Beibei

"Hello, hello, hello! What? Hochuan? This is Peipei. Planes over Hochuan? Toward Peipei? No, not here. ... Bombing heard? Where, southward?" Then the man would hang up and turn the crank again, and shout to Chungking or some other place, "Peipei calling, planes over Hochuan, toward Peipei, Peipei." Very soon we would hear planes over our heads.

[1941, Anor Lin, “Sung Dugout”, in Dawn Over Chungking, New York: John Day Company, →OCLC, page 87

2. Szechwan, Peipei, a town north of Chungking, has been selected as a model district for the creation of independent farmers. With the cooperation of the Municipal Bureau of Peipei, land survey has been completed and plans have been made for the establishment of farm units to be given to the farmers after the completion of procedures for land expropriation.

[1943, The Chinese Ministry of Information, “Agricultural Economy”, in Hollington Tong, editor, China Handbook 1937–1943: A Comprehensive Survey of Major Developments in China in Six Years of War, New York: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, page 619, columns 1–2

Mao Jianping, the deputy director of the municipal procuratorate, and Zhao Wenrui, the head of the Beibei district, were detained at the same time on suspicion of conspiring to protect Chongqing’s network of gangsters.

2012, Andrew Wedeman, Double Paradox: Rapid Growth and Rising Corruption in China, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 169

Late last year, graphic video footage of the party secretary of Chongqing’s Beibei district in a rendezvous with a young woman was widely circulated on the Chinese internet. The official, Lei Zhengfu, was later sacked.

2013 January 25, Lucy Hornby, “China busts sex video blackmailers who targeted officials”, in Jon Hemming, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2022, World News

On May 16, 2013, the government in Xiema Town in Beibei District, Chongqing, had over 100 police officers forcibly demolish my home. My mother was injured so badly that she’s now in the hospital.

2013 June 16, Flourishing Musical Goddess_76635, quotee, “Chinese Voice Anger and Nostalgia Over Urbanization”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2021, Asia Pacific