Meanings
- 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 2183 more examples
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 350From 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 50From 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
- Mandarin大慶 /大庆
- EnglishTa-ch'ing
From Mandarin 大慶 /大庆 (Dàqìng) Wade–Giles romanization: Ta⁴-chʻing⁴.
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