Yancheng

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1. A district of Luohe, Henan, China.

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1. A prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, China.

   Hau Pei-tsun was born on August 24, 1919 into an educated, well-to-do farming family in Yencheng County, Kiangsu Province.

   [1993 [1992 October 1], Hau Pei-tsun, Straight Talk, Taipei: Government Information Office, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://archive.org/details/straighttalk0000haob/page/n16/

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   In March, 78 people were killed in a blast at a chemical plant in the eastern city of Yancheng that had numerous safety violations.

   2023 June 22, “Building collapses, gas blasts, mine cave-ins and more. Deadly accidents are commonplace in China”, in AP News, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2023

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1. A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

   The fire broke out in the 40-year-old building in Kaohsiung's Yancheng district in the early hours of the morning and was extinguished around dawn.

   2021 October 14, Ben Blanchard, “More than 40 feared dead in fire in southern Taiwan”, in Peter Graff, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 14 Oct 2021, Asia Pacific

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   The fire in the city's Yancheng District was the second deadliest building fire in Taiwan after a blaze at the Weierkang Club in Taichung that killed 64 people in February 1995.

   2022 August 5, Hung Hsueh-kuang, Lee Hsin-Yin, “Woman gets life imprisonment for Kaohsiung building fire that killed 46”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2022, Society

   A multi-day festival featuring exhibitions and music performances kicked off in Kaohsiung's Yancheng District on Saturday, bringing new life to a district known for its rich cultural and historical heritage.

   2022 September 24, “Festival kicks off in Kaohsiung to bring new life to old town”, in Focus Taiwan (Sponsored Content), archived from the original on 24 Sep 2022