Huaibei

alternative Huaipei · alternative Huai-pei

1. A prefecture-level city in northern Anhui, China.

   The newspaper said that in the central Chinese town of Huaipei, every purchaser of a pack of Unity cigarettes also had to buy a pack of Chianghuai cigarettes, even though they were considered a much inferior brand.

   [1978 September 5, Jay Mathews, “Between Puffs, Chinese Warned on Cigarette Hazards”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 May 2024

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   The Yangtse and Huai Rivers cut through Anhwei, dividing it into three areas from north to south — Huaipei, Huainan and Wannan. The greater part of Huaipei, the area north of the Huai, consists of plain less than 50 metres above sea level. In the past it was almost all dry land, growing mainly wheat and sweet potatoes.

   A Concise Geography of China

   [1964, Yu-ti (任育地) Jen, “The Middle and Lower Yellow River Region”, in 中国地理概述 [A Concise Geography of China], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 122

   The biggest project completed this year was the construction of a 150‐mile waterway linking Honan, Anhwei and Kiangsu Provinces across the Huaipei Plain.[…] The Huaipei plain project was launched in 1966, but in Hupeh Province 600,000 workers re portedly took only six months to build a 60 mile‐long canal.

   [1970 July 6 [1970 July 5], “CHINESE MASSES WORK ON CANALS”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Oct 2023, page 7

   The wall fell on the schoolgirls as they gathered on the sidelines of an outdoor basketball game at Tongren Middle School in the city of Huaibei, the Anhui Administration of Work Safety said on its official website.

   2014 December 8, “5 Chinese students die after school wall collapses”, in AP News, archived from the original on 12 Mar 2023