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Chunghwa Telecom

Chunghwa Telecom (中华电信) is Taiwan's largest telecommunications provider, offering mobile, broadband, and fixed-line services. Created in 1996, it was privatized in 2005 but remains government-influenced.

Chunghye of Goryeo

Chunghye of Goryeo (personal name Wang Jeong) was the 28th king of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea, reigning twice between 1330 and 1344 and dying in Yuan exile.

Chungjeong of Goryeo

Chungjeong of Goryeo (충정왕) was a king of Korea's Goryeo dynasty who reigned as a child from 1348 until the Yuan dynasty deposed him in 1351.

Chungmok of Goryeo

Chungmok of Goryeo (personal name Wang Heun) was the 29th king of the Goryeo dynasty, who took the throne at age eight in 1344 and died in 1348.

Chungnyeol of Goryeo

Chungnyeol of Goryeo (충렬왕) was king of Goryeo from 1274 to 1308, married to a daughter of Kublai Khan and chancellor of the Yuan Jeongdong Branch Secretariat.

Chungseon of Goryeo

Chungseon of Goryeo (충선왕; personal name Wang Won) was the 26th king of Korea's Goryeo dynasty, reigning in 1298 and again from 1308 to 1313 while pursuing reforms.

Chungsuk of Goryeo

Chungsuk of Goryeo (충숙왕, 1294–1339) was the 27th king of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea, reigning 1313 to 1330 and again from 1332 until his death in 1339.

Chunhua Ge Tie

Chunhua Ge Tie (淳化阁帖) is the earliest compiled series of model calligraphy in China, honored as the ancestor of model calligraphy and compiled under Emperor Taizong.

Chunnilal Garasiya

Chunnilal Garasiya is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Rajya Sabha member from Rajasthan, elected for a term running from 2024 to 2030.

Chunqiu Fanlu

Chunqiu Fanlu (春秋繁露) is a Han dynasty work of political philosophy attributed to the Gongyang master Dong Zhongshu, expounding the Spring and Autumn Annals through yin-yang and five-phases cosmology.

Chunyu Qiong

Chunyu Qiong (淳于琼) was a Han dynasty colonel of the Western Garden Army who later served the warlord Yuan Shao and died at the battle of Wuchao.

Chūō Club

The Chūō Club (中央倶楽部) was a faction of Japan's House of Representatives, formed in March 1910 by merging the Daidō and Boshin Clubs; it backed the Katsura cabinet.

Chuong Vo

Chuong Vo is an American politician and retired law-enforcement officer, the 2026 Republican nominee for the U.S. House in California's 45th district and a former Mayor of Cerritos.

Chupacabra

Chupacabra (el chupacabras, Spanish for goatsucker), legendary Latin American creature first reported in Puerto Rico in 1995; said to drain livestock blood; explained as mangy coyotes.

Chuppah (חופה)

Chuppah (חופה, also huppah; plural chuppot) is the canopy under which a Jewish wedding ceremony is held, literally "covering." Originally the bridal chamber, it became a four-pole cloth canopy symbolizing the couple's new home, open on all sides.

Chuquibamba culture

The Chuquibamba culture, also known as Aruni, was a pre-Inca culture of the southern Peruvian highlands around Arequipa, dated to about A.D. 1000–1450, known for its dark red pottery with black lines.

Churachand Singh

Churachand Singh (ꯆꯨꯔꯥꯆꯟꯗ ꯁꯤꯡ) was the ruler of Manipur from 1891 to 1941, a fifty-year reign that began when the British placed him, a child of five, on the throne after the Anglo-Manipur War.

Church (building)

A church is a building set apart for religious worship, defined in Catholic canon law as a sacred building for divine worship open to the faithful.

Church and state in medieval Europe

Church and state in medieval Europe concerned the division of authority between the papacy and secular rulers, climaxing in the Investiture Controversy settled by the 1122 Concordat of Worms.

Church attendance

Church attendance is the practice of going to religious services at a church, synagogue, mosque, or temple, and the share of a population that does so.

Church Committee

The Church Committee, formally the U.S. Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities (1975–1976), chaired by Frank Church, investigated CIA, FBI, NSA, and IRS abuses including COINTELPRO, SHAMROCK, and assassination plots, leading to FISA and permanent intelligence oversight committees.

Church Fathers

The Church Fathers are the influential early Christian writers of roughly the first eight centuries whom Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant churches honor as authoritative witnesses to the faith.

Church in Wales schools

Church in Wales schools are voluntary aided and voluntary controlled maintained schools in Wales whose religious education follows the faith and practice of the Church in Wales.

Church Missionary Society in East Africa

The Church Missionary Society in East Africa began Anglican mission work at Mombasa in 1844 under Johann Ludwig Krapf, entered Buganda in 1877, and backed the Protestant party favored by the 1900 Uganda Agreement.

Church of Antioch

The Church of Antioch, or Holy See of Antioch, is the ancient apostolic see founded at Antioch, where the New Testament says disciples were first called "Christians."

Church of Caucasian Albania

The Church of Caucasian Albania, also called the Albanian Apostolic Church, was the Christian church of the ancient kingdom of Caucasian Albania, traditionally founded in the early 4th century.

Church of Christ, Scientist

The Church of Christ, Scientist, also known as the Christian Science Church, is a Christian denomination founded by Mary Baker Eddy in Boston in 1879 that teaches healing through prayer.

Church of Corinth

The Church of Corinth, or Church in Corinth, was the Christian community founded by Paul in Corinth around AD 50, addressed in 1 and 2 Corinthians.

Church of Denmark

The Church of Denmark (Folkekirken) is the Evangelical Lutheran established church of Denmark, supported by the state under the constitution, with about 70% of Danes as members.

Church of England

The Church of England is the established church of England, with the monarch as its Supreme Governor and 26 bishops in the House of Lords.