Hsiang-t'an

There the missionaries learned that they were to stay for a longer period, and they were lodged in a shed surrounded by rice fields. This was different from what they had expected, because they had been told in Canton that Father Ts’ai had arranged for a place in Hsiang-t’an. They therefore wished to proceed to Hsiang-t’an, but since that was impossible under the circumstances, they asked Liu Shêng-tuan to be their messenger to Father Liu asking him to come to them.

1948, Bernward H. Willeke, Imperial Government and Catholic Missions in China During the Years 1784-1785, St. Bonaventure, New York: Franciscan Institute, →OCLC, →OL, page 31

In July, 1951, Hua was transferred to Hsiang-t'an as county Party secretary. Although technicially not a promotion, this new assignment afforded Hua greater opportunities, because Hsiang-t'an county was larger, encompassed a large municipality for greater exposure and, most importantly, included Shao-shan, Mao's home town. During this one year assignment, Hua concentrated on organizing and implementing mutual aid teams (MATs) and monitoring the counties' efforts in the Anti-Locust Campaign.

1979, Terence P. Labrecque, The ‘Operational Code' Belief System of Hua Guofeng; Chairman of the Communist Party and Premier of the State Council, Peoples^([sic – meaning People's]) Republic of China, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, →OCLC, page 17

The most ambitious undertaking of the commission was the effort to establish a heavy-industry zone at Changsha and Hsiang-t'an in Hunan province.

1986, Parks M. Coble, Jr., The Shanghai Capitalists and the Nationalist Government, 1927-1937, 2nd edition, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 236