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Also known as: Shan-tung, Shantung
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Baruch Boxer
Emeritus Professor of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Author of "China's Environmental Prospects" in Asian Survey and other articles.
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Shandong, northern coastal sheng (province) of China, lying across the Yellow Sea from the Korean peninsula. Shandong is China’s second most populous province, its population exceeded only by that of Henan. The name Shandong, which means “East of Mountains,” was first officially used during the Jin dynasty in the 12th century. The province consists of two distinct segments. The first is an inland zone bounded by the provinces of Hebei to the north and west, Henan to the southwest, and Anhui and Jiangsu to the south. The second is the Shandong Peninsula, extending some 200 miles (320 km) seaward from ...(100 of 5334 words)

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