Hequ

héqū English Hequ County Etymology From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 河曲 Héqū. Pronunciation hŭ′chü′ en He qu Proper noun en county prefecture-level city/Xinzhou province/Shanxi c/China. en 1945 October w:Jeanette Eaton Escape https://archive.org/details/sim_story-parade_1945-10_10_10/ Story Parade 26577742 3 https://archive.org/details/sim_story-parade_1945-10_10_10/page/n4/ 2 A few months ago, however, hope came to the boys and girls of the region. The Provincial Government of Suiyan had sent word that all young people who could escape into Free China could go to school at government expense. Between Suiyan City and Hochu, where the refugee students were to gather, lay nearly four hundred miles of unknown country, mostly desert. Those undertaking the journey must first cross the Yellow River which separated occupied territory from Free China, and the river was strongly patrolled by the enemy. on en 1979 January w:Rewi Alley Yanbei and Xinxian Prefectures in 1978 Eastern Horizon https://archive.org/details/sim_eastern-horizon_1979-01_18_1/ XVIII 1 Hong Kong Eastern Horizon Press 0012-8813 751117974 11 https://archive.org/details/sim_eastern-horizon_1979-01_18_1/page/11/ 1 On leaving Shenchi, the way lay up a wide valley, on a good road. Then we took to the hills in Wuzhai (Wuchai) county, winding amongst mountain ridges, until we came to Hequ (Hochu) county, where there were more mountains, wild serrated loess country, but everywhere trees and then more trees. en 2004 Kari Torjesen Malcolm We Signed Away Our Lives: How One Family Gave Everything for the Gospel https://archive.org/details/wesignedawayourl00malc/ 0-87808-780-X 00-047778 61453613 8114844M 173 https://archive.org/details/wesignedawayourl00malc/page/173/ Before this moment of truth in the middle of the river, I had wondered what had happened to the Christians. Why did I only meet a few? The explanation offered was that the younger Christians had left for Inner Mongolia, where there are now 20,000 residents from Hequ County. There are only 120,000 people left in Hequ County, and 10,000 in Hequ city, the same number as there were during the bombing in 1939. While the population in the rest of China has more than doubled, Hequ has not grown. en 15 September 2022 Luna Sun China’s fiscal woes highlighted as local authorities turn to fines, traffic tickets to boost revenues w:South China Morning Post https://web.archive.org/web/20220915003239/https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3192481/chinas-fiscal-woes-highlighted-local-authorities-turn-fines 15 September 2022 https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3192481/chinas-fiscal-woes-highlighted-local-authorities-turn-fines 1563-9371 648902513 China Economy https://archive.ph/lmL46 In Hequ county in Shanxi province, two thirds of public servants have been effectively laid off, bursting the bubbles of the so-called iron rice bowl from an occupation which traditionally had guaranteed job security. Translations county Chinese: Cantonese: yue 河曲 Mandarin: cmn 河曲 Héqū Japanese: ja Further reading Hokü or Ho-ch’ü 793 2 en 1998 Hequ Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/ 2 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 1269 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/1269/ 1