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Zhang Zhixiang
Zhang Zhixiang (张志祥), born 1967, is a Chinese steel entrepreneur who founded and leads Beijing Jianlong Heavy Industry Group, which ranked 7th among world steelmakers in 2024.
Zhang Zhixin
Zhang Zhixin (张志新, 1930–1975) was a Chinese Communist Party propagandist in Liaoning province, arrested in 1969 for criticizing the Cultural Revolution and Mao Zedong, executed in 1975, and exonerated as a martyr in 1979.
Zhang Zhizhen (张之臻)
Zhang Zhizhen (张之臻), born 1996 in Shanghai, is a Chinese tennis player, the first Chinese man in ATP Top 100 (2022) and Top 50 (2024), career-high No. 31, 2024 Olympic mixed doubles silver medalist.
Zhang Zhizhong
Zhang Zhizhong (张治中) was a Republic of China general known as the "Peace General" for advocating KMT–CCP cooperation; in 1949 he stayed north and helped bring Xinjiang under Communist control.
Zhang Zhongjing
Zhang Zhongjing (张仲景) was a Chinese physician of the late Eastern Han dynasty, honored as the "Medical Sage" and credited with the Treatise on Cold Damage.
Zhang Zhuo
Zhang Zhuo (张卓) is a Chinese quantitative fund manager who founded Beijing Zhuoshi Private Fund Management in 2016; trained at Tsinghua and Princeton, he manages over 10 billion CNY.
Zhang Zhupo
Zhang Zhupo (张竹坡, 1670–1698), Qing critic from Xuzhou, wrote the Gaohe Tang commentary on Jin Ping Mei in 1695, refuting its obscene-book reputation and shaping the novel's transmission.
Zhang Ziyi (章子怡)
Zhang Ziyi (章子怡), Chinese actress born 1979 in Beijing, trained in dance and at the Central Academy of Drama; known for Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Hero, 2046, Memoirs of a Geisha, and Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations.
Zhang Ziyu (张子宇)
Zhang Ziyu (张子宇), born 2007 in Jinan, is a Chinese women's basketball center for Shandong and China; at 2.23-2.26 m she is the tallest women's player in history and a 2026 World Cup standout.
Zhang Zizhong
Zhang Zizhong (张自忠) was a Chinese general of the Republic of China who commanded the 33rd Army Group and died fighting the Japanese in 1940.
Zhang Zongchang (张宗昌)
Zhang Zongchang (张宗昌, 1881–1932), the 'Dogmeat General' and '72-Cannon Chang', was a Shandong warlord and military governor from 1925, notorious for brutality, concubines, and Time's 'basest warlord' label.
Zhang Zuolin (张作霖)
Zhang Zuolin (张作霖, 1875–1928), the 'Old Marshal,' warlord leader of the Fengtian clique who ruled Manchuria and much of North China, rose from bandit chief, and was assassinated by the Japanese Kwantung Army on June 4, 1928.
Zhang-Du Commentaries on the Jin Code
The Zhang-Du Commentaries on the Jin Code (张杜律) were parallel commentaries by Zhang Fei and Du Yu, promulgated by Emperor Wu of Jin with the code's own legal force.
Zhang's theorem on bounded gaps
Zhang's theorem on bounded gaps is Yitang Zhang's 2013 proof that infinitely many consecutive prime pairs differ by less than 70 million, the first finite bound on prime gaps.
Zhangbei converter station
The Zhangbei converter station is the sending end of China's Zhangbei flexible DC grid, delivering wind and solar power from Hebei to Beijing since 2020.
Zhangbu Xu
Zhangbu Xu is a high-energy nuclear physicist who studies the quark-gluon plasma at Brookhaven's RHIC, was STAR spokesperson from 2014 to 2017, and joined Kent State in 2024.
Zhangcao
Zhangcao (章草) is the earliest established form of Chinese cursive script, a rapid, abbreviated writing of clerical script that emerged in the Western Han dynasty.
Zhanghui novel
The zhanghui novel (章回小说) is the traditional Chinese form of long vernacular fiction, divided into chapters headed by couplet titles and flourished in Ming and Qing times.
Zhangjiachang Chengzhi
张家场城址 (Zhangjiacheng city site), a Qin-Han walled-city site in Yanchi County, Ningxia, 17 km northwest of the county seat; the largest and richest Qin-Han city site in the Hetao region, a Han-era county-level border city, possibly Xu Yan or Guizi county, a 2006 national key protected site under excavation since 2021.
Zhangjiagang
Zhangjiagang (张家港), formerly Shazhou County, is a county-level city of Suzhou, Jiangsu, on the Yangtze's south bank. Created 1986, it is a top-three Chinese county-level city with a major Yangtze port and 2008 UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour.
Zhangjiagang Shazhou power station
Zhangjiagang Shazhou power station, also called Shazhou Power Plant (沙洲电厂), is a 3,260 MW coal-fired power station in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu, China, on the south bank of the Yangtze River.
Zhangjiajie (张家界)
Zhangjiajie (张家界), formerly Dayong, is a prefecture-level city in northwest Hunan, China, home to the Wulingyuan UNESCO World Heritage Site with over 3,000 quartz sandstone pillars and a tourism-driven economy.
Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge
The Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge (张家界大峡谷玻璃桥) is a glass-floored pedestrian suspension bridge spanning Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon in Hunan, China; opened in 2016, it is certified as the world's highest footbridge.
Zhangjiajie National Forest Park (张家界国家森林公园)
Zhangjiajie National Forest Park (张家界国家森林公园), China's first national forest park (1982), in Wulingyuan, Hunan; 4,810 ha of quartz sandstone pillars within the Wulingyuan World Heritage site, Global Geopark, and AAAAA attraction.
Zhangjiakou
Zhangjiakou (张家口), historically Kalgan, a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hebei, China, gateway to Beijing and Inner Mongolia; co-host of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics (Chongli snow events), severe water shortage, and a national renewable energy demonstration zone.
Zhangjiakou power station
Zhangjiakou power station (张家口发电厂) is a coal-fired power and district heating plant in Shalingzi, Hebei, China, owned by Datang International, with eight units totaling 2,560 MW.
Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park
Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park (张江高科技园区) is a national-level technology park in Pudong, Shanghai, opened in 1992, focused on information technology and biopharmaceuticals, and now developed as Zhangjiang Science City.
Zhangjiashan Han slips
The Zhangjiashan Han slips (张家山汉简) are early Western Han bamboo-slip manuscripts of law codes, case records, and mathematical and medical texts, excavated from tombs at Zhangjiashan in Jingzhou, Hubei.
Zhangmen 1-on-1 (掌门1对1)
Zhangmen 1-on-1 (掌门1对1) was a Chinese K12 online one-on-one tutoring platform based in Shanghai, founded by Zhang Yi and Yu Teng, which listed on the New York Stock Exchange in June 2021.
Zhangshan power station
Zhangshan power station (京能漳山发电厂) is a 1,800-megawatt coal-fired power station in Changzhi, Shanxi, China, operated by Beijing Energy Group and commissioned in two phases between 2004 and 2008.