Shanxi

alternative also Shānxi · alternative Shan-hsi · alternative Shanhsi · alternative Shansi · alternative obsolete Xansi · alternative obsolete Xiamcii · alternative obsolete Xiamxii · alternative obsolete Sciansii · alternative obsolete Chansi · alternative obsolete Channsi

1. A province in the northern part of China. Capital: Taiyuan.

   A fire at a coal company's office in China's northern Shanxi province on Thursday killed at least 25 people and injured dozens more, according to Chinese state media. Shanxi is a major coal-producing hub in China.

   2023 November 16, “China: Fire at coal mine company kills dozens”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 16 Nov 2023, China

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   Shi-whang-ti having obſerv’d in viſiting his Empire that the Northern Provinces, eſpecially Pe-che-li, Shan-ſi, and Shen-ſi, were much expoſed to the ſudden Incurſions of the Tartars ; he ſent a formidable Army, which having driven them back a great way beyond the Frontiers of the Empire, he immediately put in Execution the Scheme he had form'd to ſecure his Country againſt ſuch dangerous Neighbours, by building a Wall from the Sea to the Extremities of the Province of Shen-ſi.

   [1738, A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, Together with the Kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet, volume I, London, translation of original by J. B. Du Halde, →OCLC, page 172

   The Tachai Production Brigade is part of the Tachai Commune in Xiyang County, Shanxi Province, in Northern China. It’s tucked away in the Taihang Mountains, a bit over two hundred miles southwest of Peking, in an area with poor soil, serious erosion, and rock-strewn, mountainous terrain.

   1975, Janet Goldwasser, Stuart Dowty, “Agriculture: The Foundation”, in Huan-Ying: Workers' China, Monthly Review Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 101

   First-phase liquefaction and storage facilities are in Qinshui county, Shanxi province while the second phase is in nearby Yangcheng county. Shanxi is the nation's largest coal-producing region accounting for about 25 per cent of the nation's output.

   2008 April 21, Eric Ng, “China Leason budgets 200m yuan to expand gas liquefaction”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2023

   Mr. Xi began proclaiming his dream since taking power five years ago, though he focused much of his early efforts on battling corruption. In Shanxi, the province that includes Datong, investigators have arrested so many corrupt cadres that the national government has declared the region to be in a state of “implosive corruption.”

   2017 October 21, Chris Buckley, “In China’s Coal Capital, Xi Jinping’s Dream Remains Elusive”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2017, Asia Pacific

1. alternativeproscribedAlternative spelling of Shaanxi, a province in northwestern China. Capital: Xi'an.

   After the Red Army sets up headquarters at Yanan in north Shanxi province, he accepts a frontline post in repelling the Japanese invasion, and becomes commander of the New Fourth Army.

   1997, Donald J. Marion, The Chinese Filmography: The 2444 Feature Films Produced by Studios in the People's Republic of China from 1949 through 1995, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 212

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   The "Yenan Period," 1935-1947, was the decisive decade of the Chinese Revolution.*[…] Liu Bao-zhei had helped create the Yenan spirit; he had joined the Eighth Route Army in 1937, leaving his home in Henan Province to fight the Japanese in the North. We met Liu on a state farm nestled in the Nanniwan Valley, near Yenan. His face, rough and creased, reflected many years of labor in the harsh climate of northern Shanxi Province. Liu wore a towel tied about his head in the traditional peasant fashion of the area.

   1975, Janet Goldwasser, Stuart Dowty, “Principles of Chinese Socialism”, in Huan-Ying: Workers' China, Monthly Review Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 298

   My survey deals with the ancient silk road between the former Changan, now Xian in Shanxi (Shanhsi) Province, proceeds to the Gansu Province and finally to the Uighur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang. It is primarily the Northern route which led through the land of the Mongols, Tibetans and Uighurs.

   1984 [1983 September 2], Peter Thiele, “The Ancient Silk Road in Northwestern China Today”, in Yamamoto Tatsuro, editor, Proceedings of the Thirty-First International Congress of Human Sciences in Asia and North Africa, volume I, Tokyo: The Tōhō Gakkai (The Institute of Eastern Culture), →OCLC, page 376

   A fervent believer in an afterlife, Qin Shihuang ordered his tomb to be guarded by 8,000 terra-cotta statues. This grandiose resting place was accidentally disinterred in 1976 by farmers digging a well in the ancient capital, Xian, during a drought. Dr. Huang broached the idea of a terra-cotta exhibit on a trip to Shanxi Province, where Xian is located, three years ago.

   2000 December 6, Mark Landler, “Could Terra-Cotta Warriors Be a Trojan Horse?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2023, World, page 2

   Owing to soil erosion, some farmland has become totally barren. In Chenjiagedu Village, Fugu county, Shanxi Province, since all farmland was lost, the local people were obliged to travel several kilometers for fertile soil.

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   2002, “Cleaning the Yellow River”, in 修月祯 [Xiu Yuezhen], editor, 旅游英语教程·听说分册 [Lü you ying yu jiao cheng], Beijing: Renmin University of China Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 256–257

   634 ·The Palace of Great Clarity, an imperial resort including residential and official buildings, is constructed northwest of Chang’an in Shanxi Province. 636 ·The Zhaoling (Clarity Tomb) of Emperor Taizong is built in Liquan County, Shanxi Province. The tomb includes the well-known stone sculpture Six Horses of the Clarity Tomb.

   2003, Guangqiu Xu, Imperial China, 617-1644 (World Eras), volume 7, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 98