Chin-Kiang
or CHIN-CHIANG, a city of China in the province of Kiang- Su (or Chiang-Su) about 490 miles S. of Tien-Tsin. Chin-Kiang was declared a treaty port in 1861. The main port fronts on the Yang-Tse-Kiang, about 150 miles from its mouth, being accessible to large ships. Pop. about 150,000.
CHINON (shē-nôn'), an antique town in the French department of Indre-et- Loire, beautifully situated on the Vienne, 31 miles S. W. of Tours. Crowning a lofty rock are the ruins of its vast old castle, the "French Windsor" of the Plantagenets, the deathplace of Henry II.; and later the residence of several French sovereigns, where, in 1429, Joan of Arc revealed her mission to the Dauphin. A farmhouse across the Vienne is pointed out as Rabelais' birthplace.