Xiangshui

See also: xiāngshuǐ

English

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 响水 (Xiǎngshuǐ).

Proper noun

Xiangshui

  1. A county of Yancheng, Jiangsu, China.
    • [1971, Summary of World Broadcasts: The Far East, British Broadcasting Corporation, →OCLC, page A-4:
      Kiangsu Leading members of the Hsiangshui County CCP Committee have linked the study and application of Marxism-Leninism-Mao Tsetung thought with invest- []]
    • 1996, White, Gordon; Howell, Jude; Shang, Xiaoyuan, “Urban Women and the Women's Federation”, in In Search of Civil Society: Market Reform and Social Change in Contemporary China, Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 79:
      In many rural areas of China women cadres have virtually disappeared. For example in Xiangshui County in Jiangsu Province, the number of women serving as secretaries/ deputy secretaries or heads/deputy heads of basic level collective organizations fell from 93 in late 1979 to 12 in 1990 (Zhang Yaofang 1993).
  2. A town in Xiangshui, Yancheng, Jiangsu, China.

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