Wensu

alternative Wen-su

1. Synonym of Onsu: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.

   Kenijihan Talifu, a 114-year-old woman in Wensu County, cultivates fruit trees, vegetables and flowers and raises sheep and a donkey.

   1985 December 23 [1985 November 23], Xinhua Relays Facts on Xinjian^([sic – meaning Xinjiang]) Centenarians, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, page 167

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   The Wensu (Onsu) county government in Aqsu district reported taking steps to monitor returnees from pilgrimages in order to “place them in the ‘line of vision’ of the government and Party committee” and “understand” the activities they participated in while abroad.

   2009 October 10, “Human Rights”, in Congressional-Executive Commission on China Annual Report 2009, Congressional-Executive Commission on China, page 130

   But the key moment for Jazexhi came during a visit to Wensu County Vocational Skills Training Centre, a re-education camp in Aksu prefecture.

   2020 August 23, Kate Wong, David Bogi, “How China uses Muslim press trips to counter claims of Uighur abuse”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2020

   Synonyms: Onsu