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Donggang
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English
Etymology
From the en cmn-pinyin -en 1998 Blunden Caroline w:Mark Elvin Gazetteer Graham Speake Cultural Atlas of China https://archive.org/details/culturalatlasofc00blun_0/ Revised Facts on File Checkmark Books 0-8160-3814-7 98-34322 43168341 9770589M 232 https://archive.org/details/culturalatlasofc00blun_0/page/232/ 1, 5 Names in italics represent the Wade-Giles equivalent of the preceding Pinyin transcription.Donggang/ romanization of the en cmn 東港.
Pronunciation
en /dɔŋ.ɡæŋ/ /dɒŋ-/ /-ɡɑŋ/
do͝ong′gäng′cf. Tungkang 1960 2
en Dong gang
Proper noun
en county-level city prefecture-level city/Dandong province/Liaoning c/China.
en APRIL 30, 2013 China steps up customs checks, but North Korea trade robust https://web.archive.org/web/20160315074218/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-korea-north-sanctions-china-idUSBRE93T15E20130430 15 March 2016 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-korea-north-sanctions-china-idUSBRE93T15E20130430 w:Reuters Another trading source said coal imports from North Korea - typically entering China through Dandong's Donggang Port after coming down the Yalu River or up the coast - were not affected.
en November 18, 2016 Anna Fifield Anna Fifield China is putting the squeeze on North Korea. But for how long? https://web.archive.org/web/20161119150459/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-is-putting-the-squeeze-on-north-korea-but-for-how-long/2016/11/18/752137a6-a049-11e6-8864-6f892cad0865_story.html 19 November 2016 Asia & Pacific At the port in Donggang, just south of Dandong, fishermen on boats flying both Chinese and North Korean flags complain bitterly about the people on the other side of the river. “If they intercept you at sea, they force you into port and take everything. If they see you're wearing a watch, they confiscate it,” said one fisherman, standing on the deck of the rickety boat.
en district prefecture-level city/Rizhao p/Shandong c/China.
Translations
county-level city; district
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 東港
Mandarin: cmn 東港 Dōnggǎng
Japanese: ja
References
Further reading
en 2008 Donggang 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 1043 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/page/1043/ 3