Gong'an

alternative Kungan · alternative Kung-an

1. A county of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.

   Gong’an County has over 3,000 Christians who hope to build a church in the county town to hold 700 people.

   1999, Tony Lambert, “A survey of church growth, province by province”, in China's Christian Millions, Monarch Books, published 2006, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 252

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   Functionaries in Gongan county in rural Hubei province had been ordered to smoke at least 23,000 packs of cigarettes a year, worth nearly 4 million yuan ($586,700), to cushion government finances, according to regional media reports.

   [2009 May 5, Beijing newsroom, “China cigarette order goes up in smoke”, in Ben Blanchard, Miral Fahmy, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2017, Lifestyle

   Often, the skewering gets results. In April, one county in Hubei Province in central China drew nationwide ridicule after officials ordered civil servants and employees of state-owned companies to buy a total of 23,000 packs of the province’s brand of cigarettes every year.[…] County officials said the increased revenue from the cigarette tax would buoy the local economy. After several weeks of embarrassment, Gongan County officials posted a short message on the government’s Web site that read: “We have decided to remove this edict.”

   [2009 October 25, Sharon LaFraniere, “Salute All Cars, Kids. It’s a Rule in China.”, in The New York Times (Asia Pacific section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2011