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Xubao Gucheng Zhi (Xubao Ancient City Site)
徐堡古城址 (Xubao ancient city site), a late Longshan culture walled settlement in Wenxian county, Jiaozuo, Henan, found in 2006 during South-to-North Water Diversion survey; rammed-earth walls of 360, 500, and 200 m, a moat, and Longshan through Qing layers; seventh-batch national key cultural relics protection unit.
Xubuntu
Xubuntu is a community-developed, Ubuntu-based Linux distribution featuring the lightweight Xfce desktop instead of GNOME, an official Ubuntu flavor since June 2006 suited to older hardware.
Xuchang
Xuchang (许昌市) is a prefecture-level city in central Henan, China; former Wei capital of the Three Kingdoms era. 4,979 km², 4.35 million residents, 2025 GDP 358.3 billion yuan, known for Jun porcelain, Yanling flowers, and Pang Dong Lai retail.
Xuchang Yulong power station
Xuchang Yulong power station (大唐许昌龙岗发电厂) is a 2,020 MW coal-fired power station in Yuzhou, Xuchang, Henan, China, operated by Xuchang Longgang Power Generation, majority-owned by China Datang Corporation.
Xudabao Nuclear Power Plant
The Xudabao Nuclear Power Plant (also written Xudapu, 徐大堡) is a six-unit nuclear power station under construction near Xingcheng City in Liaoning, China, pairing Chinese CAP1000 reactors with Russian VVER-1200 reactors.
Xudong Wang
Xudong Wang is a professor and chair of materials science and engineering at UW–Madison, known for implantable nanogenerators, including an electric bandage that sped wound healing.
Xue Daoheng
Xue Daoheng (薛道衡), courtesy name Xuanqing, was a statesman and poet of the Sui dynasty who served the Northern Qi, Northern Zhou, and Sui courts.
Xue Dong
Xue Dong (薛鼎) is a Chinese entrepreneur who co-founded the Beijing bike-sharing company ofo in 2014 alongside Dai Wei and three other Peking University students.
Xue Fucheng
Xue Fucheng (薛福成, 1838–1894) was a Qing dynasty statesman, diplomat, and essayist from Wuxi, Jiangsu, who served as China's minister to Britain, France, Italy, and Belgium.
Xue Guoguan
Xue Guoguan (薛国观) was a senior grand secretary of the Ming dynasty serving the Chongzhen Emperor; his jiezhu levy angered imperial in-laws, and he was ordered to hang himself.
Xue Han
Xue Han is a Chinese-American neuroscientist and biomedical engineer, Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University, known for developing optogenetic neuronal silencing tools such as Jaws and for winning a PECASE.
Xue Hanqin (薛捍勤)
Xue Hanqin (薛捍勤), born 1955 in Shanghai, is China's judge on the International Court of Justice since 2010 and its Vice-President 2018–2021, formerly China's Ambassador to the Netherlands and an International Law Commission member.
Xue Huaiyi
Xue Huaiyi (薛怀义), born Feng Xiaobao, was a Tang-dynasty monk and favorite of Empress Wu Zetian, abbot of Baima Temple, later strangled on her order.
Xue Ji
Xue Ji (薛稷, 649–713) was a Tang-dynasty statesman, calligrapher, and painter who served as chancellor under Emperor Ruizong and was famed for his crane paintings.
Xue Jiping
Xue Jiping (薛济萍) is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded Nantong-based Zhongtian Technology in 1992 and chaired the optical fiber and submarine cable maker until 2025.
Xue Ju
Xue Ju (薛举) was a Sui-dynasty officer who seized command at Jincheng, proclaimed himself emperor over Longxi, and defeated a Tang army in 618 before dying.
Xue Ju's Qin regime
Xue Ju's Qin regime (薛举秦政权) was a short-lived state founded by the Sui officer Xue Ju at Jincheng, Gansu, in 617, which nearly threatened the Tang capital Chang'an before collapsing in 618.
Xue Juzheng
Xue Juzheng (薛居正, courtesy name Ziping) was a Song dynasty chief councilor who served Emperors Taizu and Taizong and led compiling the official Five Dynasties history.
Xue Liang
Xue Liang (薛亮) is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded the wealth-management platform Jucaimao in Shanghai in 2014 and was convicted of fundraising fraud in 2021.
Xue Long
Xue Long (雪龙, "Snow Dragon") is a Chinese polar research and supply icebreaker operated by the Polar Research Institute of China, China's principal polar expedition ship since 1994.
Xue Luo Ren Jian Dai Jun Gui
雪落人间待君归 is a 2025 Chinese historical romance short drama released on Douyin in 65 episodes, starring Han Lujin and Liu Ning as a general and an assassin.
Xue Ne
Xue Ne (薛讷) was a Tang dynasty general, son of Xue Rengui, who fought the Turks, Khitan, and Tibetans and won a major victory over the Tibetans in 714.
Xue Qikun
Xue Qikun (薛其坤, born 1963) is a Chinese condensed matter physicist who led the first experimental observation of the quantum anomalous Hall effect in 2012.
Xue Rengao
Xue Rengao (薛仁杲), died 618, was a Sui-dynasty rebel leader, son of Xue Ju, who with his father held Longxi for about four years before being defeated and executed by the Tang prince Li Shimin.
Xue Rengui
Xue Rengui (薛仁贵) was a Tang dynasty general from Longmen who served Emperors Taizong and Gaozong, famed for killing three champions with three arrows before the Tiele clans.
Xue Shusi
Xue Shusi (薛叔似) was a Song dynasty official who rose to Minister of War during the Kaixi war with the Jin and died in 1221.
Xue Song
Xue Song (薛嵩) was a Tang dynasty military governor who served the An–Shi rebels, then in 763 was confirmed as prefect of Xiangzhou, ruling several Hebei prefectures until his death in 772.
Xue Tao
Xue Tao (薛涛, 770–832) was a Tang dynasty poet of Chengdu, one of the best-known women poets of the period, who wrote for Sichuan's governors.
Xue Xiaotong
Xue Xiaotong, also known as Xiao Tong, courtesy name Shida, was a broadly learned adviser of the Northern Wei who influenced imperial succession and military strategy.
Xue Xuan
Xue Xuan (薛瑄, 1389–1464), courtesy name Dewen, was a Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher and judicial official from Hejin, Shanxi who survived a death sentence under the eunuch Wang Zhen.