Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Zhuhai.
The “Hsinhua News Agency,” in a wire report from Canton, said that “Yeh Chien-ying, accompanied by Wang Cheng, member of the politburo, has visited Chuhai and other places in Kwangtung province.”
1981 April 19, “Yeh, Teng far apart”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXII, number 15, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 33 more examples
His company, a textile conglomerate, has signed an agreement with China to set up a yarn spinning mill in Chuhai, Kwangtung, near Macao.[…] Engineers, management personnel and skilled workers will initially be sent from Hong Kong to Chuhai to train their Chinese counterparts, Mr. Chao said in an interview.
1978 November 27 [1978 November 26], “Peking and Hong Kong Setting Up Joint Ventures”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2018, Section D, page 1Beijing Review, no. 13, p. 23, March 1985, which reviews the Chuhai development at the Western end of the Pearl River Delta. Chuhai and Shantou are the other two special economic zones in Guangdong Province, while Xiamen, the fourth special economic zone, is located in Fujian province.
1988, David Wen-Wei Chang, China under Deng Xiaoping: Political and Economic Reform, New York: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 285The first four SEZs were Shantou (Swatow) and Xiamen (Amoy) in the north, and Shenzen^([sic – meaning Shenzhen]) (Shentsen) and Zhuhai (Chuhai) in the south. The SEZs became China’s chief commercial outlets.
2008, Michael Lynch, “China After Mao: The Deng Revolution 1978-97”, in The People's Republic of China 1949-76, 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 160-161
Origin
- Mandarin珠海
- EnglishChuhai
From Mandarin 珠海 (Zhūhǎi) Wade–Giles romanization: Chu¹-hai³.
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