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Chuxiong
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English
Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture
Alternative forms
en Ch'u-hsiung Chuhsiung Wade-Giles
Etymology
From the en cmn-pinyin -en 1998 Blunden Caroline w:Mark Elvin Gazetteer Cultural Atlas of China https://archive.org/details/culturalatlasofc00blun_0/ Revised Facts on File 0-8160-3814-7 98-34322 43168341 232 https://archive.org/details/culturalatlasofc00blun_0/page/232/ 1, 4 Names in italics represent the Wade-Giles equivalent of the preceding Pinyin transcription.Chuxiong/Ch'u-hsiung 25°00′N 101°25′E, romanization of the en cmn 楚雄.
Pronunciation
cho͞o′shyo͝ong′
cho͞o′shüng′Tsuyang or Ch’u-hsiung 1955 3
en Chu xiong
Proper noun
en A Yi <<autonomous prefecture>> of p/Yunnan c/China.
en January 6, 1983 January 5, 1983 Christopher S. Wren CHINA STILL FIGHTING AN OLD ABUSE: WOMEN FOR SALE https://web.archive.org/web/20150524140419/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/06/world/china-still-fighting-an-old-abuse-women-for-sale.html 24 May 2015 https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/06/world/china-still-fighting-an-old-abuse-women-for-sale.html Section A 2 Last March, an ideological worker in Yunnan's Chuxiong prefecture complained in a letter to the newspaper in Kunming that "some parents are greedy and sell their daughters as if they were commodities" and some married women abandoned their husbands and children "to seek ease and comfort and to get more money."
en April 5, 2008 SCMP Reporter Yunnan to give HK a giant dinosaur fossil South China Morning Post https://web.archive.org/web/20261008103709/https://www.scmp.com/article/632609/yunnan-give-hk-giant-dinosaur-fossil https://www.scmp.com/article/632609/yunnan-give-hk-giant-dinosaur-fossil The lufengosaurus fossil weighs 4 tonnes, Yang Zhengquan, head of the publicity department of Chuxiong prefecture, was quoted by the report yesterday as saying.
en September 7, 2015 Didi Tang Chinese woman must choose between 2nd child, husband’s job w:AP News https://web.archive.org/web/20250628080939/https://apnews.com/general-news-eb42743b3e1d433cb4b6d3ecad6ce63a BEIJING (AP) https://apnews.com/general-news-eb42743b3e1d433cb4b6d3ecad6ce63a June 28, 2025 Wen Xueping, a family planning official in Yunnan’s Chuxiong prefecture, said the couple will not be forced to abort the baby but have been warned of the consequences of having it. Couples who violate the child policy face hefty fines and — if they have government jobs — face being sacked.
en county-level city autonomous prefecture/Chuxiong p/Yunnan c/China.
en June 23, 2016 Phoulavanh Media Tour in Yunnan promotes amity and understanding between China-two regions Lao News Agency https://web.archive.org/web/20261008091414/https://kpl.gov.la/detail.aspx?id=14259 https://kpl.gov.la/detail.aspx?id=14259 Zixi Yi Village of Zixi zh 紫溪 Town, Chuxiong City, Yunnan Province is a cultural site and was very impressive when we visited. Zixi Yi Village is located to the north of Zixi Mountain, a national forest park with beautiful scenery. It is the provincial nature reserve and also a provincial scenic spot. It’s about 12 kilometers from the centre of Chuxiong City.
en March 7, 2018 State Council approves Chuxiong high-tech development zone The State Council of the People's Republic of China https://web.archive.org/web/20200610174716/https://english.www.gov.cn/policies/latest_releases/2018/03/07/content_281476069848165.htm https://english.www.gov.cn/policies/latest_releases/2018/03/07/content_281476069848165.htm The State Council on March 7 gave its approval to upgrade a high-tech development zone in Chuxiong city, Southwest China’s Yunnan province, to national-level development zone.
Translations
Yi autonomous prefecture; county-level city
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 楚雄
Mandarin: cmn 楚雄
Japanese: ja
Vietnamese: vi Sở Hùng
References
Further reading
en 2008 Chuxiong Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/ 2nd 1 New York Columbia University Press 978-0-231-14554-1 2008009181 212893637 802 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/page/802/ 2