Meanings
- A county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
During the Cultural Revolution, Taipai County built 44 roads, increasing the length of motorable road by 360 kilometers.
[1974 June 6 [1974 June 1], “Briefs: Shensi County Road-Building”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 110, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Sian Shensi Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, page M 11 more example
By 1969, Jia Qianrui and Hong Youdao initiated the relocation of the 22 Base’s central nuclear warhead storage functions to Taibai County, Shaanxi Province. A number of factors may have led to the move. First, Taibai County may have been designated as the ultimate location of China’s nuclear weapons stockpile as early as 1958. Taibai County had been identified as a candidate reserve storage site in the 1958 survey, and this may have been a factor in the establishment of Taibai County in the early-1960s.
2013 July, Mark A. Stokes, “Securing Nuclear Arsenals: A Chinese Case Study”, in Nuclear Weapons Security Crises: What Does History Teach?, Carlisle Barracks, PA: U.S. Army War College, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 71–72
Origin
- Mandarin太白
- EnglishTaibai
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 太白 (Tàibái).
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Chinese Cantonese 太白
- 太白 (taai³ baak⁶)county
Chinese Mandarin 太白
- 太白 (Tàibái)county
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