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Shihezi
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Shíhézǐ
English
Alternative forms
en Shih-ho-tzu Wade-Giles
Etymology
From the en cmn-pinyin -en 1972 Shabad Theodore Index China's Changing Map https://archive.org/details/chinaschangingma0000unse/ New York Frederick A. Praeger 71-178868 482667885 345, 362 https://archive.org/details/chinaschangingma0000unse/page/362/ Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles:(1) the Post Office system,(2) the Wade-Giles system,shown after the main entry(3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parenthesesShihhotze (Shih-ho-tzu, Shihezi) romanization of the en cmn 石河子 stone river.
Pronunciation
shûʹhŭʹdzûʹ
en Shi he zi
Proper noun
en county-level city in northern ar/Xinjiang c/China.
en 1969 August Chien Yu-shen Wuhan Upheaval and After China's Fading Revolution: Army Dissent and Military Divisions, 1967-68 https://archive.org/details/chinasfadingrevo0000chie/ Hong Kong Centre of Contemporary Chinese Studies 4502427 19 https://archive.org/details/chinasfadingrevo0000chie/page/19/ The same day, violent clashes erupted in many parts of Sinkiang, such as Shihhotzu where fighting was particularly serious. Army-backed factions controlled the roads linking Shihhotzu and Urumchi and telephone communications were cut. on
en 3 November 1978 30 October 1978 PRC Radio Reports on Activities of Chinese PLA Units Daily Report: People's Republic of China https://archive.org/details/fbis-reports_prex-710fbis-chi-78-214/page/n26/ I 214 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015043578858&seq=193 Urumchi Sinkiang Regional Service via Editorial Report OW cmn w:Foreign Broadcast Information Service 0892-0141 1113433 National Affairs E 7 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015043578858&seq=222 Urumchi Sinkiang Regional Service in Mandarin at 1300 GMT on 30 October reports that 143d Regimental Farm in Shihhotze Prefecture develops forestry. The same broadcasts reports that 84th Regimental Farm in Poerhtala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture restores award system in efforts to promote animal husbandry. on
en 2007 James A. Millward Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang https://archive.org/details/eurasian-crossroads-a-history-of-xinjiang-2021-1/ London w:Hurst & Company 2021 978-1-78738-334-0 1233311830 366 https://archive.org/details/eurasian-crossroads-a-history-of-xinjiang-2021-1/page/366/ But most Bingtuan new cities were like Shihezi: company towns populated mainly by Han and independent of the Xinjiang authorities, answering only to the Party.
December 1, 2016 w:Edward Wong Police Confiscate Passports in Parts of Xinjiang, in Western China https://web.archive.org/web/20161201162103/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/01/world/asia/passports-confiscated-xinjiang-china-uighur.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/01/world/asia/passports-confiscated-xinjiang-china-uighur.html Asia Pacific In October, the Police Department of the town of Shihezi, in northern Xinjiang, posted a notice on a microblog saying that all residents would have to hand in their passports for an annual review. The notice was later deleted, but screen captures of it remain online.Shihezi was founded decades ago as an agricultural settlement and garrison, known as a bingtuan. The bingtuan system is widespread across Xinjiang and is operated by the powerful Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, a central-government agency with military ties. Like other bingtuan, Shihezi has a mostly Han population.
Translations
city in Xinjiang, China
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 石河子
Mandarin: cmn 石河子 Shíhézǐ
Japanese: ja
Korean: ko
Uyghur: ug شىخەنزە
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