Nuchiang

English Etymology From en cmn 怒江 en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: cmn Nu⁴-chiang¹. Proper noun en Nujiang. en January 31, 1975 A National Minority Area In Yunnan Province w:Peking Review https://archive.org/details/pekingreview0018vari/ 5 1115877 22 https://archive.org/details/pekingreview0018vari/page/138/ 2 THE Nuchiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture has undergone great changes since its founding in 1954. This region, situated on the frontier in Yunnan Province, southwest China, is inhabited by 12 nationalities including the Lisu, Nu, Tibetan and Han. en 1976 June Teufel Dreyer China's Forty Millions: Minority Nationalities and National Integration in the People's Republic of China https://archive.org/details/chinasfortymilli0000drey/ w:Harvard University Press 0-674-11964-9 76-19032 185401226 4888121M 242 https://archive.org/details/chinasfortymilli0000drey/page/242/ In an article concerning Yunnan, it pointed out that the efforts of the Nuchiang Lisu Autonomous Chou’s party committee had resulted in a doubling of minorities cadres since 1965, and that many of these persons had assumed the first and second positions in leadership squads at different levels. en 1998 James S. Olson James S. Olson Lisu An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China https://archive.org/details/ethnohistoricald0000olso/ Westport, Connecticut w:Greenwood Press 0-313-28853-4 97-27110 37245768 208 https://archive.org/details/ethnohistoricald0000olso/page/208/ After the Communist takeover in 1949 and the formation of the People’s Republic of China, Han military and political officials were assigned to the Lisu, and the Nuchiang Lisu Autonomous Region was formed. en