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Pingku
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pingku
English
Etymology
From en cmn 平谷 en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Pʻing²-ku³.
Proper noun
en Pinggu.
en 1972 10 July 1972 After Peking Man Eastern Horizon https://archive.org/details/sim_eastern-horizon_1972_11_4/ XI 4 Hong Kong Eastern Horizon Press 0012-8813 751117974 67 https://archive.org/details/sim_eastern-horizon_1972_11_4/page/67/ 1 Three polished stone axes with sharp blades have been found in a village of Pingku County on Peking’s eastern outskirts.
en 1979 Govind Kelkar China's Women: The Change And The Challenge China After Mao: A Report on Socialist Development https://archive.org/details/chinaaftermaorep0000kelk/ New Delhi USHA Publications 461820400 164 https://archive.org/details/chinaaftermaorep0000kelk/page/164/ In 1974 the Beijing Women’s Federation after a careful study and investigation protested against wage discrimination in Pingku County. Since then men and women have received equal work-points there. Prior to their protest in 1974, men earned 10 work-points for a day’s work and women only 8 doing the same labour.