Huai

alternative Hwai

1. A major river in China, about midway between the Yellow River and Yangtze.

   In 1887, E. H. Parker,¹ writing upon this subject, reported the cost for the southern Huai region as having been formerly Tls. 4000 each, i.e. $2600, but as reduced to Tls. 3600 or $2,340.

   1912 May, E. T. Williams, “Taxation in China”, in The Quarterly Journal of Economics, volume XXVI, number 3, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 503

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   It is located in the western suburb of Tianjiaan, Huainnan^([sic – meaning Huainan]) City, Anhui Province. Like a multi-colored band, it joins together the railroad and highway which cut across the north and south Huai regions.

   1983 January 14 [1982 October 1], “First Dual-Purpose Bridge Over Huaihe Completed”, in China Report: Economic Affairs, number 300, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →OCLC, page 114

   The only bright spot of the war was the initial victory scored by General Lai Huer 來護兒, who commanded the naval forces of the Yangzi and Huai to enter the Pei River 浿水 (Taedong River) and defeat the Koguryŏ army near Pyongyang.

   2006, Victor Cunrui Xiong, “The Collapse of the Sui”, in Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty: His Life, Times, and Legacy (SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture), State University of New York Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 57