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Dongcheng
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English
Dongcheng District, Beijing
Alternative forms
en Tungcheng Wade-Giles
Etymology
From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 東城.
Pronunciation
en /dʊŋˈt͡ʃʌŋ/
do͝ongʹchǔngʹ
en Dong cheng
Proper noun
en district city/Beijing c/China.
en 1981 Laurence J.C. Ma Urban Housing Supply in the People's Republic of China Urban Development in Modern China https://archive.org/details/urbandevelopment0000unse_f7r4/ Boulder, CO w:Westview Press 0-86531-120-X 247784898 236 https://archive.org/details/urbandevelopment0000unse_f7r4/page/236/ In Beijing’s Dongcheng District where 560,000 residents live, some 936 neighborhood stores, restaurants, health clinics, nurseries, and cultural and educational centers have been established.
en January 2, 2009 Gan Tian Learning Peking-opera pieces https://archive.org/details/BeijingTodayCN20090102/ w:Beijing Today 396 958634538 11 https://archive.org/details/BeijingTodayCN20090102/page/n10/ Dongcheng Wenhuaguan, the culture museum in Dongcheng, acting like an events organizer, also has a similar group that meets every Saturday.
en 2015 Stephen Brewer; John Rambow; Caroline Trefler Fodor's Beijing https://archive.org/details/fodorsbeijing0000unse/ w:Fodor's 5th 978-1-101-87804-0 942032983 50 https://archive.org/details/fodorsbeijing0000unse/page/50/ The soul of old Beijing lives on throughout Dongcheng District, where you'll find the city’s top historic sites and idyllic hutong worth getting lost in.
en 01 May 2022 Beijing tourist sites empty in Covid-stalked public holiday https://web.archive.org/web/20220501122341/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220501-beijing-tourist-sites-empty-in-covid-stalked-public-holiday 01 May 2022 w:France 24 Beijing so far has reported over 300 cases under the current wave, and authorities on Saturday banned city-wide dining services starting Sunday to May 4 -- an attempt to curb infections during a holiday that is typically an annual peak consumption period."It will have a definite impact on sales," a restaurant employee surnamed An told AFP, as she scanned for customers around Beijing's Dongcheng district -- home to historic attractions like the Forbidden City.
en September 03, 2022 zh:愚工<t:Yu Kung> China shuns friendliness of KMT Julian Clegg https://web.archive.org/web/20220903070239/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2022/09/03/2003784655 03 September 2022 w:Taipei Times 1563-9525 464696902 Editorials 8 The KMT’s act of self-humiliation is reminiscent of what happened in 1948, when it was being buffeted by the storm of the Chinese Civil War.In January of that year, a group of KMT members established the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang (zh 中國國民黨革命委員會), which supported the CCP’s call, as one of its “May Day slogans,” to establish a democratic coalition government.In so doing, the committee sent a friendly message to the CCP.Today, the committee is a subordinate organization of the CCP, with its headquarters on humble Donghuangchenggen S Street in Beijing’s Dongcheng District (zh 東城).
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Translations
district
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 東城
Mandarin: cmn 東城 Dōngchéng
Japanese: ja 東城 とうじょう, Tōjō
Polish: pl Dongcheng m
Further reading
Dongcheng, Tungcheng