The term "Xiang" refers to the people and the local sublanguage used in Hunan, a province in southeast-central China; Xiang is derived from the older literary name of Hunan. It is estimated that more than 25 million Chinese (most of them...

Xiang may refer to: Township (China), is the standard English translation of the Chinese 乡 (xiāng). King Xiang of Xia, a Chinese ruler Xiang (linguistics), a subdivision of Chinese Xiang River, river in Hunan, China Liu Xiang, a Chinese hurdling...

Xiang's solo on erhu enchanting, virtuosic By TOM STRINI Journal Sentinel music critic Sunday, April 6, 2003 Now that I know what the erhu is, I really like it. Betti Xiang made enchanting and surprisingly virtuosic music on this traditional...

Editor's Note: The following piece is part of a series of short stories profiling many of the performers in the 65th National Folk Festival Aug. 22-24 in Bangor. The musical ensemble of Yang Wei and Betty Xiang create harmonious tones from ancient Chinese...

Patience will go a long way when trying to find a reasonably priced hotel for the Olympics.Prices for rooms during the Aug. 8-24 games reportedly have skyrocketed. This, however, may be a tactic hotels are using to drive up rates, said Penny Xiang, who works...

The National Zoo's panda mother might be pregnant for the second time in two years, zoo officials said Thursday, citing a spike in Mei Xiang's hormone levels.But there's no reliable pregnancy test for pandas, and this could be a false alarm, the zoo warned.Mei Xiang...