Nanshan

alternative Nan-shan

1. Various towns, districts, and subdistricts of China.
   1. A district of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, across Deep Bay from Hong Kong.

      Shenzhen’s Nanshan District is scattered with state-of-the-art high-rises, impressive corporate headquarters, government buildings, five-star hotels, and fancy shopping malls.

      2012, Behzad Yaghmaian, The Accidental Capitalist: A People's Story of the New China, Pluto Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 160

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      In the election on May 9, Chen Huibin won, but the other candidate, Wu Haining, cried foul. As Chen was preparing for a five-year term as the local delegate, starting with the fourth Nanshan District People’s Congress held on May 27, Wu claimed the election was fraudulent and reported it to the Shenzhen and Nanshan District People’s Congress Standing Committee.

      2003 June 13, Ivy Zhang, “Was the Right Person Elected?”, in Beijing Today, number 108, →OCLC, page 8, column 1

      On Tuesday, the Shenzhen Nanshan District Court sentenced Wang Jianmin, 63, to five years and three months in jail and Guo Zhongxiao, 41, to two years and three months, Wang’s lawyer, Chen Nansha, said.[...] The Shenzhen Nanshan District Court, district government and foreign affairs office did not immediately respond to a request comment. The Hong Kong police said arrests in mainland China were outside of their jurisdiction.

      2016 July 26, Tris Pan, Lindsy Long, Sharon Shi, Clare Baldwin, “Two Hong Kong magazine executives jailed in China - lawyer”, in Robert Birsel, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 07 May 2022, World News

   2. A district of Hegang, Heilongjiang, China.

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      The modern industrial zone is located in the northeast of the Hegang coal mining area, including Xinlu West, Yixin West and Nanshan West, with a planned area of 13 km2. The administrative area is mainly affiliated to the northeastern part of Xingshan District of Hegang City, the southeast of Xiangyang District, and the eastern part of Nanshan District. It is less than 5km away from Hegang Railway Station.

      2019, Yun Jiang, Yanjun Li, Guanzhuang Zhang, “The Influence and Integrated Governance Planning of Coal Mining Subsidence Areas in Hegang City”, in IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science, volume 330, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4

2. An island in the Spratly archipelago of the Philippines.

   The Philippine Congress has earmarked 800 million pesos (US$14.3 million) for the transportation department to build a port facility on Nanshan Island (馬歡島) where boats, including those for fishing, could seek shelter.

   2024 January 16, “Philippines plans to upgrade outposts in South China Sea”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Jan 2024, Front Page, page 1

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   Brawner said that the government hoped to install desalination machines and communications equipment on Thitu Island and Nanshan Island. Thitu, known to Manila as Pag-asa, is the largest Philippine-occupied feature in the South China Sea, boasting an airstrip and landing dock, and supporting a population of around 200. A handful of Philippine soldiers and their families are stationed on Nanshan or Lawak Island. All nine Philippine-occupied outposts exist in a precarious umbilical relationship to the Philippine mainland, reliant on regular navy supply missions and acutely vulnerable to blockade by Chinese vessels.

   2024 January 16, Sebastian Strangio, “Philippines to Upgrade South China Sea Outposts, Military Chief Says”, in The Diplomat, archived from the original on 16 Jan 2024, ASEAN Beat

3. A dormant volcano in northeastern China's Keluo volcanic field.
4. uncommonAn alternative term for the Qilian Mountains between Gansu and Qinghai in western China, from their position south of the Hexi Corridor.