Erh-lien

English Etymology From en cmn 二連, en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Êrh⁴-lien². Proper noun 1 1 en Erlian (Erenhot). en 1956 C. R. Bawden Review of Mongolia Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society 43 149 The new situation was recognized by the signing of a treaty of peace and friendship between China and Mongolia in 1952, and recently more tangible evidence of the new situation is to be seen in the completion of a new section of railway between Ulan Batur and Chamu Ut and the opening at the beginning of this year of a new and shorter through traffic line between Moscow and Peking via Ulan Batur, Chamu Ut, Erh Lien and Tsining. en 1967 Yuan-li Wu The Spatial Economy of Communist China New York Frederick A. Praeger Publishers 155 https://archive.org/details/spatialeconomyof0000wuyu/page/155/ Of the four new military lines (Lai-pin to Mu-nan-kuan, Li-t'ang to Erh-lien, Ying-t'an to Amoy, and Chi-ning to Erh-lien), the first two are clearly designed to provide logistic support for Chinese activities in Southeast Asia, particularly Vietnam. en 1978 Hsia Chih-yen Liang-lao Dee The Coldest Winter in Peking https://archive.org/details/coldestwinterinp00xiaz/ w:Garden City, New York w:Doubleday & Co. 0-385-13402-9 77-26522 1067816302 249 https://archive.org/details/coldestwinterinp00xiaz/page/249/ The area southwest of Erh-lien, where the border conflict was unfolding, was seen in the photographs covering the two-hundred-square-kilometer area. The analysts noted the nearly six hundred tanks of all sizes, the automatic recoilless guns, as well as the armored trucks and transport vehicles, deployed in combat-ready positions. A large-scale offensive maneuver was indicated. en 1991 John Colvin John Colvin (diplomat) Journeys to China https://archive.org/details/twicearoundworld0000colv/page/185/ Twice Around the World: Some memoirs of diplomatic life in North Vietnam and Outer Mongolia https://archive.org/details/twicearoundworld0000colv/ London Leo Cooper (publisher) Leo Cooper 0850522897 27727233 187 https://archive.org/details/twicearoundworld0000colv/page/187/ Mr Ho also told us that Erh-lien had a population of 10,000. A fertilizer factory lay a mile to the south. The town’s water supply was pumped underground from thirty miles away, vegetables were, at least in summer, of local origin; in this arid region, with the limitless semi-desert bearing only isolated and scrawny scrub, it seemed implausible. In reply to my question, he said that Chinese only, not Mongol, was taught in the schools of Inner Mongolia. Translations Erlian