Fushun

alternative Fu-shun

1. A prefecture-level city of Liaoning, China, known for coal mining.

   In the Fushun mine, apparently on the same seam, the coal reaches a thickness of thirty-five feet, though it averages much less.

   1867, Raphael Pumpelly, “Geological Researches in China, Mongolia, and Japan, During the Years 1862 to 1865”, in Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, volume XV, Smithsonian Institution, →OCLC, page 15

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   FUSHUN (FU-SHUN, FUSUNG), an industrial city adjoining Mukden on the east, located on the Hsün river in central Liaoning province, China.

   1968, Joseph Earle Spencer, “FUSHUN”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 9, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1058, column 2

   In the deadliest incident, torrential rains over the last week caused the Nei River in northeastern Liaoning province to overflow near the city of Fushun, sweeping away homes, roads and utilities and leaving 54 people dead and 97 missing.

   2013 August 20, “More than 200 dead or missing in China floods”, in AP News, archived from the original on 31 May 2024

   The state-owned mining companies cut dangerously steep angles into the ground without refilling, a practice that has put Fushun’s future at risk, he said. Landslides now threaten 42.5 percent of Fushun’s urban areas, according to a 2012 government report.

   2015 October 6, Yifu Dong, “Coal, Which Built a Chinese City, Now Threatens to Bury It”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2015, Asia Pacific

2. A county of Fushun, Liaoning, China.