Meanings
- A Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Yunnan, China.
But Diqing is part of China proper, not Tibet, and its people appear reconciled to Chinese rule.
1998 July 26, Charles Hutzler, “On Chinese Frontier, Tibetans Reclaiming Their Lives, Culture”, in Los Angeles Times2 more examples
This fertile plain[…]was designated as Zhongdian, a county in the Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture of north-west Yunnan prefecture.
2006 May 31, Jonathan Watts, “Welcome to Shangri-la. By order of the state council of the Chinese government”, in The GuardianDiqing is a region experiencing rapid development transitions related to China’s Great Western Development strategy[…]
2014, Michelle Olsgard Stewart, “Constructing and Deconstructing the Commons”, in Emily T. Yeh, Christopher R. Coggins, editors, Mapping Shangrila: Contested Landscapes in the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands, Seattle: University of Washington Press, →ISBN, Governance and Development: Comparisons between Dongwa and Shusong
Origin
- Mandarin迪庆
- EnglishDiqing
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 迪庆 (Díqìng).
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Chinese Mandarin 迪庆
- 迪庆 (Díqìng)Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Yunnan
Cite this entry
Diqing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Diqing
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