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Cangzhou
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Cāngzhōu
English
Etymology
From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of en cmn 滄州.
Pronunciation
tsängʹjōʹ
en Cang zhou
Proper noun
en prefecture-level city p/Hebei c/China.
en October 29, 2013 w:Yu Hua Jokes, Lies and Pollution in China w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20131104110709/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/30/opinion/international/hua-jokes-lies-and-pollution-in-china.html https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/30/opinion/international/hua-jokes-lies-and-pollution-in-china.html November 04, 2013 0362-4331 1645522 Opinion Hebei Province, which surrounds Beijing, is China’s top steel-producing province. Steel plants play a big role in air and water pollution, but the city of Cangzhou’s answer to the problem is an anti-smoking campaign.A Hebei official newspaper, Yanzhao Dushi Bao, reported in July that local officials in Cangzhou held a public meeting pledging their commitment to the anti-smoking cause. With smoke billowing from the chimneys of factories in the distance, officials promoted the slogan: “Curbing air pollution starts with me!”
Translations
prefecture-level city
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 滄州
Mandarin: cmn 滄州