Jian'ou

alternative Chien-ou · alternative Kienow · alternative also Jianou

1. A county-level city of Nanping, Fujian, China.

   Every now and then, Wan Zijing likes to bring up something that happened many years ago when we had both participated in the Provincial Young Writers’ Association conference in the historical city of Jian’ou.

   2013, Li Han, “Late Stage”, in Josh Stenberg, transl., Irina's Hat: New Short Stories from China, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 155

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   After clearing the Japanese outside coastline a sufficient distance, a general westerly course will be set for one or more of the following airports in China: Chuchow, Chuchow (Lishui), Yushan and/or Chienou. Chuchow is about seventy miles inland and two hundred miles to the south southwest of Shanghai.

   [1964, Carroll V. Glines, “The Preparation”, in Doolittle's Tokyo Raiders, D. Van Nostrand Company, →OCLC, page 38

   Li, from Jianou in Fujian province, was confirmed to have been infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus in March. "A doctor in her village will carry out medical checks every day and report her condition to us to ensure her complete recovery," said Huang Jian, deputy director of Jianou's Health Bureau.

   [2007 May 29, “China says bird flu patient recovers, goes home”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2022