Fengdu

alternative Feng-tu · alternative Fengtu

1. A county of Chongqing, China.

   He said an algal bloom from too many nutrients earlier this year on a tributary had contaminated drinking water for 50,000 people in Fengdu County.

   2007 November 19, Jim Yardley, “Chinese Dam Projects Criticized for Their Human Costs”, in The New York Times (Asia Pacific section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2009, page 2

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   The Library of Congress has the largest collection of Chinese local histories outside China, with more than 4,000 titles in all. They are rich in historical data on local institutions, customs, geography, and plants and animals of the area. Shown here is a typical volume from the local history of Feng-tu County, Ssu-ch’uan Province, published in 1710.

   [1980, Charles A. Goodrum, “Orientalia”, in Treasures of the Library of Congress, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 198

   My great aunt was the first to starve in the village; my cousin rushed home from the mining school where he was a student to carry out his duties as eldest son. On his way there, he passed through Fengdu County, and saw the famine's great toll on the populace.

   1998 [1997], Hong Ying, translated by Howard Goldblatt, Daughter of the River, New York: Grove Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 166

   An initial investigation showed that her seat belt had broken and a passenger safety bar did not fit tightly enough at the Chaohua Amusement Park in Fengdu county in Chongqing municipality, the national product safety regulator said on Saturday.

   2017 February 5, “Girl, 13, dies after being thrown off ride at Chinese amusement park”, in South China Morning Post, sourced from AP, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2017, China