Haidian

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 海淀 (Hǎidiàn).

Haidian

1. A district of Beijing, China.
   • [1949 February 5 [December 16, 1948], Moffett, Samuel, “Behind the Curtain: Reds Occupy Yenching”, in Presbyterian Life‎, volume 2, number 3, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 14, column 3:

     We woke up this morning to find ourselves in Communist territory. Advance Red units pushed past Yenching last night and occupied Haitien, the village just south of us on the road to Peiping.]

   • 2022 October 14, Wakabayashi, Daisuke; Claire Fu, “China’s Internet Censors Race to Quell Beijing Protest Chatter”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 October 2022, Asia Pacific‎:

     When a column of smoke appeared on Thursday over the Sitong Bridge overpass in the Haidian district of Beijing, it drew attention to a protester who had hung banners openly bashing China’s top leader by name and criticizing the country’s “zero Covid” policy, including one calling for “freedom and not lockdowns.” […]
     Chinese censors have restricted searches about the episode on Weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter, blocking certain hashtags, including “Beijing,” “Sitong Bridge” and “Haidian.”

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Haidian”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1213, column 3