Xuzhou

alternative Hsu-chou · alternative Hsü-chou · alternative Hsuchow · alternative Suchow · alternative Süchow

1. A prefecture-level city in northwestern Jiangsu, China.

   T’ung-shan County in the Hsüchou district of Kiangsu was apparently famous for nonglutenous rice during the Han and Northern Wei dynasties (third century B.C. to third century A.D.).

   [1980, Elizabeth J. Perry, Rebels and Revolutionaries in North China, 1845-1945, Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 25

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   Earlier this week, 16 foreign teachers and three Chinese were arrested on drug charges at a local language school in Xuzhou, around 370 miles (600 kilometers) southwest of Yantai. On Friday, the British embassy in Beijing said four of its nationals had been arrested Jiangsu province, where Xuzhou is located.

   2019 July 14, “China detains another Canadian citizen amid diplomatic tension”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 14 Jul 2019, News

   To that end, he said, he planned an overhaul of the company’s ownership this autumn. The city of Xuzhou would retain 34 percent ownership in the company while surrounding Jiangsu Province would obtain 17 percent.

   2020 July 30, Keith Bradsher, “China Tries Its Favorite Economic Cure: More Construction”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Jul 2020

   Synonyms: Tongshan

alternative Suifu · alternative Suifoo · alternative Suchow

1. historicalA former name of Yibin, a prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China, at the confluence of the Min and Yangtze rivers.
2. A district of Yibin, Sichuan, China.