

* Yin Chengzong, premier Chinese pianist and composer who arranged the Yellow River Concerto

The premier club dragon boat events are usually held in the state of New South Wales, at Sydney's Darling Harbour ( for the Chinese New Year Championship ), as well as the Sydney International Regatta Centre, Penrith ( NSW State Championships ).

For example, the Chinese premier Wen Jiabao once said in a speech that without real democracy, there is no guarantee of economic and political rights ; but he led a 2011 crackdown against the peaceful Chinese jasmine protests.

It consists of the premier, who presides over its meetings, the vice premier, ministers without portfolio, the heads of the ministries, and the heads of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission and the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission.

The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences ( CASS ; ), established in 1977, is the premier and highest academic research organization in the People's Republic of China for study in the fields of philosophy and social sciences, as well as a national center for comprehensive studies.

Venerable Hsing Yun, one of the premier figures in contemporary Chinese Buddhism, has stated that Buddhism should never teach intolerance toward homosexuality, and that people should expand their minds.

Though carefully worded, Chinese premier Wen Jia Bao's warning about possible devaluation of Chinese held US bonds was taken very seriously by Washington:

In 2004, Wen Jiabao, the Chinese premier, announced that the green GDP index would replace the Chinese GDP index itself as a performance measure for government and party officials at the highest levels.

These two countries had once been allies, but in 1972 Mao Zedong told Vietnamese premier Pham Van Dong that they should stop expecting Chinese aid and that the old historical feud between the two countries would erupt again.

The Association published his controversial interviews with Chinese premier Zhou Enlai.

His status as the premier writer of Hong Kong is often challenged, one example being a piece by Rosetta Lui and Perry Lam in the December 2007 issue of Muse: " Some 15 or 20 years from now, the books of Chip Tsao ... if they are talked about at all, will most probably be used as anecdotal evidence to illustrate how dumbed-down our city's culture has become since the 1997 return to Chinese sovereignty.

Yu Hung-Chun ( 俞鴻鈞 ; pinyin: Yú Hóngjūn ) ( 1897 – 1960 ) was a Chinese political figure who served as premier of the Republic of China on Taiwan between 1954 and 1958.

In 1955, Menon intervened in the case of several American airmen who had been held by China, meeting with Chinese premier Zhou En-Lai before flying to Washington to confer with and counsel American President Dwight Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, at the request of British Prime Minister Anthony Eden .< ref >

Huaqiao University was founded in 1960, with support from the late Chinese premier and historical figure Zhou Enlai, for students of overseas Chinese backgrounds ( Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Singapore ) to pursue tertiary education in their ancestral homelands.

** Wen Jiabao ( b. 1942 ), Chinese premier beginning in 2003

In December 2011, The Independent reported that Bell Pottinger executive, Tim Collins, had been filmed by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism saying that PM David Cameron had raised a copyright issue with Chinese premier Wen Jiabao on behalf of Dyson Limited " because we asked him to ".

The system of Chinese astrology was elaborated during the Zhou dynasty ( 1046 – 256 BC ) and flourished during the Han Dynasty ( 2nd century BC to 2nd century AD ), during which all the familiar elements of traditional Chinese culture – the Yin-Yang philosophy, theory of the 5 elements, Heaven and Earth, Confucian morality – were brought together to formalise the philosophical principles of Chinese medicine and divination, astrology and alchemy.

China | Chinese Ding ( vessel ) | Ding, Western Zhou ( 1046 – 771 BCE )

For example: in Africa, the bronze heads of the Kingdom of Benin ; in Europe, Grecian bronzes typically of figures from Greek mythology ; in east Asia, Chinese bronzes of the Shang and Zhou dynasty — more often ceremonial vessels but including some figurine examples.

" However, Costas ' comments were made subsequent to the suspension of Chinese coach Zhou Ming after seven of his swimmers were caught using steroids in 1994.

* Baphuon Style ( 1050 – 1080 ): Baphuon, the massive temple mountain of King Udayadityavarman II was apparently the temple that most impressed the Chinese traveller Zhou Daguan, who visited Angkor toward the end of the 13th century.

Much of Chinese culture, literature and philosophy further developed during the Zhou Dynasty ( 1045 – 256 BC ).

Chinese bronzes | Bronze ritual vessel ( You ( vessel ) | You ), Western Zhou Dynasty

The Zhou Dynasty was the longest-lasting dynasty in Chinese history, from 1066 BC to approximately 256 BC.

In around 500 BCE, after the Zhou state weakened and China moved into the Spring and Autumn Period, the classic period of Chinese philosophy began ( it is an interesting fact that this date nearly coincides with the emergence of the first Greek philosophers ).

The Chinese have a tradition of holding spectacular memorial ceremonies of Confucius () every year, using ceremonies that supposedly derived from Zhou Li () as recorded by Confucius, on the date of Confucius ' birth.

* 1970 – Zhou Kehua, Chinese criminal and murder ( d. 2012 )

* 1991 – Zhou Yimiao, Chinese tennis player

Image: Chou Fang 001. jpg | Ladies Playing Double Sixes, by Zhou Fang ( 730-800 AD ), Chinese

* 1985 – Zhou Bichang, Chinese singer-songwriter and actress

* 1885 – Zhou Zuoren, Chinese writer ( d. 1967 )

* 1985 – Zhou Haibin, Chinese footballer

* 1906 – Zhou Youguang, Chinese linguist

Some Chinese scholars such as Zhou Tianyong, the vice director of research of the Central Party School, argue that gradual political reform as well as repression of those pushing for overly rapid change over the next thirty years will be essential if China is to avoid an overly turbulent transition to a middle class dominated polity.

Chinese steel swords made their first appearance in the later part of the Western Zhou Dynasty, but were not widely used until the 3rd century BC Han Dynasty.

India initiated a Forward Policy in which it placed outposts along the border, including several north of the McMahon Line, the eastern portion of a Line of Actual Control proclaimed by Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai in 1959.

In 1956, Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai stated that he had no claims over Indian controlled territory.

Zhou later argued that as the boundary was undemarcated and had never been defined by treaty between any Chinese or Indian government, the Indian government could not unilaterally define Aksai Chin's borders.