Wenshan
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) Wen-shan
- (from Tongyong Pinyin, Taiwan) Wunshan
Proper noun
Wenshan
- A Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture in Yunnan, China.
- A county-level city in Wenshan, Yunnan, China.
- 1952 June, Hsu, Kai-yu, “Behind Red China's Human Sea Tactics”, in United States Army Combat Forces Journal, volume 2, number 11, →OCLC, page 16:
- In April of 1944, an American colonel conferred with Nationalist Chinese General Kwan Lin-jen in Wenshan, southern Yunnan Province, on the defense of that region against the Japanese in Indochina. The colonel was helping the general train his troops.
- 2008 July 16, Hornby, Lucy, “China worker stabs 10 after fake money switch”, in Alex Richardson, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 09 August 2022, World News:
- “The suspect turned to a local police station for help, but was too furious to wait for an investigation,” Xinhua news agency said, citing police in Yunnan Province in southwestern China. […]
He killed one passer-by and injured another nine, none critically, on Monday morning at the Shuangqiao Garden Plaza in Wenshan county, before being seized by police.
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- A district of Taipei, Taiwan.
- 2018 November 24, Horton, Chris, “Taiwan’s President Quits as Party Chief After Stinging Losses in Local Races”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-11-24, Asia Pacific:
- Speaking at an election result viewing party in Taipei’s Wenshan district, a Kuomintang volunteer, Lin Mei-chuan, said she disapproved of the Tsai administration’s handling of the economy, as well as cross-strait ties.
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