Houjie

hóujié Hòujiē English Etymology From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 厚街. Pronunciation en /hoʊˈd͡ʒjeɪ/ hō′jyĕ′ en Hou jie Proper noun en town prefecture-level city/Dongguan p/Guangdong c/China. en 1938 Tokyo Gazette https://books.google.com/books?id=yIA0AAAAIAAJ 2 881809007 42 In the Tungkun, Sheklung, Yashan and Lungkang areas, they encountered and defeated many groups of 200 to 300 Chinese soldiers and reached the line connecting Howkai, Talanghu, Changmutow and Pingshanhu on the evening of November 23rd. (Note: Howkai is the Cantonese-derived name for Houjie.) on en 1994 w:Orville Schell Mandate of Heaven: The Legacy of Tiananmen Square and the Next Generation of China's Leaders https://archive.org/details/mandateofheavenl00sche/ Touchstone Books Touchstone Books 1995 0-684-80447-6 94-16065 33211911 7720947M 337 https://archive.org/details/mandateofheavenl00sche/page/337/ The township of Houjie, for example, had an official population of 75,000, but was also home to another 100,000 migrant workers who kept its 900 factories producing. Because of this new supply of inexpensive labor, most Houjie natives had given up farming to become managers and entrepreneurs with a lifestyle and level of material consumption unimaginable under Mao. As Nicholas Kristof discovered when he visited the township shortly after my own trip, the local Party chief had long since abandoned ideology in favor of the affectations of a tycoon. Rather than making his appointed rounds in a Chinese-made Liberation-brand truck, he was ensconced in a chauffeur-driven air-conditioned Mercedes-Benz 300SEL complete with a bibiji and dageda. Towns like Houjie were commercial free-fire zones that moguls from postindustrial countries could only dream about. en 2001 Anita Chan China's Workers Under Assault: The Exploitation of Labor in a Globalizing Economy https://archive.org/details/thingaboutlifeis00shie/ w:M.E. Sharpe 0-7656-0357-8 2001020050 45829311 8054426M 40 https://archive.org/details/thingaboutlifeis00shie/page/40/ According to the peasant workers, Huang's body floated up six days after the incident. As for Li's body, it was discovered 8 km to 9 km downstream at Houjie township. Huang's body was cremated on February 23 at Dongguan Crematorium and Li's was cremated on February 25. Their relatives from Guangxi did not get to Dongguan until February 27 and March 1, respectively. So they did not have a chance to bid farewell before the cremation. en 2008 w:Leslie T. Chang Leslie_T._Chang#Factory_Girls Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China https://archive.org/details/factorygirlsfrom00chan_0/ New York w:Spiegel & Grau 978-0-385-52017-1 2008012880 963510224 16701627M 19 https://archive.org/details/factorygirlsfrom00chan_0/page/19/ The city is divided into thirty-two towns, and each one specializes in manufacturing. Chang’an produces electronic components, Dalang is famous for sweaters, and Houjie makes shoes. en 2010 Karl Gerth As China Goes, So Goes the World: How Chinese Consumers are Transforming Everything https://archive.org/details/aschinagoessogoe0000gert/ New York w:Hill and Wang 978-0-8090-3429-1 2010012647 938914002 24467975M 71 https://archive.org/details/aschinagoessogoe0000gert/page/71/ The town of Houjie was one of the first within Dongguan prefecture to receive Taiwanese investment. en APRIL 27, 2017 Empty Pearl River Delta branches a check on HSBC's China plan https://web.archive.org/web/20220525142008/https://www.reuters.com/article/hsbc-china-idUKL3N1H74Q9 25 May 2022 w:Reuters Breaking City News In a rundown mall in Houjie, a factory town in the urban sprawl of Dongguan, the HSBC branch stands out with its bright posters and smiling receptionist, but only a handful of customers an hour crossed the threshold during a Reuters visit last week. en Translations town Chinese: Cantonese: yue 厚街 Mandarin: cmn 厚街 Hòujiē Further reading Houjie