Kung
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H. H. K'ung Hsiang-hsiKong Xiangxi, 1881–1967, Chinese financier and statesman.
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Prince, 1833–98, Chinese statesman of the late Ch'ing dynasty.
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From Kung Pao Dino Chicken to Chicken Parm-asaurus, here are my favorite ways to better a childhood staple.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
China's robots are capable of putting on a show, doing Kung Fu dance moves and racing faster than humans during a marathon in Beijing.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
"We need to organise the supply of about 22 shipments of LNG for March and April," economic affairs minister Kung Ming-hsin said Monday, while noting 20 of those shipments had already been secured.
From Barron's ● Mar. 9, 2026
Taiwan’s economic minister, Kung Ming-hsin, said Taiwanese chip makers need “a moderate global footprint” in response to “orders coming from local markets” but said Taiwan would remain the epicenter of chip production.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
"I've watched Kung Fu Panda like a hundred times. Does that count?"
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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Indeed, after taking up a post at Tübingen University, in southern Germany, in 1966, he became a close friend of the leading liberal theologian, Hans Küng.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2022
Küng, who brought Ratzinger to Tübingen, would later be barred from teaching by his former colleague, after he rejected papal infallibility.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2022
Pomerol, Lussac and Saint Émilion all feature along the route and riders such as Stefan Küng and Wout van Aert will be giving everything to deny Pogacar a second ITT victory of the race.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2021
Here’s Pierre Rolland celebrating as he overtakes Stefan Küng in a time trial ... never mind the fact that he’s en voiture -
From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2021
Hans Küng was born March 19, 1928, in Sursee, Switzerland.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2021
Throughout the week, the 32-year-old phenom released several remixes of the self-loathing lead single “Anti-Hero,” featuring the Bleachers, Roosevelt, Kungs, Jayda G and an acoustic version.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
For a while, the Kungs reigned as one of the richest and allegedly most corrupt families in the country.
From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2019
"We must rip aside the iron curtain of the Soongs and Kungs," he railed.
From Time Magazine Archive
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One answers: 'They still respect and support the Generalissimo, but some members of his family, such as the Soongs and Kungs, aren't so good.
From Time Magazine Archive
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