Meanings
Yangxin1
alternative Yangsin · alternative Yanghsin · alternative Yang-hsin
- A county of Binzhou, Shandong, China.
In December 2000, three Hui men were arrested for demonstrating against a Han Chinese shop that claimed to sell "halal pork" in Shandong's Yangxin county, near Huimin, a huge insult to Muslims who are forbidden from eating pork.
2007 September 3, “Muslims, Han Chinese clash in north China - group”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 18 May 2021, Latest Crisis1 more example
"The Yanghsin County CCP Committee and the county revolutionary committee, in the movement to criticize revisionism and rectify the style of work, have adopted effective measures to popularize the experiences of the (Kaochiachuangtzu) production brigade of (Chienko) commune in Chaoyuan county in democratic financial management in implementing the party's policies for the rural areas.[…] Impressed by the experiences of the (Kaochiachuangtzu) production brigade, the Yanghsin county party and revolutionary committees last year sent part of the county production brigade cadres to the (Kaochianchuangtzu) production brigade to observe and learn.
[1973 June 14 [1973 June 7], “Shantung County Enforces Financial Management for Brigades”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 115, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Tsinan Shantung Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, East Region, pages C 2–C 3
Yangxin2
alternative Yangsin · alternative Yanghsin · alternative Yang-hsin
- A county of Huangshi, Hubei, China.
To understand the complex issues bedeviling China's government, journey to Yangxin, a river-crossed county on the southern banks of the Yangtze in Hubei province, 800 miles from Beijing.
1998 November 22, John Pomfret, “Yangtze Flood Jolts China's Land Policies”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2000, page A314 more examples
Elsewhere, too, the comrades have made progress in their work and deserve our praise — as in some parts of the counties of Shanghang, Changting and Yungting in Fukien Province; in Hsikiang and other places in southern Kiangsi Province; in some parts of the counties of Chaling, Yunghsin and Kian in the Hunan-Kiangsi border area; in some parts of Yanghsin County in the Hunan-Hupeh-Kiangsi border area; in districts and townships of many other counties in Kiangsi Province and in the county of Juichin which is directly under our central government.
[1954, Mao Tse-tung, Selected Works of Mao Tse-Tung, volume 1, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 151In 1965 the People’s Daily published sore figures for Yangxin xian in Hubei Province which showed how important the part-work schools were in raising school attendance figures (SCMP 3475, 1965).
1970, R. F. Price, “Part-time schools and classes”, in Brian Holmes, editor, Education in Communist China (World education series), New York; Washington: Praeger Publishers, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 213Another report from Yanghsin county down the Yangtze mentioned ten gentry, leaders of dissatisfied old-style policemen, and secret societies angry at the desecration of “superstitious” temples.
[1977, Roy Hofheinz, Jr., The Broken Wave: The Chinese Communist Peasant Movement, 1922-1928, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 318Examination of the condition of the reckless issuing of clothing throughout the county by the Yangxin County party committee and the county government to administrative and business units directly subordinate to the county was stressed, it was discovered that the cost of issuing clothing to 45 units had topped 300,000 yuan, and over 72,000 yuan has now been recovered.
1985 July 1, Hubei Curbs Unhealthy Tendencies, United States Joint Publications Research Service, page 73
Origin
Yangxin · proper noun
- Chinese陽信 /阳信
- EnglishYangxin
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 陽信 /阳信 (Yángxìn).
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Full word history & related roots →Yangxin · proper noun
- Mandarin陽新 /阳新
- EnglishYangxin
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 陽新 /阳新 (Yángxīn).
More words from Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 陽信 /阳信, 陽新 /阳新
- 陽信 /阳信county seat and county
- 陽新 /阳新 (joeng⁴ san¹)county
Chinese Mandarin 陽信 /阳信, 陽新 /阳新
- 陽信 /阳信 (Yángxìn)county seat and county
- 陽新 /阳新 (Yángxīn)county
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