Gong'an

gongan English Gong'an County Alternative forms en Kungan Postal en Kung-an Wade-Giles Etymology From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 公安 Gōng'ān. Pronunciation en /ˈɡɔŋˌɑn/ /-æn/ go͝ong′än′Kungan 991 1 en Gong an Proper noun en county county/Jingzhou p/Hubei c/China. en 1999 Tony Lambert A survey of church growth, province by province China's Christian Millions https://archive.org/details/chinaschristianm0000lamb/ Monarch Books 2006 978-0-8254-6115-6 846032862 252 https://archive.org/details/chinaschristianm0000lamb/page/252/ Gong’an County has over 3,000 Christians who hope to build a church in the county town to hold 700 people. en May 5, 2009 Beijing newsroom China cigarette order goes up in smoke Ben Blanchard; Miral Fahmy https://web.archive.org/web/20170408002323/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-smoking-idUSTRE54411F20090505 08 April 2017 w:Reuters Lifestyle Functionaries in Gongan county in rural Hubei province had been ordered to smoke at least 23,000 packs of cigarettes a year, worth nearly 4 million yuan ($586,700), to cushion government finances, according to regional media reports. on en October 25, 2009 w:Sharon LaFraniere Salute All Cars, Kids. It’s a Rule in China. https://web.archive.org/web/20111005105712/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/world/asia/26salute.html 05 October 2011 Asia Pacific Often, the skewering gets results. In April, one county in Hubei Province in central China drew nationwide ridicule after officials ordered civil servants and employees of state-owned companies to buy a total of 23,000 packs of the province’s brand of cigarettes every year.County officials said the increased revenue from the cigarette tax would buoy the local economy. After several weeks of embarrassment, Gongan County officials posted a short message on the government’s Web site that read: “We have decided to remove this edict.” on Translations county in central China Chinese: Cantonese: yue 公安 Mandarin: cmn 公安 Gōng'ān Japanese: ja References Further reading en 2008 Gong’an 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 1386 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/page/1386/ 2 Anagrams en aggnno Gagnon ongang