Linyi

alternative Lin-i

1. A prefecture-level city in southern Shandong, China.

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   China has banned electro-shock therapy as a treatment for Internet addiction, citing uncertainty in the safety and effectiveness of the practice after criticism in the local media. The Ministry of Health announcement followed recent media reports about a controversial psychiatrist in Linyi, Shandong Province, who administered electric currents to nearly 3,000 teenagers in an attempt to rid them of their Internet habit.

   2009 July 14, Liu Zhen, Lucy Hornby, “China bans electro-shock therapy for Internet addicts”, in Miral Fahmy, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 13 May 2022, Lifestyle

alternative Lin-i

1. A county of Yuncheng, Shanxi, China.

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   "After the publication of the great leader Chairman Mao's instruction on commenting on 'Water Margin', the 1,300 or so representatives attending a Yuncheng prefectural conference on wheat production launched enthusiastic study and comment on it.[…] (Sun Chang-hsiang), chairman of the revolutionary committee of (Shihwu) brigade in Linyi County, said: "We shall persist in launching serious comment and discussion on 'Water Margin' so that everyone will see clearly the true colors of the capitulationists.

   1975 September 12 [1975 September 9], “Shansi Prefecture Holds Forum on 'Water Margin'”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 178, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Taiyuan Shansi Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: North Region, page K 3

alternative Lin-i

1. A county of Dezhou, Shandong, China.
2. A town in Linyi, Dezhou, Shandong, China.

alternative Lin-i

1. Synonym of Lâm Ấp (An ancient kingdom in present-day Vietnam, possibly the predecessor of Champa)

   The flow of commercial wealth that Linyi generated changed political equations in the Tongking Gulf. Linyi rested on control of two key resources: strategic harbours for ports of call and the aromatic forests of the interior liked by well-established overland trails.

   2024, Li Tana, “‘THE Harbour and THE Path of All Countries’ Linyi, 200–700 CE”, in A Maritime Vietnam: From Earliest Times to the Nineteenth Century, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Jan 2024

   Synonyms: Lâm Ấp