cele

plural celes

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alternative Ts'e-le · alternative Ts'e-lo

1. Synonym of Qira: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.

   Five IBPP research stations-four in the Tianshan region (Muosuowan, Fukang, Bayinbuluke, and Turpan) and one (the Cele Desert Research Station) near Hetian on the southern edge of the Tarim Basin-support field work on a wide range of topics (Map 1-5).

   1992, Grasslands and Grassland Sciences in Northern China, National Academy Press, →ISBN, page 175

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   Salamet Memetimin, the communist party secretary for Chaka township’s Bekchan village, in Hotan (in Chinese, Hetian) prefecture’s Chira (Cele) county, was among 97 officials recently charged with disciplinary violations, according to an April 10 report by the state-run Hotan Daily newspaper.

   2017, Qiao Long, “'No Sign' of Kazakh Imam Scheduled For Release From Prison in July”, in Luisetta Mudie, transl., edited by Luisetta Mudie, Radio Free Asia

   Some local governments are struggling to maintain this pace of spending. In neighbouring Cele county, where authorities expected to have almost 12,000 detainees in vocational camps and detention centres, a budget for 2018 says: “There are still many projects not included in the budget due to a lack of funds. The financial situation in 2018 is very severe.”

   2019, Lily Kuo, “'If you enter a camp, you never come out': inside China's war on Islam”, in The Guardian

   Synonyms: Qira