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Qi‐Long Ying
Qi-Long Ying is a stem cell biologist and professor at the University of Southern California known for defining embryonic stem cell self-renewal conditions and deriving the first rat embryonic stem cells.
Qi'an
Qi'an (齐安), known as Yanguan Qi'an, was a Tang-dynasty Chan monk of the Hongzhou school who taught at Yanguan in Hangzhou, dying in 842 or 843.
Qi'ra
Qi'ra is a Star Wars character introduced in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), played by Emilia Clarke. A Corellia street survivor and Han Solo's first love, she becomes Dryden Vos's lieutenant, then leader of Crimson Dawn under Darth Maul, later featured in the War of the Bounty Hunters, Crimson Reign, and Hidden Empire comics and Star Wars Outlaws.
Qi's conquest and annexation of Tan
Qi's conquest and annexation of Tan (齐灭谭) was the destruction of the small state of Tan by Qi in the early Spring and Autumn period.
Qi's conquest of Yan
Qi's conquest of Yan (齐破燕) was the attack in which the state of Qi broke the northern state of Yan, recorded in the Records of the Grand Historian.
Qi's destruction of Song
Qi's destruction of Song (齐灭宋) was the conquest of the state of Song by Qi during the Warring States period; the Song king fled and died at Wen.
Qi's rescue of Xing and re-founding of Wei after Di invasions
Qi's rescue of Xing and re-founding of Wei (救邢存卫) was Duke Huan of Qi's Spring and Autumn period intervention that relocated Xing and rebuilt Wei at Chuqiu after Di invasions.
Qiagen
Qiagen is a Dutch-incorporated life-science company, headquartered for operations in Hilden, Germany, that supplies nucleic-acid sample-preparation kits and molecular diagnostics. Founded in 1984, it serves more than 500,000 customers worldwide.
Qiajivik Mtn.
Qiajivik Mtn. is a 1,963 m (6,440 ft) mountain in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada, the loftiest summit on northern Baffin Island with 1,787 m of topographic prominence.
Qian Chen
Qian Chen is a materials chemist and professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign known for electron videography, using liquid-phase electron microscopy to film nanoparticles and proteins as they self-assemble.
Qian Cheng
Qian Cheng (钱程), also known as David Cheng Qian, is a Canadian-Chinese executive who serves as Vice Chairman of Ecovacs Robotics and CEO of its service-robot business.
Qian Chenqun
Qian Chenqun (钱陈群, 1686–1774) was a Qing dynasty official, examiner, and poet from Jiaxing, Zhejiang, who rose to vice minister of the Board of Punishments and corresponded in verse with the Qianlong Emperor.
Qian Chibi Fu
Qian Chibi Fu (前赤壁赋), the Former Ode on the Red Cliff, is a prose-poem written by the Song writer Su Shi in 1082 during his exile at Huangzhou.
Qian Chu
Qian Chu (钱俶, 929–988) was the last king of Wuyue, one of the Ten Kingdoms, who peacefully ceded his thirteen prefectures to the Song dynasty.
Qian Daxin
Qian Daxin (钱大昕, 1728–1804) was a Qing dynasty scholar-official from Jiading who served the Qianlong Emperor and wrote the Investigative Criticisms of the Twenty-two Histories.
Qian Dehong
Qian Dehong (钱德洪, 1496–1574) was a Ming dynasty philosopher and Ministry of Justice official, a leading disciple of Wang Yangming who edited and spread his teaching of liangzhi.
Qian Dingming
Qian Dingming (钱鼎铭) was a Qing dynasty official from Taicang, Jiangsu, who brought Li Hongzhang's Huai Army to Shanghai in 1862 and later served as governor of Henan.
Qian Hong
Qian Hong (钱红), Chinese butterfly swimmer born 1971 in Baoding, Hebei; 1988 Seoul 100 m butterfly bronze and 1992 Barcelona gold in Olympic record 58.62; also 1991 world champion.
Qian Jinbo
Qian Jinbo (钱金波) is a Chinese businessman, founder and chairman of Zhejiang Red Dragonfly Footwear, the Wenzhou shoe company he built from 1995 and listed in 2015.
Qian Jun
Qian Jun (钱军) is a Chinese chip-design executive and co-founder and CEO of Vastai Technologies, a Shanghai AI chip developer founded in 2018, after a decade at AMD.
Qian Liu
Qian Liu (錢鏐, 852–932) was a soldier and administrator from Lin'an who rose through the late Tang militia to found Wuyue, one of the Ten Kingdoms, ruling from Hangzhou.
Qian Liu and the consolidation of Wuyue
Qian Liu and the consolidation of Wuyue (钱镠保据两浙) is the process by which the Hangzhou-based warlord Qian Liu, born in 852, unified the Two Zhe and founded Wuyue's basis.
Qian Liu's campaign against Dong Chang
Qian Liu's campaign against Dong Chang (钱镠讨董昌) was the Tang-dynasty expedition in which Qian Liu, on court orders, besieged Yuezhou and captured Dong Chang, who had proclaimed himself emperor of Great Yue Luoping.
Qian Liu's founding of Wuyue
Qian Liu, also known as 錢镠建吴越, founded Wuyue in 907 as a Ten Kingdoms state. It was a nominal vassal in Hangzhou that lasted until 978.
Qian Longxi
Qian Longxi (钱龙锡, 1579–1645) was a Ming dynasty official from Songjiang Huating who became grand secretary under the Chongzhen Emperor and was imprisoned in the Yuan Chonghuan affair.
Qian Mingyi
Qian Mingyi (钱明逸, courtesy name Zifei, 1015–1071) was a Song dynasty official of Wuyue royal descent who served as a Hanlin Academician and repeatedly administered prefectures under Emperors Renzong and Shenzong.
Qian Nengxun
Qian Nengxun (钱能训, 1869–1924) was a Chinese official who served as Premier of the Beijing government from December 1918 to June 1919, resigning during the May Fourth Movement.
Qian Niu
Qian Niu (牛谦) is a Chinese condensed matter theorist known for work on the Berry phase and semiclassical electron dynamics in crystals, including the anomalous velocity of Bloch electrons.
Qian Qianyi
Qian Qianyi (钱谦益, 1582–1664), sobriquet Muzhai, was a Chinese scholar, poet, and official of Changshu who served the late Ming court, then surrendered to the Qing in 1645.
Qian Weiyan
Qian Weiyan (钱惟演, 977–1034) was a Song dynasty statesman and poet, a son of the Wuyue king Qian Chu who rose to Military Affairs Commissioner and led Xikun-style poetry.