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Shaokuan
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Shao-kuan
English
Etymology
From en cmn - 韶關 en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Shao²-kuan¹.
Proper noun
en Shaoguan.
en 1976 Donald A. Jordan The Northern Expedition: China's National Revolution of 1926-1928 https://archive.org/details/northernexpediti0000jord/ Honolulu w:University of Hawaii Press 0-8248-0352-3 75-40309 1046353670 52 https://archive.org/details/northernexpediti0000jord/page/52/ Even in the summer of 1926, while the Canton government strained to transport growing numbers of troops north to Shaokuan on the Hunan border, a strike on the line from Canton north to Shaokuan slowed troop movement for two weeks.
en https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1978-01-01_19_1/ January 1, 1978 Anti-Red activities on mainland reported Free China Weekly XIX 1 Taipei 0016-0318 1786626 3 https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1978-01-01_19_1/page/n2/ A clandestine organization named the "United Front against Persecution" emerged at the same time on the mainland. With its headquarters in Shanghai and a branch in Shaokuan, Kwangtung, its members have been undermining communications and putting up anti-Communist slogans throughout the mainland.
en 2000 Jon Guttman Under Foreign Management 1939-1942 Fighting Firsts: Fighter Aircraft Combat Debuts from 1914-1944 https://archive.org/details/fightingfirstsfi0000gutt/ Cassell (publisher) Cassell 1-85409-443-2 46640461 145 https://archive.org/details/fightingfirstsfi0000gutt/page/145/ On 16 June Chin downed a Mitsubishi Ki-21 as well as damaging another bomber over Shaokuan, near Canton, while Louie and a Chinese Gladiator pilot teamed up to bring down a third.
Translations
Shaoguan