Ta-ch'ing

A form of Daqing — A prefecture-level city of Heilongjiang, China.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Daqing (“oil field”).

    The Ta-ch'ing Model The situation at Ta-ch'ing was quite different. This oil field had been discovered around 1960.

    1980, Ramon H. Myers, The Chinese Economy Past and Present, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 218
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    Four years earlier Mao had declared this area a model of self-sufficiency, saying, "In industry learn from Ta-ch'ing."

    1977, Roxane Witke, Comrade Chiang Chʻing, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 350

    From the point of view of Japanese refineries and oil importers, the shorter distance to low-sulphur Chinese oil from Ta-ch'ing as an alternative to Indonesian oil appeared especially attractive, although the high wax content of Ta-ch'ing oil is a problem.

    1977, Yuan-li Wu, Japan's Search for Oil, Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 50

    From the standpoint of the Sino-Soviet feud, it is well to remember, too, that the Ta-chʻing field in northern Manchuria, China's most productive, is highly vulnerable to Soviet bombs and missiles and, in the event of war, would be one of the first objectives of a Russian offensive.

    1978, Drew Middleton, The Duel of the Giants: China and Russia in Asia, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 104

Origin

  1. Mandarin大慶 /大庆
  2. EnglishTa-ch'ing

From Mandarin 大慶 /大庆 (Dàqìng) Wade–Giles romanization: Ta⁴-chʻing⁴.

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