Puding

(Huang Hua-chen) and (Liu Te-hai), who participated in student enrollment examinations in (Huashu) District in Puting County, have violated the examination discipline, indulged in corrupt practices and caused a bad influence. The Puting County CCP Committee recently applied disciplinary sanctions against (Huang Hua-chen) and (Liu Te-hai) and publicized the case throughout the county.

[1978 January 31 [1978 January 28], “Kweichow County Punishes Dishonest Examiners”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 21, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Kweiyang Kweichow Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Southwest Region, page J 4:

If Beijing wins this one, remote valleys in the hills of Pingtang and Puding counties in the poor southwestern province of Guizhou could become the home of the biggest scientific instrument ever to be assembled on Earth.

2001 November 13, Andy Ho, “China vies to house the biggest telescope on Earth”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-02-10:


清水河

ㄑㄧㄥ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄜˊ

/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵/

/t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ hɔː²¹/

/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵/

/t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ hɔː²¹/

(～縣) Qingshuihe County (a county of Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China)


Guzhang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 古丈 (Gǔzhàng).

The floods also triggered landslides and mudslides in nearby Guzhang County, causing damage to houses and crops, blocking roads and disrupting traffic, state broadcaster CCTV said.

2023 June 30, Ella Cao, Twinnie Siu, “Cars washed away as floods wreak havoc in southern China”, in Mark Heinrich, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2023-07-01, China:

A county of Xiangxi prefecture, Hunan, China


Fenghuang

The official Xinhua press agency said that 86 people were rescued, including the 22 who were injured when the 320-meter, or 1,050-foot, bridge spanning the Tuo River in Hunan Province collapsed Monday. The cause of the collapse was under investigation, it said.
The 43-meter-high bridge in Fenghuang County had four decorative stone arches and was scheduled to open at the end of this month, Xinhua said.[…]
Part of the bridge collapsed across a highway linking Fenghuang County to an airport in the Tongren region of neighboring Guizhou Province, according to a notice posted on the local government Web site on Tuesday.

2007 August 14, “Bridge collapse in China kills at least 22”, in The New York Times, sourced from BEIJING Xinhua News Agency, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-06-02, Asia Pacific:

A county of Xiangxi prefecture, Hunan, China.


Yongshun

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 永順／永顺 (Yǒngshùn).

According to the report, the counterfeit banknotes sprung up in Yongshun county, Hunan, and quickly spread to other regions.

2011 August 16, Mimi Lau, “Police seize 'high-quality' fake 100 yuan notes”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-07-27, Latest:

More than three thousand people were evacuated in northwestern Hunan province over the weekend as heavy rain was unleashed on Sangzhi, Shimen and Yongshun counties, and Zhangjiajie City, according to state media.

2023 August 28, Bernard Orr, Ethan Wang, “Heavy rains, floods inundate China; Hunan province sees record rain, thousands evacuated”, in Michael Perry, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2023-08-28, Environment:


Baojing

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 保靖 (Bǎojìng).

Peng Tu-yuan is a commune member of Tuchia nationality in the Yehtsa brigade, Paoching County in the Tuchia-Miao Autonomous Chou, western Hunan Province.

[1974, “An Expert in Raising Tung Oil Trees”, in China Pictorial, number 7 (313), Peking: China Pictorial, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 45:

Rains have pounded the Xiangxi area in Hunan since Thursday, with 314.5 mm of precipitation soaking Baojing County by 2 p.m., shattering a local record, state-backed media reported.

2023 June 30, Ella Cao, Twinnie Siu, “Cars washed away as floods wreak havoc in southern China”, in Mark Heinrich, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2023-06-30, China:


Luxi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 瀘溪／泸溪 (Lúxī).


Luxi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 蘆溪／芦溪.


Datian

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大田 (Dàtián).

If Fujian Province can be said to have a Babel, tiny Datian County can stake a pretty solid claim. In this 800 square miles of rural central Fujian, where fields of rice and tobacco grow in the shadow of tall mountains, no fewer than five dialects are spoken in addition to Mandarin.

2005 July 10, Howard W. French, “Uniting China to Speak Mandarin, the One Official Language: Easier Said Than Done”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-05-10, Asia Pacific:


Lianhua

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 蓮花／莲花 (Liánhuā).


Jainca

He came from a town called Jainca, in the eastern part of Qinghai, close to the borders of Gansu and Sichuan. His father was Tibetan, his mother Han, an unusual combination. The reverse is often true, for Han men stationed in Qinghai take native women for wives, but it is rare that a Han woman marries a Tibetan: To do so she must break with her family, a thing almost akin to death for most Han. But then Lobsang’s father must have been an extraordinary man. He spoke of him seldom but when he did his words were respectful. His mother he spoke of continuously, with great love. He sent her most of his salary, which in Jainca probably enabled her to live like a queen.

1989, Paul Fusey Amor, chapter 30, in The People's Republic: A Novel (Fiction), New York: Walker and Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 179:


Zêkog

On the hill behind the Hor Monastery in Zekog County, Huangnan stand four large stone sutra walls. Known as the Hor Sutra Stone Walls, they are the largest of their kind in China.

2006, “Mani Stones and Sutra Walls”, in Qinghai — Sourceland of Three Great Rivers [青海: 神圣三江源] (Panoramic China [全景中国]), Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 256-257:

A Tibetan man in his late twenties called Phagmo Samdup set himself on fire on February 5 in Dokarmo town in Tsekhog (Chinese: Zeku) in Malho (Chinese: Huangnan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, the Tibetan area of Amdo, according to Tibetan sources. It is the first self-immolation of 2014, five years on from the first self-immolation in Tibet of Kirti monk Tapey in February, 2009.
Phagmo Samdup set fire to himself at around 9.30 pm in the evening. It appears that not many people were outside to witness the self-immolation. Police on patrol extinguished the fire and took Phagmo Samdup away, and it is not known if he survived, Tibetan sources said, adding he had been taken to Tsekhog county town.

[2014 February 7, “Self-immolation of Tibetan father of two in Tsekhog”, in International Campaign for Tibet, archived from the original on 2014-03-28:


Wangqing

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 汪清 (Wāngqīng).

WANGQING, China – On Dec. 30, the mother of Han Jin O and Han Eu No was arrested as she tried to sneak back into North Korea with a sack of rice on her back and her children by her side.

1999 February 11, John Pomfret, “N. Koreans Export Girls for Marriage”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-12-07, page A30:

A county of Yanbian prefecture, Jilin, China.


Jiayin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 嘉蔭／嘉荫 (Jiāyīn).

A county of Yichun, Heilongjiang, China.


Daishan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 岱山.

A statement released Sunday by the government of Daishan county in Zheijiang province said it first received a notice on Sept. 9 that crew members on board the ship that was undergoing repairs had fallen ill and tested positive for the coronavirus.

2020 September 13, “Asia Today: India cases climb to 4.75M as recovery improves”, in AP News, sourced from New Delhi, archived from the original on 2024-06-19:


Shengsi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 嵊泗 (Shèngsì).

On 25 April at about 1600 hours [0800 GMT], the fishing boat (Shengfeng) No. 12 belonging to the Hsinhuatai Company of Keelung, Taiwan Province, blinded by fog, hit a reef and sank in the waters near the Choushan Islands, Chekiang Province. Rescue was organized by fishermen of Shengssu County, Choushan Islands, Chekiang Province, and all of the 10 crew members of the fishing boat (Shengfeng) No. 12 were brought to safety.

[1973 May 16 [1973 May 14], “Fishermen Rescue Crew of Sinking Taiwan Boat 25 Apr”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 95, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking to Taiwan, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: International Affairs, page A 5:


肇州

/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/siːu̯²² t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/siːu̯²² t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

(～縣) Zhaozhou (a county of Daqing, Heilongjiang, China)


Coqên

Chinese authorities have sentenced a Tibetan man named Samten to three years in prison following a closed-door hearing in the so called Ngari Prefecture’s Coqên County in Tibet.[…]
Samten, a 36-year-old resident of Coqên County, Ngari Prefecture, was arrested three months before the trial, with the exact reasons for his detention remaining undisclosed.

2024 April 9, Tsering Dhundup, “Tibetan man sentenced to 3 years, sister beaten and hospitalised”, in Phayul.com, sourced from Phayul Newsdesk DHARAMSHALA, archived from the original on 2024-04-09:

A county of Ngari prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.


Burang

Some of those infected were members of the same family that had travelled from the southwestern city of Xigaze to Lhasa for a funeral. A day earlier, four tourists in Burang county of Ngari prefecture, who had travelled there from Xigaze, also tested positive for the virus.

2022 August 9, Eunice Yang, “Coronavirus: Tibet’s Potala Palace shut as first Covid-19 cases since 2020 put Lhasa on high alert”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-08-09, Science:


Gê'gyai

Continuing through Gêrzê, the route climbs round the foot of Mt Nganglong Kangri (6596 metres), and passes Gêgyai, a town divided into two halves separated by about two km.

[1992 February, Robert Strauss, “Western Tibet & the Xinjiang Routes”, in Tibet: A Travel Survival Kit (Lonely Planet), 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 207, column 2:


盧氏

→ English: Lushi

/lu³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/lu³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

(～縣) Lushi (a county of Sanmenxia, Henan, China)


Jingyu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 靖宇 (Jìngyǔ).


Gonghe

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 共和 (Gònghé).

THE highlight of my visit was simply a few days roaming the Tibetan villages around Qiapuqia, a town of about 30,000 in Gonghe County south of Qinghai Lake.

1992 June 21, Nicholas D. Kristof, “Tibet Without Going There”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-26, Travel:

A county of Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China.


Xinghai

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 興海／兴海 (Xìnghǎi).

In Xinghai County, two young men were forced to flee to India last year when the police sought to arrest them for distributing 100 pro-independence leaflets, villagers said.

1991 September 9, Nicholas D. Kristof, “In Corner of Tibet, Chinese Now Predominate”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-25, Section A, page 1:


Tongde

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 同德.

Remarkably, the film tapes were successfully smuggled out of China, apparently just days before Dhondup Wangchen and Golog Jigme, his monk cameraman, were picked up by the police on March 26, Gyaljong Tsetrin says. They were on their way to Tongde county in Qinghai province, a Tibetan area in the northwest of the country, when they were detained. Just weeks earlier, violent anti-Chinese riots had broken out in Lhasa and spread across Tibetan areas in the west of China.

2008 October 2, Dinah Gardner, “Enemy of the state”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2014-06-13:

On Friday, at least 1,000 people protested at a government building in Tongde County, not far from Tongren.[…]
At Friday’s demonstration in Tongde County, marchers demanded the release of 50 monks seized a day earlier by the police after they raised a Tibetan flag and banners extolling the Dalai Lama.

2012 March 17, Andrew Jacobs, “Tibetans Protest in Northwest China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2012-03-18, Asia Pacific:


Xing'an

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 興安／兴安 (Xīng'ān).


Sishui

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 泗水 (Sìshuǐ).

He joined the No. 17 Regiment, No. 4 Corps where he was in the transportation unit. In Sishui in China’s Shandong province, he ambushed two Japanese transportation vehicles, seized more than 10 rifles and one light machine gun.

2015 October 5, Jordan G. Teicher, “Haunting portraits of China’s surviving war veterans”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-10-15, In Sight:


遂昌

/su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵/

/sɵy̯²² t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/

/su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵/

/sɵy̯²² t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/

(～縣) Suichang (a county of Lishui, Zhejiang, China)


Xintian

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 新田 (Xīntián).

In the southern province of Hunan, a recent report revealed that vandals had wrecked 10 of the 25 high schools in Xintian County.

1982 August 12, Christopher S. Wren, “CHINA'S BLACK SHEEP 'RE-EDUCATED' WITHOUT TRIAL”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-24, Section A, page 2:


Liuhe

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 柳河 (Liǔhé).


Huinan

The agency said the train plowed into the bus on an unattended crossing in Huinan county, Jilin Province, on Wednesday.

1989 January 19, “32 Are Killed and 41 Injured In Chinese Bus-Train Crash”, in The New York Times, sourced from Reuters, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-25, World:


鎮寧

/ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹ niŋ³⁵/

/t͡sɐn³³ nɪŋ²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹ niŋ³⁵/

/t͡sɐn³³ nɪŋ²¹/

布依族苗族自治縣 布依族苗族自治縣#Chinese

(～布依族苗族自治縣, ～縣) Zhenning (an autonomous county of Anshun, Guizhou, China)


Wangmo

A county of Qianxinan prefecture, Guizhou, China.


Qinglong

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 晴隆 (Qínglóng).


Pu'an

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 普安.


Anlong

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 安龍／安龙 (Ānlóng).

Amid the lush landscape of Guizhou in China a drone video shows a natural wonder: a series of mountains with a striking resemblance to the Egyptian pyramids.
The footage has captivated social media users worldwide, and its virality has sparked online debate.
Some speculate that the mountains in Anlong county conceal the tombs of ancient emperors while others believe they were crafted by the same extraterrestrial beings purported to have built the pyramids of Egypt.

2024 March 20, Zhang Tong, “Ancient mystery: netizens captivated by pyramid formations in southern China”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-03-20, Science:


Zhenfeng

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 貞豐／贞丰.

Fourteen people were killed in a coal mine accident in China's southwest Guizhou province, the official Xinhua news agency said on Sunday after a 10-day rescue operation.
A collapse at the Shunxun coal mine in Zhenfeng county trapped the 14 people on Feb. 25.

2022 March 6, Min Zhang, Muyu Xu, Ryan Woo, “Coal mine accident in China's Guizhou kills 14 -Xinhua”, in Christopher Cushing, editor, Reuters, sourced from Xinhua News Agency, archived from the original on 2022-03-06, China:


Ceheng

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 冊亨／册亨 (Cèhēng).

The Supreme People's Procuratorate also said yesterday it had launched separate investigations into four former law enforcers suspected of corruption, Xinhua reported.
The four suspects are Sun Hai, former deputy chief of the provincial prison administration in Hebei; Liu Xianming, former police chief of Ceheng county, Guizhou; Wu Jianming, a former judge in Nancheng county, Jiangxi; and Lin An, a former prosecutor stationed at a local prison in Inner Mongolia.

2014 August 27, Andrea Chen, “China issues new rule to stop wealthy from buying their way out of jail”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2014-08-30, China:


唐河

/tʰɑŋ³⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/tʰɔːŋ²¹ hɔː²¹/

/tʰɑŋ³⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/tʰɔːŋ²¹ hɔː²¹/

(～縣) Tanghe (a county of Nanyang, Henan, China)


Nancheng

Our family was originally from Nancheng county, Fuzhou district, Jiangxi province. Nancheng dates back to ancient times, to the days when Liu Bang ruled as the first Han dynasty emperor, and Nancheng belonged to Yuzhang district.

2018 [2013], Rao Pingru, translated by Nicky Harman, Our Story: A Memoir of Love and Life in China, Square Peg, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 26:


慶元

/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/

/hɪŋ³³ jyːn²¹/

/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/

/hɪŋ³³ jyːn²¹/

(～縣) Qingyuan (a county of Lishui, Zhejiang, China)


Deqing

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 德清 (Déqīng).

Enforcement is spotty at best. Shen Yulin, the environmental protection director for Deqing County, where the Haijiu factory is located, said 65 inspectors were responsible for a region of nearly 400 square miles, with more than 2,000 factories.

2011 June 15, Sharon LaFraniere, “Lead Poisoning in China: The Hidden Scourge”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-10-03, Asia Pacific:


龍里

/lʊŋ³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/lʊŋ²¹ lei̯¹³/

/lʊŋ³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/lʊŋ²¹ lei̯¹³/

(～縣) Longi (a county of Qiannan prefecture, Guizhou, China)


Huma

Workers in China’s northernmost province of Heilongjiang are using explosives to clear a river of ice jams in an effort to prevent flooding. Ice jams are river blockages caused by melting ice that can cause floods or raised water levels. Authorities in Huma county arranged for the ice detonation in a river on the border with Russia, as temperature rises have caused the river to thaw at a faster rate.

2022 March 31, Harvey Kong, “Chinese workers take explosive approach to clear ice jams”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-03-31, Society:

A county of Dahingganling prefecture, Heilongjiang, China.


武鄉

/u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

(～縣) Wuxiang County (a county of Shanxi, China)


涇源

/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/

/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/

Jingyuan County, Ningxia
w:Jingyuan County, Ningxia

(～縣) Jingyuan County, Ningxia (a county of Ningxia, China)


Yongjia

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 永嘉 (Yǒngjiā).

Nearly five million people in Zhejiang Province have been affected by the storm, Typhoon Lekima, which made landfall early Saturday, according to the reports. Many of the deaths occurred in Yongjia County, near the city of Wenzhou, when the collapse of a natural dam set off a flash flood that swept away several people in the fast-moving waters, said CCTV, the state-run broadcaster.

2019 August 11, Amy Qin, “Death Toll From Typhoon Lekima in China Rises to 30”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-08-11, Asia Pacific:


Cangnan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 蒼南／苍南 (Cāngnán).

It said 81 people were killed in the southeastern city of Wenzhou, including at least 43 people in suburban Cangnan county. Another 11 people were missing in Wenzhou, the agency said.
Bodies of the dead in Cangnan, which included eight children, were discovered amid the debris of collapsed houses, Xinhua said.

2006 August 11, “Typhoon Saomai kills more than 100 in China - Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-10-29, Asia Pacific:


Wencheng

The landslides Wednesday in Zhejiang province, south of the financial hub of Shanghai, followed Typhoon Megi, which brought heavy rains and high winds to China and Taiwan this past week.[…]
The second landslide in Wencheng county killed five people, with one person still missing, an official at the county’s flood control office said Saturday.

2016 September 30, “13 dead, 20 still missing in China after typhoon landslides”, in AP News, sourced from Beijing (AP), archived from the original on 2024-09-25:


Taishun

The accident occurred in Taishun county in coastal Zhejiang province when the bus collided with a truck and fell more than 10 metres (more than 30 feet) into the Pengxi reservoir and sank, Xinhua said.

2007 August 10, “Dozen feared dead as China bus falls in reservoir”, in Reuters, sourced from Xinhua news agency, archived from the original on 2024-10-09:


An Bình

Sino-Vietnamese, from an bình, also a semantic loan from Mandarin 安平 (Ānpíng). Doublet of yên bình, Yên Bình, and Yên Bằng.

doublet

Anping (a county of Hengshui, Hebei, China)


Maizhokunggar

From Tibetan མལ་གྲོ་གུང་དཀར (mal gro gung dkar).

bor

མལ་གྲོ་གུང་དཀར


Damxung

The weather is subject to abrupt, unpredictable changes, and it is not uncommon to encounter a snowstorm on the pass between Damxung and Lake Namtso even in midsummer. Bring food and soft drinks from Lhasa. Beer is available in Damxung.
The road from Lhasa to Damxung follows Tibet's main route to Golmud and Qinghai for 167 kilometres (104 miles).

1997, Elizabeth B. Booz, “Lhasa”, in Odyssey Illustrated Guide to Tibet, 2nd edition, Hong Kong: Local Colour Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 128:


Qüxü

At the end of 2005, the UN’s then Special Rapporteur on Torture, Dr Manfred Nowak, became the first official international observer to visit Chushur Prison south-west of Lhasa following its opening in April, 2005. The prison, on the site of a detention facility that had been there since the 1960s, is in an area south-west of Lhasa in Chushur county, near Nyethang (Chinese: Niedang), off the road leading south from Lhasa towards Shigatse. While once a rural area, it is now much more built-up, like the rest of Lhasa. Dr Nowak noted that in this prison as well as others he visited in Lhasa there was: “a palpable level of fear and censorship”.

[2018 October 3, “CHINA’S CONTROL STATE IN LHASA”, in International Campaign for Tibet, archived from the original on 2018-10-18:


Minqin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 民勤 (Mínqín).

A county of Wuwei, Gansu, in northwestern China.


Gulang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 古浪 (Gǔlàng).

Wu Dengfan, a 40-year-old farmer from Gulang county in Gansu who worked at a gold mine close to the Mongolian border from 1996 to 2006, had a similar experience.
“We even preferred not to wear masks inside the mine, because it made breathing even more difficult,” said Wu, who has stage II pneumoconiosis. “When we finished our work and came out of the mine, each of us was completely covered in dust.”

2018 January 13, Alice Yan, “These migrant workers helped China prosper. Now they’re dying and not getting the help they need”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-01-13, People & Culture:


Shangsi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 上思 (Shàngsī).

The Yongping garrison was located between Siming prefecture and Môn Châu, or modern-day Na Cham. The Qianlong garrison was located at modern-day Shangsi county in southern Guangxi.

2007, James Anderson, “Notes”, in The Rebel Den of Nùng Trí Cao: Loyalty and Identity Along the Sino-Vietnamese Frontier, University of Washington Press; NUS Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 213:

A county of Fangchenggang, Guangxi, China.


Tianjun

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 天峻 (Tiānjùn).

Most Chinese lawyers have low expectations about the independence of Chinese courts, but many were still shocked to see a judge in northwest China receive real-time instructions from his supervisors in the middle of a trial earlier this month.
The incident took place on May 11 at the Tianjun county court in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture in the northwestern province of Qinghai.

2024 May 19, Phoebe Zhang, “Chinese lawyers accuse court officials of interfering in trial, slam ‘blatant sabotage’ of legal system”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-05-19, Politics:

A county of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China.


Dulan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 都蘭／都兰 (Dūlán).

But critics argue that moving these farmers, who are mainly Han Chinese and members of the minority Hui, Tu and Salar ethnic groups, will further erode the position of the Tibetan inhabitants of Dulan County in Haixi Prefecture, where the farmers are to be resettled and which is a designated Tibetan and Mongolian Autonomous Area. Tibetans are already in a minority there.

1999 May 30, Paul Lewis, “U.S. May Try To Stop Loan Seen as Bad For Tibetans”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-27, World:


Gaoyang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 高陽／高阳 (Gāoyáng).


Mengla

A county of Xishuangbanna prefecture, Yunnan, China.


寧陽

/niŋ³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/

/nɪŋ²¹ jœːŋ²¹/

/niŋ³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/

/nɪŋ²¹ jœːŋ²¹/

(～縣) Ningyang (a county of Tai'an, Shandong, China)


Dongliao

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東遼／东辽.


Dongfeng

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東豐／东丰.


洋縣

/jɑŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/jœːŋ²¹ jyːn²²/

/jɑŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/jœːŋ²¹ jyːn²²/

Yang County (a county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China)


ゲギェ県

ゲギェ県 (canonical)
Gegye-ken (romanization)

[ɡe̞ɡʲe̞kẽ̞ɴ]

Partial calque of Tibetan དགེ་རྒྱས་རྫོང (dge rgyas rdzong).

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དགེ་རྒྱས་རྫོང

Gê'gyai (a county of Ngari prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China)


Daxin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for Mandarin 大新 (Dàxīn).


Tiandeng

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for Mandarin 天等 (Tiānděng).

A case in point is a group of teachers in Guangxi's Tiandeng County, apparently still dominated by leftists. By July 1984 the social and political climate was so inhospitable that 15 teachers were forced to leave the area, even though they did not have proper documentation to do so, and more were planning to do the same.

1985, “Chinese Observance of Internationally Recognized Human Rights”, in Human Rights Developments in the People's Republic of China from October 1983 through September 1984 (China Rights Annals), number 1, East Gate Books, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 49:


Dacheng

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for Mandarin 大城.


Gu'an

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for Mandarin 固安 (Gù'ān).


Yongqing

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for Mandarin 永清 (Yǒngqīng).


Wen'an

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for Mandarin 文安 (Wén'ān).

For years, Mao Da, an environmental researcher, has studied the plastic industry in Wen’an County, near Beijing. Workers there used to sort through food and medical waste by hand, he said. Nonrecyclable material was buried in pits near farmland.
“It was an environmental and public health catastrophe,” Mr. Mao said.

2019 May 28, Raymond Zhong, Carolyn Zhang, “Food Delivery Apps Are Drowning China in Plastic”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-05-28, Technology:


Xianghe

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for Mandarin 香河 (Xiānghé).

Xianghe County to which the “new city” belongs, is in Hebei province, about 45 kilometers (30 miles) east of Beijing. Like almost every other local government in China, Xianghe’s has an urbanization target: 60% by 2017, up from around 50% today and ahead of the national target of 60% by 2020.

2016 [2014 April 19], “Urban and Rural”, in David Shambaugh, editor, The China Reader: Rising Power, 6th edition, Oxford University Press, sourced from The Economist, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 216, column 2:


Daguan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for Mandarin 大關／大关 (dàguān).


Gulin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 古藺／古蔺.


石屏

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/

/sɛːk̚² pʰɪŋ²¹/

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/

/sɛːk̚² pʰɪŋ²¹/

(～縣) Shiping (a county of Honghe prefecture, Yunnan, China)


景谷

/t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kɪŋ³⁵ kʊk̚⁵/

/t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kɪŋ³⁵ kʊk̚⁵/

傣族彝族自治縣 傣族彝族自治縣#Chinese

(～傣族彝族自治縣, ～縣) Jinggu (an autonomous county of Pu'er, Yunnan, China)


Raoping

In Guangdong Province in southeastern China, 22 kinds of fees and taxes have been slapped on private businessmen by 17 different departments. In Raoping County, 265 privately employed households were made to pay an old man's rent for the county's care of the elderly.

1984 September 15 [1984 September 14], Christopher S. Wren, “FREE ENTERPRISE IN CHINA: THE UNBROKEN SHACKLES”, in The New York Times, sourced from Peking, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-24, World:


Mingshui

A county of Suihua, Heilongjiang, China.


Guazhou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 瓜州 (Guāzhōu).


Jinta

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 金塔 (Jīntǎ).


崇仁

/ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/

/sʊŋ²¹ jɐn²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/

/sʊŋ²¹ jɐn²¹/

(～縣) Chongren (a county of Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China)


松桃

/sʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ tʰou̯²¹/

/sʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ tʰou̯²¹/

苗族自治縣 苗族自治縣#Chinese

(～苗族自治縣, ～縣) Songtao (an autonomous county of Tongren, Guizhou, China)


Пішән

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Пішән • (Pışän)

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Пішән • (Pışän)

Shanshan (a county of Turpan, Xinjiang, China)


Qumarlêb

Tenzin Sherab (pictured) was the oldest of five siblings from a village in Chumarleb (Chinese: Qumarleb/Qumalai), Yushu (Kyegu) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (the Tibetan area of Kham). According to exile Tibetan sources, his nomad family had been resettled to Chumarleb under the Chinese authorities’ policies of settlement, land confiscation, and fencing of pastoral areas inhabited by Tibetans, dramatically curtailing their livelihoods.

[2013 May 29, “Tibetan nomad self-immolates and dies in Yushu”, in International Campaign for Tibet, archived from the original on 2013-10-02:


Sangzhi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 桑植 (Sāngzhí).

Steep sandstone ravines carve across Sangzhi county, a part of Hunan province with little industry or even agriculture. But multistory homes with faux-European balustrades line county road 420. They are the rewards of laboring in cities like Shenzhen — and monuments to the human cost.

2019 December 15, Gerry Shih, “They built a Chinese boomtown. It left them dying of lung disease with nowhere to turn.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-12-16, Asia & Pacific:


Qingyang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 青陽／青阳 (Qīngyáng).


Guangchang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 廣昌／广昌 (Guǎngchāng).


習水

/ɕi³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡saːp̚² sɵy̯³⁵/

/ɕi³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡saːp̚² sɵy̯³⁵/

From the old name 鰼水／鳛水, where the less common character 鰼／鳛 (xí) was replaced with the homophonous and more common character 習／习 (xí).

(～縣) Xishui (a county of Zunyi, Guizhou, China)


དཔལ་འབར

Banbar (a county of Chamdo, Tibet Autonomous Region, China)


普定

/pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tiŋ⁵¹/

/pʰou̯³⁵ tɪŋ²²/

/pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tiŋ⁵¹/

/pʰou̯³⁵ tɪŋ²²/

(～縣) Puding (a county of Anshun, Guizhou, China)


長興

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ hɪŋ⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ hɪŋ⁵⁵/

(～縣) Changxing (a county of Huzhou, Zhejiang, China)


縉雲

/t͡sɵn³³ wɐn²¹/

/t͡sɵn³³ wɐn²¹/

(～縣) Jinyun (a county of Lishui, Zhejiang, China)


千陽

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/

/t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/

/t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹/

Renamed from homophonous 汧陽／汧阳 in 1964 as 汧 (qiān) was deemed an obscure character.

Qianyang (a county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China)


Wulian

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 五蓮／五莲.


Yongsheng

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 永勝／永胜 (Yǒngshèng).